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I'm an amateur pianist (and professional comic book artist, you can visit my website if you're curious!), and I've been transcribing stuff for 20 years now.
Most of my transcriptions are on my blog for free, some of them are on my shop. I also post a lot on my YouTube channel. If you like
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I have a lot of transcriptions of:
Pierre de Bethmann
Steve Coleman
Brad Mehldau
Thelonious Monk
Martial Solal
Henri Texier
Baptiste Trotignon
Mary Lou Williams
Bojan Z
But you can also find some:
Carla Bley
Stefano Bollani
Marc Copland
Laurent Coq
Chick Corea
Guillaume de Chassy
Laurent de Wilde
Thomas Enhco
Bill Evans
Édouard Ferlet
Tigran Hamasyan
Yaron Herman
Duke Jordan
Stéphane Kerecki
Biréli Lagrène
Giovanni Mirabassi
Jason Moran
Leïla Olivesi
Rémi Panossian Trio
Pop, Rock & Co (with Blind Faith, Bumblefoot, Clare and the Reasons, Crumb, Étienne Daho, The Dø, Forever Pavot, Jimi Hendrix, Philippe Katerine, Anne Sylvestre, Temples, Charles Trénet, Unknown Mortal Orchestra)
Joshua Redman
Nahre Sol
Art Tatum
Dan Tepfer
Fats Waller
Various (Bill Carrothers, Marc Ducret, Miles Davis Second Quintet, Armel Dupas, Stan Getz, Aaron Goldberg, Gigi Gryce, Allan Holdsworth & Gordon Beck, Milt Jackson, Joubran Trio, Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh, Nguyên Lê, John Lewis, Ode Trio, Michel Portal, Sun Ra, Jacky Terrasson, Teddy Wilson & Lester Young, Jean-François Zygel).
vendredi 27 décembre 2024
mercredi 24 novembre 2010
Pierre de Bethmann
Go (Pierre de Bethmann 4tet, from his 2012 album Go)
Another complex tune in 5/4 and 3/4. You can find the leadsheet (and some samples) on his website. The solo is uncomplete, but you can have a good idea of how Bethmann approachs this tune.
On Change (Pierre de Bethmann 4tet, from his 2012 album Go)
This tune is, like many other Bethmann's compositions, really complex and hard to play. I've notated the theme in 7/4 6/4 7/4 5/4, you could write it in 13/4 - 12/4 or another strange thing, it seemed right to me this way…
Pardi : Leadsheet and transcription (Pierre de Bethmann 4tet, from his 2012 album Go)
Pardi (from Chaud-Froid, 2022) Video Here
Two versions of this tune, a favorite of mine! A simple and beautiful melody is combined with strange chords and odd metrics.
Recall (from At Barloyd's) (simplified leadsheet and video)
Another cool swinging tune with crazy rhythms!
Sicilienne (Pierre de Bethmann trio, from his 2015 album Essais, vol 1) (Video)
Based on Gabrie Fauré's song for cello and piano.
Another complex tune in 5/4 and 3/4. You can find the leadsheet (and some samples) on his website. The solo is uncomplete, but you can have a good idea of how Bethmann approachs this tune.
On Change (Pierre de Bethmann 4tet, from his 2012 album Go)
This tune is, like many other Bethmann's compositions, really complex and hard to play. I've notated the theme in 7/4 6/4 7/4 5/4, you could write it in 13/4 - 12/4 or another strange thing, it seemed right to me this way…
Pardi : Leadsheet and transcription (Pierre de Bethmann 4tet, from his 2012 album Go)
Pardi (from Chaud-Froid, 2022) Video Here
Two versions of this tune, a favorite of mine! A simple and beautiful melody is combined with strange chords and odd metrics.
Recall (from At Barloyd's) (simplified leadsheet and video)
Another cool swinging tune with crazy rhythms!
Sicilienne (Pierre de Bethmann trio, from his 2015 album Essais, vol 1) (Video)
Based on Gabrie Fauré's song for cello and piano.
Carla Bley
Carla Bley is a musician I have loved and listened to for years, an inspired and unique composer, and a pianist full of surprises. Of course, you can hear some Monk in her love of dissonance and her clumsy playing (on purpose!). But to me there's more: like John Lewis, she seems to try to produce the most effect with the fewest notes possible. She keeps things simple – and always groovy: her rhythmic language is very strong.
I really like her duo albums with Steve Swallow, and her trio albums with Andy Sheppard. Her big band albums are obviously great, but I don't feel like embarking on this kind of transcription…
From Duets, with Steve Swallow (1988):
Romantic Notions #3
This is a weird tune. It starts with dissonant, awkward chords, followed by some solos over those chords (AABB). It's a bit hard to recognize a real theme, there are bits of melody that you hear several times, but I couldn't figure out much more. But anyway, it's a great fun to play!
Edit: I just bought Carla's score for her Romantic Notions, and without surprise I got most of her rhythms wrong… I'll let it this way, because I believe that my version is very readable (if not accurate). If you want to dig in, buy her score on her website!
From Trios, with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow (2013):
Vashkar (Video)
This is a catchy piece composed in 6/4, an unusual meter carried by Steve Swallow's groovy bass lines. Dissonances, strange and exotic scales, rhythmic richness: everything we like!
I really like her duo albums with Steve Swallow, and her trio albums with Andy Sheppard. Her big band albums are obviously great, but I don't feel like embarking on this kind of transcription…
From Duets, with Steve Swallow (1988):
Romantic Notions #3
This is a weird tune. It starts with dissonant, awkward chords, followed by some solos over those chords (AABB). It's a bit hard to recognize a real theme, there are bits of melody that you hear several times, but I couldn't figure out much more. But anyway, it's a great fun to play!
Edit: I just bought Carla's score for her Romantic Notions, and without surprise I got most of her rhythms wrong… I'll let it this way, because I believe that my version is very readable (if not accurate). If you want to dig in, buy her score on her website!
From Trios, with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow (2013):
Vashkar (Video)
This is a catchy piece composed in 6/4, an unusual meter carried by Steve Swallow's groovy bass lines. Dissonances, strange and exotic scales, rhythmic richness: everything we like!
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