Bartolini Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 I decided to learn Donna Lee. I have couple of sound samples of Jaco and Charlie Parker. I will be able to pick this by my ear and try and remember the whole piece (which will take about a month) My question to you is, is there a chord tablature to this i.e. X / Y / Z / - Kindly lead me to a link if there is , or kindly post it here if you know it. I like to study it with chord analysis. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 These changes are straight out of The Real Book, which is notorious for errors. I know the spacing won't be clear, either. A sect. Ab / F7 / Bb7 / Bb7 Bb-7 / Eb7 / Ab / Eb-7 D7 Db / Db-7 / Ab / F7 Bb7 / Bb7 / Bb-7 / Eb7 B sect. Ab / F7 / Bb7 / Bb7 C7 / C7 / F- / C7#9 F- / C7 / F- / Abo Ab F7 / Bb-7 Eb7 / Ab / (Bb-7 Eb7) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartolini Posted June 24, 2003 Author Share Posted June 24, 2003 Goodness they are all 7ths. The way Donna Lee sounds is hell with chromatic stuff. I expected chords with added this, minus that, dim this, aug that. I cant wait to try this tonight. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 http://www.basssick.com/donnalee.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Great link, Linwood. Notice the tempo on the music: 210. Let us know when you get close to that, Bartolini! The sheet music says that Miles Davis wrote it but we all know it was Charlie Parker. And he used the chord changes for Back Home in Indiana. Knowing Parker's playing, I'd say he probably played these notes once when he was playing a solo on Back Home in Indiana. The next time he needed a tune for an album, he remembered what he had played and used it as the head. I didn't look at the tab version on the website, half the fun of playing something like this is figuring out how you are going to finger it. I've been working on Ornithology lately. I get to play the head in Wally's band while Wally plays the melody to How High the Moon at the same time which of course is the song that Parker based his on. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keybass Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Originally posted by jeremyc: Great link, Linwood. Notice the tempo on the music: 210. Let us know when you get close to that, Bartolini! The sheet music says that Miles Davis wrote it but we all know it was Charlie Parker. Man I couldn't agree more! Miles takes credit in his biography and all of a sudden he wrote the tune. The chromatisisms (sp?) represent a classic example of how available arppegios/scale fragments and target-passing note structure create the fingerprint of bebop. Oh yeah almost forgot, it swings like hell. And BTW I'm starting to learn that one myself. Peace! Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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