It's time to talk about which notes to sing. Written by Super User on 29 October 2016. Take a look at my collection of transcriptions with me, and find out how you can choose one! Many pianists, and SO MUCH BILL EVANS, including the complete solo piano transcriptions of "People" and "Danny Boy" Scat Singing (Jazz Tutorial) For BEGINNERS (Part 3) There was a time when I was a professional transcriber. Let's go! My LOAD Of Transcriptions (And How You Can Get Your Hands On Them) You give me the licks, and I do my best to figure them out.LIVE. Written by Super User on 28 February 2018. The most important element of this recording in my opinion is the way he makes you.wait for it. We uncover some important elements of his solo piano playing, as well as some insight into his trio playing. In this video, we pick apart Bill's 1962 recording of Danny Boy from the album Empathy that he made with Shelly Manne and Monty Budwig. Take a look at Bill Evans' solo piano recording of "People" from the Alone Again album with me as we discover the master arranger behind the beauty! Discovering Bill Evans (Part 3: Danny Boy) Discovering Bill Evans (Part 2: Master Arranger) Let's examine how Bill Evans could use a very few amount of notes to evoke an immense amount of emotion. Written by Super User on 16 January 2017. Discovering Bill Evans (Part 1: The Minimalist) Take a look at my collection of transcriptions with me, Sound of Love - My Man’s Gone Now - Nardis - How Deep is the Ocean - Lucky to be me - Danny Boy - Blue in Green - Israel - Milestone - People. Written by Super User on 02 November 2016. Written by Super User on 03 February 2018.Īimee Nolte playing her transcription of People as played by Bill Evans Bill Evans transcriptions Recorded using Earthworks SV33 Earthworks PM40 5'3 Hallet Davis Baby Grand Bill Evans Transcription (People) One is the Riverside recording on the album, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, and the other is from a recording someone sent me about 18 years ago, that I cannot identify, unfortunately. Cole Porter's "Love For Sale" - What are the right.Written by Super User on 31 October 2018.Ĭompare and contrast my two transcriptions of Bill Evans' recordings of Leonard Bernstein's " Lucky To Be Me" with me.Bechet's was the first recorded version to use this interpretation: Sidney Bechet (1947), George Shearing/Wes Montgomery (1961) - These recordings "bluesify" the tune by playing every tonic chord as Bb or Bb7, every IV chord as Eb or Eb7. Several different interpretations are listed below (I am looking here just at the basic tonalities of the Bb and Eb chords, and am not discussing any added 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, or 13ths): (Incidentally, a footnote in this article quotes another Porter scholar, Matthew Shaftel: "Porter was personally involved in nearly all levels of his sheet music publication including the correction of proofs.so that the printed versions differed only superficially from his own manuscripts.")Īlthough Porter's placement of tonic major and tonic minor chords was exact and intentional, recording artists have treated the first 8 measures of each 16-bar A section in a number of very different ways. At the end of the first A section the word "sale" is not only harmonized with a minor chord, but finishes on a low Bb, the lowest note of the song.įor an excellent analysis of the interplay of words/harmony/melody in "Love for Sale," check out this article by Michael Buchler. Just one example from "Love for Sale": Right at the beginning of the first A section, Porter harmonizes the first word, "Love," with a major IV chord (bright, happy), but when the lyrics continue "for sale," the resolution is to a tonic minor chord (dark, not so happy). Porter employed this sort of coloration in many of his songs. It's pretty clear to me that Porter's shift from major to minor is "word painting" - using the music to reinforce or color the lyrics. The tune is in Bb major overall, but frequently shifts to Bb minor.
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