shniggens Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Anyone ever play, or have a transcription of Glen Miller's "In the Mood" for piano? My fiance loves that song, so I want to suprise her by playing it on the piano. Amateur Hack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Horne Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Originally posted by shniggens: Anyone ever play, or have a transcription of Glen Miller's "In the Mood" for piano? My fiance loves that song, so I want to suprise her by playing it on the piano.I had the original conductor's/piano reduction, but I can't find it. I think it might have gotten thrown out. I 'borrowed' my copy from the band I was in and never ... returned it. If you ever locate a copy, I'd love to have a copy. No guitarists were harmed during the making of this message. In general, harmonic complexity is inversely proportional to the ratio between chording and non-chording instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petros Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 sheetmusicdirect.com has In The Mood and it lets you print the first page for free. Page one shows the intro and the first 4 bars of the verse. The left hand part is too square so I would make up my own left hand part. I would play the Intro in octave unisons. I would play walking bass in the style of Oscar Peterson at the verse. I think I will add it to my repetoire, almost nobody does it anymore. http://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/index.ihtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shniggens Posted December 29, 2003 Author Share Posted December 29, 2003 Hey, thanks alot, Petros! I was looking for a "fuller" arrangement, but that one would work for a lead sheet. Amateur Hack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shniggens Posted December 29, 2003 Author Share Posted December 29, 2003 P.S. - The verse melody of "In the Mood" sure sounds alot like Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag". Amateur Hack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petros Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 For the Intro, I play an open 5th for the C chord(a la Monk) down low, then I play the D7 also as a a low open 5th and the G7 (as written) as an open 7th in Bud Powell claw style, but I think the D7 and the G7 are played short not held. Any sort of walking bass will work for the verse. I have a CD somebody gave me that has 12 fake books on t with an index and sure enough "In The Mood" is in there in Bb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petros Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Glen Miller played it in the key of Ab. I will stick with Bb since I play so many choruses of Rhythm Changes in Bb. After the intro there are two choruses of 12 bar blues, then the next section is like the A section of I Got Rhythm. Listen to the original recording for all the nice rhythmical "kicks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joegerardi Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 Originally posted by shniggens: Anyone ever play, or have a transcription of Glen Miller's "In the Mood" for piano? My fiance loves that song, so I want to suprise her by playing it on the piano.I've got a full-blown (big band arrangement) .MID of that. If you want, I'll e-mail it to you, and you can pull out a workable copy. ..Joe Setup: Korg Kronos 61, Roland XV-88, Korg Triton-Rack, Motif-Rack, Korg N1r, Alesis QSR, Roland M-GS64 Yamaha KX-88, KX76, Roland Super-JX, E-Mu Longboard 61, Kawai K1II, Kawai K4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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