Fly me to the moon - Ballad Performances

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Hi all,

I am looking for ballad arrangements/performances of fly me to the moon. There is an obsession to play this tune in swing so it is difficult for me to come across.

I was hoping I could find a beegie adair cover but she also plays this in swing.

I like listening to several versions of a tune before taking ideas from each to form my own way of playing it.

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Hey @solomon23.st

I know of this arrangement by a YouTube musician named “Pianista Italiano”:

He plays most of his arrangement in a swing style, but he starts with a very free and rubato introduction.

Also around 2m10s he plays quite freely again before dropping back into swing rhythm.

Fly Me To The Moon is one of those tunes that always played medium/up-tempo, and so I think it’s quite difficult to find a straight/ballad version.

I hope the recording above is of interest to you!

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Thanks, I’ll give it a listen.

I did manage to come across this cover which is the only pure ballad arrangement I could find

Here is the YouTube link.

This artist also covers many other jazz standards in ballad styles.

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Would love you to make a ballad arr. lesson for this tune Hayden or even an extended slow intro as pre-cursor to playing it in swing style.

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Hey @niall :wave:

I hope you’re well.

Check out the lessons below which cover this tune…

“Fly Me To The Moon” Ballad Version

This is an intermediate/advanced level ballad arrangement of “Fly Me To The Moon” which includes chord extensions, chord alterations, block chords, quartal voicings, and reharmonisations:

“Fly Me To The Moon” Beginner Version

We also have a beginner ballad version in the following course which sticks to basic spread voicings (roots, 3rds, and 7ths) and the tune is broken into 4 lessons which each focus on an 8-bar section of the song:

Minor Key Introductions

Here’s a quick video for you on creating 1-6-2-5 introductions in minor keys.

The chords are A-7, F#7, B-7(b5), E7 → sets us up to start the song on A-7

and finally here are some more related lessons:

I hope that helps Niall and let me know if you have any follow up questions.

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@solomon23.st - I realised that I have arranged this tune as a ballad but I didn’t share the link with you originally. It’s hard to keep track of all of the songs I have covered on PianoGroove! :smile:

I shared the link with @niall above, here it is again:

I hope it’s useful!

Hayden

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Hi Hayden, really appreciate you taking the time to make that video which helps make things clearer ,thank you so much!

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