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Blue monk melody and chords on guitar, jazzblues youtube. Chords for round midnight thelonious monk jazz solo. It was first recorded on monk s blue note sessions in 1951. Here are the chords and the scales you can use to solo over the chord changes. Blue monk tab by thelonious monk gtr2 electric guitar. Download thelonious monk blue monk sheet music notes and chords for piano.
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Jazz bass line construction thelonious monk institute of jazz. Monk claims that he composed round midnight when he was 18 and eight years later, cootie williams recorded it with his orchestra. Jazz guitar chord construction thelonious monk institute of jazz online jazz handbook welcome to the guitar chapter of the thelonious monk institute of jazzs online jazz handbook. Thelonious monk tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including blue monk, round midnight, straight no chaser. Thelonious monk tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including blue monk, round midnight, straight no chaser welcome offer. 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. The few dozen voicings here are also a great way to get started with chord melody. Its a pretty barebones arrangement, especially the bass line.
Monk theme tab by jeff beal szolo acoustic guitar nylon. Chordie is a search engine for finding guitar chords and guitar tabs. Thelonious monk blue monk sheet music notes, chords. The song was originally written in bb, but later it became popular in f as well due to miles daviss famous recording on his hit record milestones. Chord symbols have been simplified, especially on dominant chords. Blue monk tab by thelonious monk gtr1 electric guitar jazz. Generally, if a combo includes both a guitarist and a pianist, the guitarist will. Round midnight is a tune written by the great innovative pianist thelonious monk. 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. For comparison, the thelonious monk fake book c edition which i also have, is basically a book of melodic heads, with the chord names, with some notations of horn, bass, and piano fills and intros, but of course there is no guidance whatsoever on useful fingering or.
Transpose, print or convert, download jazz pdf and learn to play guitar tab score in. This 12bar blues in b flat became one of most often tunes practiced by jazz musicians. Below are recordings and pdf transcriptions from a thelonious monk transcription book which is seemingly impossible to purchase. The definitive jazz guitar chord chart for beginners. This chord melody can be a bit tricky to handle at first. Monk theme guitar tab by jeff beal with free online tab player. How to play shell voicings for jazz guitar 3note chords. Print and download in pdf or midi smoke gets in your eyes. Gary wittner, meanwhile, has literally written the book on thelonious monk for guitar. Jazz guitar chord construction thelonious monk institute of. Shop the worlds widest selection of thelonious monk guitar tablature sheet music, music books, scores and more. I thought it would be nice to see how close a guitar could come to the very pianistic voicings and phrases that monk used. The george van eps guitar method, at 40 pages, is not as daunting as the harmonic mechanisms vols. Table of contents 1 all of me 2 all the things you are 3 alone together.
Blue monk is jazz standard written by american pianist thelonious monk, first time recorded by monk september 22, 1954, with art blakey on drums and percy heath on bass. Blue bossa is a 16bar tune and is in the key of c minor. In a sentimental mood jazz guitar chord melody gibson l5 duration. A guitarist in a jazz combo can function as a horn player or in lieu of a pianist. Transpose, print or convert, download jazz pdf and learn to play guitar tab score in minutes. Thelonious monk blue monk acoustic guitar sheet music.
If youre going to learn just one blues tune in the real book, blue monk is a good choice. The author honestly points out that this is very difficult on the guitar, due to the many dissonant 2nds etc. Since thelonious monk played and recorded blue monk repeatedly throughout his career, youll find it on many of his albums. A guitar players guide to thelonious monk fretboard journal. 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. Well you neednt its over now thelonious monk guitar tab. Music of thelonious monk stefan grossmans guitar workshop. Thelonious monks piano solo vogue europe solo recordings in paris 1954. Transpose, print or convert, download jazz pdf and learn to play piano score in minutes. Take your time and make sure you get everything right. Print and download monk theme series version sheet music in pdf.
I love monk s music, and own pretty much everything he recorded. Thelonious monk well you neednt its over now sheet. Guitar tabs for straight no chaser by thelonious monk. Welcome to this definitive jazz guitar chord chart for beginners. May 31, 2010 blue monk was written by thelonious monk. Listen to the way thelonious plays a countermelody is his left hand during the last 4 bars of the tune. Transpose, print or convert, download jazz pdf and learn to play guitar ensemble score in minutes. Issued in 1963, monks dream was monks first album released with columbia records. Free free thelonious monk sheet music sheet music pieces to download from. Thelonious monk in walked bud sheet music notes, chords. Blue monk by thelonious monk chords on guitar youtube. Monk, thelonious 3 songs monkees, the 52 songs monkey majik 2 songs monks, dave 1 song monks, the 1 song mono 1 song monophonics 2 songs. As an analogy, shell voicings for jazz guitarists are akin to learning your c, d, e, g and f open chords when first starting playing guitar. Best transcriptions sharepoint, interactive exercises to enhance musical expression, technique and creativity.
Thelonious monk chord voicings the jazz piano site. Jul 30, 2012 monks dream is a tune written by thelonius monk and is also the title of his best selling record. Frisells approach often shifts on a dime, so well hear a mix of singlenote lines, dyads, chordsanything goes. Available for purchase only in the united states leadsheets typically only contain the lyrics, chord symbols and melody line of a song and are rarely more than one page in length. Learn how to play thelonious monk songs for acoustic guitar online. C g cause i want to run on greener pastures d em i want to dance on higher hills c g i.
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