Category: Transcription / sheet music / score

Jazz Solo Transcription of On Green Dolphin Street

Learn how to improvise a solo over Jazz Standard On Green Dolphin Street, with transcription, video and brief analysis. This is the solo piano video of the jazz standard posted by theimprovisor. The transcription I've prepared for this post is from 01m45s until 02m56s of the video [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAzzkabXIUE] Here's my transcription in PDF format. On-Green-Dolphin-Street-Jazz-solo-transcription-pdf The left hand part is basically spreading out chord tones in this two types of rhythmic figure Thus helping to maintain a salsa feel throughout the solo. ----- Sliding to the 3rd and 5th note of the key, from the note one semitone ...

Free Chord/Lyrics Display Software: Digital Fake Book

Instead of reading full scores, I depend on chord and lyric sheets very much during performance. If you are playing the piano and singing at the same time, I think you will prefer to look at the lyrics with chords above it.Mike Warren wrote a piece of simple but very useful software called Digital Fake Book. Main features:Keeps all your songs in one place for easy, one-click selection.Built-in metronome with tempo setting for each song.Audio file linking with A/B section looping helps with learning songs by ear.Text size and sheet ...

The Improvisor Improvises an Improvisation, :)

Learn to play salsa montuno by solo piano, with video, transcription and analysis "Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise" ,George Gershwin The solo piano video shown here is posted by a guy who calls himself the improvisor, and he sure knows how to improvise. Here's his solo piano salsa version of On Green Dolphin Street [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAzzkabXIUE] And here's my transcription of the first few minutes of this video. Green-Dolphin-Street-Piano-Salsa-transcription-pdf It would be interesting to see how the improvisor orchestrated a whole salsa version of this jazz standard with just a piano. The typical piano ...

Before You Kill Yourself, Read This..

Jazz piano solo improvisation tips from transcription and video of Round Midnight by 7notemode Do you feel like killing yourself?? Are you at the brink of going crazy?? If your answer is "yes", Good!! This is a great time to learn to play the piano like Thelonious Monk.. :)   [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMmeNsmQaFw] Normal listeners would see this as a guy going crazy on the piano, while musicians call this the Monk dissonance. Before we unravel some of the secrets behind his technique, here is a video of 7notemode playing a solo piano version of Round Midnight [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OkabuXMGLA] Here's the ...

Miles Davis Yardbird Suite Solo Transcription

Transcription of Yardbird Suite Solo Improvisation by Miles Davis and Lucky Thompson, with sample mp3 and brief analysis.   Miles Davis, one of the most innovative Jazz musician in history. Here is the short clip of Miles Davis and Lucky Thompson solo over this jazz standard Yardbird Suite. Yardbird-Suite-Miles-Davis-solo-mp3  And here's the transcription in PDF format, Yardbird-Suite-Chord-and-Solo-Transcription-2 Quote from Genius Guide to Jazz, "Davis understood that the space between the notes was sometimes just as important as the notes themselves. But he also understood that too much space between the notes, and people would think that the ...

Broken Vow by Josh Groban, Solo Piano Video and Free Sheet Music

Learn how to play the solo piano version of Broken Vow by Josh Groban, with free sheet music in PDF, and a video as guide  Josh Groban sang a very beautiful song that goes by the title Broken Vow, here's the video of it [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-j6RAlrhPA&mode=related&search=] I love this so very much, and recorded a solo piano version of it, right before I went off for a gig.. :) [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7o0OLeQ6k4] and here's the sheet music / transcription of my solo piano playing in the video Josh_Groban_Broken_Vow_sheet_music_pdf What many don't know about this song, is that it is actually originally sang and ...

Learn How to Play Salsa Piano Guaje

Learn salsa piano guaje with video, sheet music and backing track They told me that I would have a hard time imitating him Plastic surgery cost a lot nowadays.. :( So I think I might as well try to imitate him instead.. :) Anyway, this is what I came up with for your viewing pleasure.. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL6L4c-Sd48] Salsa piano is a very exciting groove to learn. Here is one of the guaje ( salsa piano part ) I used in the piano video above. For practising purpose, and to help you develop a salsa feel, here is the ...

Learn how to play Harlem Nocturne by Alicia Keys

Learn how to play Harlem Nocturne piano intro by Alicia Keys, with video and transcription / sheet music . Alicia Keys played a cool solo piano intro on her song Harlem Nocturne. Many piano students have been dying to learn how to play it, but it's quite hard to find a free transcription or sheet music of it on the net. So we did it the pianologist way.. If you CANNOT find the sheet music to a song, do the transcription yourself If you CAN find the sheet music to that song, do ...

Learn how to play funk keyboard with Senorita by Justin Timberlake

Learn how to play funk keyboard on Senorita by Justin Timberlake, with transcription of keyboard riff and bassline. Serorita, a song made popular by the handsome Justin Timberlake, is a good start to learn funk keyboard playing. With a simple repeating keyboard riff, it will be easy and fun to play. But first, a treat for our female readers.. :) Here's the transcription of the keyboard riff, with an extra staff below which shows the bassline. and here's the video of Justin Timberlake doing Senorita. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ujk_mDYpBo] Set your keyboard to a nice Rhodes sound, and just play ...

Beyonce Knowles’ Listen - Solo Piano Video and Sheet Music

Learn to play solo piano version of Beyonce Knowles' song , "Listen" from movie Dreamgirls, with video and sheet music / score . The golden equation in the music industry nowadays is simply this, Sexy + Talent = Money Although, I must reluctantly admit that the variable in the middle is often ommited also. :D Which is why there's no surprise in Beyonce Knowles' blast to stardom these few years. Aside from her killer looks, she is also a very talented singer. But my favourite Beyonce song so far would be from the movie Dreamgirls, ...