Round midnight wes montgomery transcription youtube. I love playing it in e so i can put the open e string on the bottom as my root. Round midnight thelonious monk how fortunate it was for wes montgomery, when the wes montgomery trio. This time it features more solos by wes montgomery, ballads and mid tempo solos. Wes montgomerys round midnight chord solo transcription. A version recorded by monks quintet was added to the grammy hall of fame in 1993. Wes montgomery part 2 fully interactive with realtime notation in this book i have transcribed more solos by the legendary wes montgomery. Choose from wes montgomery sheet music for such popular songs as days of wine and roses, in your own sweet way, and four on six. Heres a transcription i did of wes s solo on whisper not off of the organ trio album a dynamic new sound. This is a relatively easy song and learning it will give a lot of goodies. Im always surprised that there seem few mandolin versions of it. Wes montgomery tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including four on six, days of wine and roses, in your own sweet way, bumpin, far wes. Todays transcription comes from montreal jazz guitarist pat mahoney. Written in standard music notation and guitar tabs.
Round midnight tab by wes montgomery wes montgomery. Wes montgomerys round midnight transcription for tenor sax. Wes montgomery while were young transcription youtube. For now though we will look at his classic chord solo on round midnight. Also mine is completely inspired by wes montgomery s riverside version, he plays along with an organ in it. Round midnight wes montgomery transcription duration. Walker renie ogdroad song pretty blue round midnight snowfall. These beautifully filmed programs from the spring of 1965 feature wes in intimate. While round midnight isnt a wes tune, his version of it is a great, downtempo place to get a handle on his single noteoctavesblock chords approach. Round midnight posted on april 26, 2011 by admin with all the recent talk around here about block chords, i thought today we would go direct to the horses mouth, or should i say the masters guitar. Round midnight is a tune written by the great innovative pianist thelonious monk. I highly recommend the use of a good software or app. Wes montgomery s chord solo on round midnight khans korner 1.
Round midnight thelonious monk as heard on wes 1959 debut recording, wes montgomery trio. A high energy chord solo from one of wes montgomerys best recordings. With all the recent talk around here about block chords, i thought today we would go direct to the horses mouth, or should i say the masters guitar. James and wes the dynamic duo jingles 1962 solo wes missile blues misty 1965 moanin solo 1963 more and more amore 1966 mr walker 1960 california dreamin no blues smokin at the half note 1965 o. As usual the chords can vary widely in different recordings and lead sheetsfake books. I hope you will enjoy it and pdf with tabsnotation is ready here for you so no excuses. Beautiful, beautiful chord work, and not terribly difficult.
Full house is a song by wes montgomery from the album full house. Windy goin out of my head wind song winds of barcelona willow weep for me goin on to detroit road song moro and more amor watch what happens tear it down without you angel far wes. Wes montgomery solos well done transcriptions 23 or so. Wes montgomery chord solo transcription of round midnight. Inspired by this article of dave liebman i decided not only transcribe and learn to play it but to make more detailed analysis. Jazz guitar chord melody, soloing and comping guide on round midnight.
Sweet georgia brown wynton marsalis quintet featuring mark oconnor and frank vignola. Smokin at the half note with the wynton kelly trio. The transcription will be available soon on the great platform soundslice, which. I am quite sure it is accurate, having transcribed it first in 1995, and retranscribing it in the past few days to correct the magnitude of errors from my first attempt. Windy goin out of my head wind song winds of barcelona willow weep for me goin on to detroit road song moro and more amor watch what happens tear it down. A dynamic new soundriverside was recorded in 1959, he was. There are really some great moments in the course of this solo.
Its played entirely in octaves but is in single notes in the transcription so as to reduce mess on. Monk claims that he composed round midnight when he was 18 and eight years later, cootie williams recorded it with his orchestra. This is a demo of the sixth part of my transcription series. Round midnight jazz solo guitar only melody easy harmonization key of eb minor gibson l5 wes montgomery model. A dynamic new sound riverside was recorded in 1959, he was allowed to use his longtime indianapolis trio bandmates. Im rebuilding my site so this will be under construction for a long time. Round midnight wes montgomery jazz americain le jazz scribd. Round midnight wes montgomery complete transcription youtube. It is believed that williams may have changed the composition slightly but regardless, his name remains on the. I am privately hosting the torrent which is about 70 megs. Round midnight is a 1944 composition by pianist thelonious monk that quickly became a jazz standard and has been recorded by a wide variety of artists.
I have the entire solo transcribed, but have decided that the chord solo is most relevant to this blog. Wes montgomerys round midnight transcription for tenor sax may 12, 2016 by steve 2 comments a friend of mine emailed me a link to the youtube video below and i have been listening to it all week long. D road song 1966 one for my baby 1961 polka dots and moonbeams road song 1968 roundmidnight 1959 satin doll 1959 1 satin. Round midnight wes montgomery complete transcription. Wes montgomery tabs guitar solos, tab books, instruction dvds. How fortunate it was for wes montgomery, when the wes montgomery trio. We have a fullytranscribed singlenote solo arrangement for each standard tune. Wes montgomery four on six the incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery duration. But im curious as to what everyone likes doing for chord melody arrangements of this song. Round midnight for me is like the magnum opus of jazz ballads. Round midnight guitar tab by wes montgomery with free online tab player.
This was my second wes montgomery album and i in fact favored the incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery over the wes montgomery trio. I also second the ive grown accustomed to her face motion. Mike marshalls on gator music is the only ive found and i dont really like it that much. Round midnight song jump to navigation jump to search. Gibson es125d strings wes montgomery used heavy gauge flat wound guitar strings to.
Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. From the start of the album you can hear how inspiring wes montgomery s playing was on round midnight, from the soft sounds of whisper not. I have compiled a collection of 26 solos featuring jazz greats herbie hancock, booker little, max roach, grant green, stan getz, slide hampton, thelonious monk, jackie mclean, cuong vu, clifford brown, roy haynes, woody. Here is a discussion of some alternative harmonic approaches along with a wes montgomery round midnight chord solo transcription. Hi, ive been fascinated by monks round midnight for some time and am attempting to learn it, using wes montgomery s version of the tune as my basis. Wes montgomery round midnight and intro section the wes montgomery trio. Heres a blog discussing the main reasons to transcribe great jazz solos by ear. Below youll find a transcription to wes montgomery s great octave solo on s. Bb ab abm gb b eb ebm bbm d e gbm f fm gm g db em a cm c am chords for wes montgomery round midnight with capo transposer, play. Round midnight thelonious monk as heard on wes 1959 recording, the wes montgomery trioriverside. Another thing that always amazes me when i check out wes is his ability to.
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