A transcription of Gene Puerling’s arrangement of “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair”, as performed by The Singers Unlimited on their 1980 record A Capella III. One of my favorite parts of this arrangement is the use of the bIII6/9sus chord as a sub for minor iv in measures 11 and 23. It has the striking feel of the bIII chromatic mediant, the big open sound of a sus chord, and the functional pull of the minor iv because they share most of the same notes.
Some of the harmony is a bit easier to hear using the Sibelius playback:
Brooklyn Rose Ludlow
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marvellous! Amazing writing, very impressive transcription!! Thanks.