An etude in a quasi-baroque fashion for All the Things You Are. It is in standard notation and tab.
Fingering has been omitted, so that you may find what works best for you. The tab contains a possible way to play, and, indeed, is the way I constructed it.
If you read standard notation, you may experiment with other fingerings.
Thank you, and enjoy.
Image of page one below. Full 3 page Etude is PDF. Click here or image.
This is a core two five one pattern in G major. Based on strings 4, 3, and 2, it is relatively easy to play on the guitar and very, very versatile. Get this one down and experiment a lot.
Copy the image or click to get pdf of score/tabs.
Enjoy!
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This is the perfect blues chorus. Well, for Fine and Mellow, that is. It’s perfect. And it can’t really be notated, you have to listen, or you won’t play it correctly. As is often the case, it’s not so much what you say, but how you say it. He’s got some choice verbage, too, though.
Check it.
Written for Gtr, transpose accordingly.
Click here or the image above for pdf of transcription.
Listen to whole track on Youtube.
Starting at solo. Youtube. Lester actually starts a few seconds after this clip starts, but just to set you up a little, I link here.
Here is the complete show. It’s great!
Written on Musescore 2.0
Ashamed to admit it, but I just really started listening to Wardell. He is the perfect blend of my favorite saxophonists. Lester, Bird, Stitt, and his own thing.
Anyway, this is a perfect swing meets bop chorus on the One O’Clock Jump. A twelve bar blues. Basie plays the first few choruses in F Major, then modulates straight to Db for the horn solos. Pretty cool. Have fun with this. Listen to the track to get the articulation.
This is written for Guitar, transpose accordingly.
Click image or here for pdf.
Youtube might still have it.
Enjoy!
Here is where so much jazz guitar comes from. We (jazz guitarists and the whole universe) are seriously indebted to Charlie Christian. Really study this one, notice how it sits on chords shapes. Memorize and play along, it’s zippy! Written in Standard Notation and TAB. Of course, other fingerings are possible, and depending upon how you play advised. Try them out. (Advantage: Note readers.;p)
Some fingerings might have other options. I’ve also included Benny Goodman’s great lead line for the bridge during the head, you want this, trust me. Also, I’ve included the background riff, played by piano and bass at the beginning of the song. (note: Pianist plays wrong note the first time through, but no other time during the piece. So, the end of the figure is Ab.)
You should already own this track, if you don’t, go get it. Buy it, don’t steal it, c’mon, man.
You can also listen on the youtube.
Click on the image to open and download the .pdf file.
and, as always, without further ado….
Can’t think of a better way to get this site started than with one of my favorite musicians, Django Reinhardt. I feel like this is one of the most perfect solos ever recorded and really enjoyed learning and transcribing. There are limitations to the software I’m using (Musescore 2.0 Beta), but all-in-all it’s a pretty accurate transcription. But, of course, I’d appreciate your feedback, anything that can be improved, things I missed, or typos. Thanks and enjoy the transcription. Make sure to play along with the recording, this is the first version from 1937.
You can download the .pdf here, or by clicking the image below. Have fun!
This transcription is both in Standard Noation and Tablature, or TAB.
