Published:
2013-05-18
Updated:
2013-05-18
Learning Ukulele with Curt
Solar
Solar is a musical composition attributed to Miles Davis on the studio album Walkin' (1954), considered a modern jazz standard. The tune has been played and recorded by many musicians including his former bandmates/collaborators Lee Konitz, Bill Evans, Dave Holland, Keith Jarrett or Jack DeJohnette.
Author(s): Publisher: Code: UL537
Main Category: Jazz Main Instrument: Any
Categories: Jazz, Playalongs
2026-08-19
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Solar is a musical composition attributed to Miles Davis on the studio album Walkin' (1954), considered a modern jazz standard. The tune has been played and recorded by many musicians including his former bandmates/collaborators Lee Konitz, Bill Evans, Dave Holland, Keith Jarrett or Jack DeJohnette.
A controversy also exists over authorship of this composition and one current consensus holds that Davis' wikiwand Solar
is essentially an earlier song, "Sonny", written by Chuck Wayne.
The first two measures of this song adorn Miles Davis' tombstone in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Solar is in the
Real Book - Volume 1
— Sixth Edition book.
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Solar
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Play-along Demo: Desafinado
Desafinado — Premium Play-along Track with Guitar Melody Played
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Performance Tips For Remembering Solar
Solar Starts in Cm and does a descending modulation thru three keys, each a whole step apart ( F , Eb , Db , ). With each new key one measure shorter then the previous key.
It's a relatively simple harmonically as a series of Full Diatonic II V I in each of the three major key modulations. And, a minor II V turnback to Cm. It's a 12 bar, minor blues.
