The function of a bass player in the jazz combo is to work with the piano player and drummer to provide both a harmonic and rhythmic stability for the tune. It is a double bass trio performed a number of years ago, the song being blue monk, a popular standard. Blue monk by composer performer, festival series, jazz. Jazz piano collection thelonious monk below are recordings and pdf transcriptions from a thelonious monk transcription book which is seemingly impossible to. The personnel features monks quartet of the time consisting of the underrated charlie rouse on tenor, larry giles on bass, and ben riley on drums.
The funk bass method is your complete guide to learning funk bass. Blue monk by thelonious monk score and parts with online. Print and download blue monk sheet music by thelonious monk arranged for piano. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz. This is often one of the first 12 bar blues tunes that a jazz musician will learn. Blue monk sheet music for piano download free in pdf or. It is absolutely crucial for the student to learn the material in the correct order and not to go ahead of oneself. My jazz bass homework assignment was to transcribe three choruses of the walking bassline to thelonious monks blue monk. See the movie monk is so great he went to juliard and played like no one else played before him, and made it so that you dont have to play the piano like everyone else, and has influenced picking on a bass, picking style. Thelonious monk fake book by thelonious monk sheet music. If youre looking for bass tabs, then click here these free bass transcriptions are provided for educational use only click on the transcription title to view and download the pdf. Listen to the way thelonious plays a countermelody is his left hand during the last 4 bars of the tune.
Set of parts sheet music by ray brown, christian mcbride, john clayton. Thelonious monk tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including blue monk, round midnight, straight no chaser, bemsha swing, misterioso. Monks countermelody is worth learning and using as part of your. Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of. One of the alltime great tunes by jazz legend thelonious monk. Its mostly complete, though i cant figure out what is happening around measures 16 and 28. If you like this video or want a longer or more detailed version, go to pa.
Download pdfs of drum solos transcribed by quincy davis. In my blog i show two systems of your transcription of north as played on solo monk, citing you as the source with a link. Theres tons of pdf versions of the 5th edition all over the internet. Print and download in pdf or midi blue monk thelonius monk. Learn how to play thelonious monk songs for bass and acoustic guitar online. Download and print blue monk sheet music for piano solo by thelonious monk in the range of d4e6 from sheet music direct. Print and download sheet music for blue monk by thelonious monk. Thelonious monks compositions as recorded by thelonious monk created date. The personnel features monk s quartet of the time consisting of the underrated charlie rouse on tenor, larry giles on bass, and ben riley on drums. All transcriptions are available in pdf format for free download.
Blue monkguitar sheet music for guitar download free in. Check out blue monk by thelonious sphere monk on amazon music. I just now posted this and keep in mind that i dont really have an audience but if you take a look and dont want the graphic to stay in the post, please let me know. Here are the instructions to enable javascript in your web browser. It uses real funk songs to teach you the basics of grooving and soloing funk bass in the style of flea, victor wooten, marcus miller, rocco prestia, and many others. Includes counterlines and ensemble parts for many pieces, as well as basslines and piano voicings where applicable.
Lessons in this segment focus on the fundamentals of bass playing. Blue monk by thelonious monk fernando petry jazz blues bass licks with loops. This page features over 180 free bass transcriptions in standard notation. This is a solid live date that features some spirited soloing from rouse, check out his solo on hackensack, as well as monk s classic off center sense of harmony, and his jagged, angular soloing. Thelonious monk blue monk sheet music piano solo in bb. May 31, 2010 blue monk was written by thelonious monk.
Blue monk superbass transcription double bass trio by. See new and popular thelonious monk songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a. Music of thelonious monk stefan grossmans guitar workshop. Thelonious monk blue monk sheet music easy piano piano. This is a list of compositions by jazz musician thelonious monk. Jul 23, 2017 blue monk by thelonious monk fernando petry jazz blues bass licks with loops. All your working groups are gonna be using the 5th edition. Blue monk simplified melody bass line submitted by edbyrne. Thelonious monk blue monk bass and acoustic guitar sheet.
Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz online jazz handbook welcome to the bass chapter of the thelonious monk institute of jazzs online jazz handbook. Blue monk solo sheet music download free in pdf or midi. Tr24of thelonious monk trio thelonious monk trio 1954. Thelonious monk blue monk bass and acoustic guitar sheet music.
Thelonious monk sheet music free download in pdf or midi on. Blue monk superbass transcription double bass trio by ray. Blue monkguitar sheet music for guitar download free. Tr24of thelonious monk trio thelonious monk trio 19542014 postbop. While attending duke university, my teacher paul jeffrey encouraged me to transcribe numerous solos, document them in musical notation software, learn them, memorize them, and eventually play. For use with all bb, eb, c, and bass clef instruments, the jazz playalong series. B e 7 b f7 b b 7 e e 7 b f7 b f7 f7 b f7 blues 1 blue monk thelonius monk. While attending duke university, my teacher paul jeffrey encouraged me to transcribe numerous solos, document them in musical notation software, learn them, memorize them, and eventually play them realtime from. Drum solo transcriptions learning the solos of great drummers notefornote is a great way of expanding vocabulary, skill, technique, and attunement with your drumming heroes. The music of thelonious monk arranged for fingerstyle guitar is a unique dvd lesson that only duck baker could have put together.
There is a big tendency for players to seek for advanced and complicated topics while they still did not master the basics. Find blue monk, by composer performer, festival series, jazz ensemble big band, monk, thelonious, swingshuffle and more at marina music to use this site, you must first enable javascript. Jazz piano collection thelonious monk below are recordings and pdf transcriptions from a thelonious monk transcription book which is seemingly impossible to purchase. Blue monk by thelonious monk full score and set of parts.
From jazz legend thelonious monk, here is one of his bestknown tunes in a. The tune was also called bip bop by monk, and he claims that the tunes latter title was the origin of the genredefining name bebop. The 6th is missing tunes and other tunes are in the wrong key. Thelonious monk s compositions as recorded by thelonious monk created date. Nov 20, 2008 thelonious monk genius of modern music vol. Thelonious monk discussion in recordings bg started by kesslari, apr 14, 2008. This arrangement by michael sweeney is an authentic adaptation using the original key bb and preserving monk s unique rhythmic phrases. The new real book, egalement en trois volumes, publie chez sher music, et est plus lisible. Mar 28, 2014 westbury double bass with spiro weichs, recorded with zoom q2hd.
A contrafact based loosely on rhythm changes in c, and was ed by monk under the title nameless in april 1944. It appears that you do not have a plugin to view pdfs. Thelonious monk thelonious monk trio blue monk vol. B maj7 5 a7 9 dm9 d 11 7 cm7 f7 9 b maj7 5 a7 dm6 9 e7 9 e7 5 am9 dm9 b maj7 5 a7 9 dm6 9 ballad ending 1 blue in green miles davis. Real bass lessons 155 paul chambers, blues in bb duration. This is a transcription taken from the superbass album performed by ray brown, christian mcbride and john clayton. Jazz piano collection thelonious monk thelonious monk. This video, and almost everything i do is supported by my patrons over at patreon.
Print and download in pdf or midi blue monk thelonious monk arreglo. Table of contents 1 all of me 2 all the things you are 3 alone together 4 autumn leaves e minor 5 autumn leaves g minor 6 beautiful love 7 blue bossa 8 blues bb 9 blues f 10 body and soul 11 c minor blues 12 cherokee confirmation 14 days of wine and roses 15 donna lee. Print and download blue monk superbass transcription double bass trio sheet music. A guide to the techniques and philosophies of funk bass.
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