Stars and Stripes Forever

Stars and Stripes Forever

by John Philip Sousa, 1896.
Now the Official National March of the US.
A rousing march.
Many interesting obbligato opportunities.
Wiki link here.

Ye Lai Xiang (夜來香) (Tuberose)

Ye Lai Xiang 
(夜來香)
A Chinese song.
Also known as Tuberose.

Early 20th century Shanghai-style classic.

Still very popular today.  

Many remakes and covers. 

Some of the more tasteful ones collected below.

Background of the song here.

Frequency Midpoint

Tweeted this earlier.

Just tweeted the answer: 

Between C7 and C#7/Dfl7.

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Classic oldie. Still popular today.

Very catchy. Cycle of Fifths.

Wikipedia link here.

Midpoint of the Piano

Just tweeted this:

It is left for the reader to work out the answer.

Time-honoured tradition of maths and engineering textbooks.

Answer straightforward but an interesting point to note.

If curious, check out this tweet for a solution without counting.

Cherokee

Cherokee

Jazz standard by Ray Noble, published in 1938.

Pentatonic melody, with long notes.
Opens up opportunities for reharmonisation.

Second section has interesting chromatic modulation through IIm⁷-V⁷-I sequence.

(for illustration only)

Kreisler's Three Viennese Dances (and Praeludium and Allegro)

(experimenting with alternative blog format in point form) 

Three Old Viennese Dances or Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen.
Liebesfreud, Liebeslied and Schon Rosmarin.

Composed by Austrian violinist Fritz Kreisler.
Published in 1905.

Essentially Waltzes.
Wikipedia link for more information here.