Audio Example 5.4:

"Mr. Tambourine Man," live, choruses 1 and 3

Chapter 5
Audio Example 5.4
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"Mr. Tambourine Man," live, choruses 1 and 3

Aspen, CO (Buttermilk Mountain)September 1, 2002

We previously heard a snippet of this performance in audio ex. 4.15, which demonstrated Dylan's pervasive upsinging in this era. But as the present example shows, he doesn't only upsing here: he also enlivens the melody with some contour-inventive exploration in the choruses.