Re: Microtones through pitch inflexions vs ornamentations. Jazz & Indian Music

Well, John Lennon felt that the bent notes in his vocal part in "A
Hard Day's Night" could not be written down in the usual way on music
paper so that other musicians reading that would understand what the
pitches were really supposed to be, i.e. would perform his (and PM's)
song correctly.

If a Beatle moderately interested in bringing blues influence to his
pop music could feel that way, imo it's extremely likely that the same
sort of thing has gone on in bluesy jazz many times.

Joseph Scott