By the beautiful sea – Free Jazz Lead Sheet
Eb Major – Harry Carroll 1914
By the Beautiful Sea (1914) is a bright Tin Pan Alley standard. View this free online lead sheet in Eb major, including melody and chords for jazz performance.
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By the Beautiful Sea (1914) is a cheerful early 20th-century popular song that became part of vaudeville and early jazz repertoire. Known for its bright melody and verse-and-chorus structure, the song reflects the upbeat character of pre–World War I American popular music.
This free online lead sheet presents the melody and chords in Eb major, suitable for jazz bands, vocalists, and ensemble arrangements emphasizing its playful and nostalgic character.
About the composer: Harry Carroll
Harry Carroll was an American composer, songwriter, and pianist born in 1892. He contributed to early 20th-century popular music, known for songs like "On the Mississippi" and "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," and served as ASCAP director from 1914 to 1917.
Musical strucutre and form
Commonly performed in verse-and-chorus form with ABA'C characteristics in Eb major, featuring bright melodic phrases and dance-oriented rhythmic flow.
