Here’s a couple of great tunes I had a hard time finding transcriptions of. The first is “Butch and Butch” from Oliver Nelson’s “Blues and the abstract truth” album. I’ve transcribed it for two altos — melody line plus a simple harmony line — but the original is well worth a listen since it contains stupendously well-arranged horn backings too. The second is Bud Powell’s ballad “I’ll keep loving you”. The form of this tune varies quite a lot because it’s often played as a solo piano piece, so I’ve taken the form as done by Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band. Enjoy!
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distillation of some left hand technique discussion that came up today. for me, hand shapes helped to solidify fingerboard patterns, but subsequently unlearning the idea of a rigid correspondence between fretboard patterns and actual fingering patterns/hand shapes opened up flexibility that can be useful in walking, improvising, and sight reading. what ya reckon?
a survey of the main categories of two finger plucking methods for one of my great junior guildhall students 🤗 #doublebass #jazz #teaching @jguildhall #twofingers
fun to play with the monsters @vasilisxeno @paulredis today in the lovely surroundings of croydon!
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The sixth note in the A section of the “Butch and Butch” transcription should be an “e” and not a “d”.