Elegiac Cycle Brad Mehldau Transcription Pdf Files

Elegiac Cycle Elegiac Cycle, recorded in 1999, is a group of nine originals conceived for solo piano that form a cycle. The opening ‘Bard’ theme crops up throughout the record in different guises, and returns at the end. This idea of a theme reappearing at the end, transfigured, is an integral part of romantic song cycles like Schubert’s Winterreise and cyclical music like Schumann’s Fantasy in C, and Mehldau takes his cue from those kinds of models. Some songs are direct elegies to people – ‘Goodbye Storyteller,’ or ‘Elegy for William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg’.

Others are ‘meta-elegies’ that deal with the idea of elegy itself in all its aspects, like ‘Memory’s Tricks’ and ‘Resignation.’ A starting point theme-wise and conceptually was ‘Lament for Linus,’ an earlier composition that appeared on ‘Art of the Trio, Vol. I.’ The title refers to Rilke’s first poem in the set of ‘Duino Elegies.’ Mehldau explains: “Rilke’s insight in those poems is that elegy is an acknowledgment of our mortality, but it’s a healing, cathartic, process.

Figure 4.13 Left-hand two-voice accompaniment figure used in Beethoven's Piano Sonata #1 Adagio. Movement (Beethoven, IMSLP.org) (Bars 9-10). Figure 4.14 Excerpt of “Resignation” from the Brad Mehldau album “Elegiac Cycle” (1999, track 2). Transcription taken from Elegiac Cycle: Complete Transcription and.

Instead of merely resigning ourselves to the inevitability of death and loss, we can understand those things as exalted and uniquely mortal, worthy of celebration, and pay tribute to them in an elegy.”.

Title: Michael McClimon - Transcriptions layout: default --- Transcriptions This page contains links to PDF files of various transcription work I’ve done throughout my career. Rather than sitting on my hard drive unused and unnoticed, I’ve posted them here so that other people might benefit from the hours I’ve spent on them. For more information on these transcriptions or to request others, feel free to contact me. Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt Autumn Leaves (concert pitch) Autumn Leaves (for Bb instruments) From Boss Tenors (1961); contains both Ammons's and Stitt's solos. George Coleman Lo Joe (head only, ensemble) From Amsterdam After Dark (1979). This transcription is of just the head, and includes George Coleman on tenor, Hilton Ruiz on piano, and Sam Jones on bass. Deep Freeze Serial Key 8.23.

Duke Ellington Prelude to a Kiss (ensemble) From the 1938 big band album Braggin ’ in Brass. This is not a part-for-part transcription, but every note on the recording is there, and gives a good idea of Duke ’s orchestration and voicing. Prelude to a Kiss (piano trio) From the 1953 piano trio album Piano Reflections with Wendell Marshall (bs) and Dave Black (ds).

The transcription contains only the piano and bass parts. Bill Evans All the Things You Are From the 1963 recording Solo Sessions, Vol. Johnny Griffin Rhythm-a-ning (concert pitch) Rhythm-a-ning (for Bb instruments) From Thelonious in Action (1958). (See below for Monk's solo from the same take.) Joe Henderson Isotope (concert pitch) Isotope (for Bb instruments) From Inner Urge (1965). Rahsaan Roland Kirk Blues for Alice (concert pitch) Blues for Alice (for Bb instruments) From We Free Kings (1961); contains Kirk's solos on both tenor and soprano saxes (and both at the same time!). Jim McNeely There Will Never Be Another You From McNeely at Maybeck, a solo recital from 1992.

McNeely goes through about 20 different keys in this 5-minute track. Brad Mehldau Bard Goodbye Storyteller (for Fred Myrow) The Bard Returns Three tunes, all from Brad's first solo album, Elegiac Cycle (1999). They should be pretty accurate, but you really have to listen to the album to get Brad's phrasing/rhythm, especially on “Goodbye Storyteller. ” Thelonious Monk Crepuscule with Nellie (first chorus only) Monk's first recording of this tune, from the 1957 album Monk ’s Music. This transcription is just the first chorus with the rhythm section.

Wilbur Ware (bs), Art Blakey (ds); also on the recording are Ray Copeland (tpt), Gigi Gryce (as), Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane (ts). Crepuscule with Nellie (full ensemble) From the 1962 recording Criss-Cross (orig. Released Columbia CL 2038), with Charlie Rouse (ts), John Ore (bs), and Frankie Dunlop (ds).

All parts included (tenor sax notated in concert pitch, but in treble clef). Evidence (intro/head only) From the 1958 recording Thelonious in Action, with Johnny Griffin (ts), Ahmed Abdul-Malik (bs), and Roy Haynes (ds). A full transcription of Monk's solo introduction and the ensemble head only. I Should Care One of my favorite solo Monk recordings, from Solo Monk (1965). Rhythm-a-ning Monk's solo, from Thelonious in Action (1958).

Sonny Stitt/Sonny Rollins The Eternal Triangle (concert pitch) The Eternal Triangle (for Bb instruments) From Sonny Side Up (1958). This transcription includes all of the saxophone choruses, including the trading. (From my dissertation.) McCoy Tyner All the Things You Are From the 1992 solo recording Solilioquy. Copyright Notice All transcriptions are licensed under the Creative Commons by-nc-nd 3.0 License. Essentially, you are free to share the work as long as you attribute it to me, you do not sell the work, and you do not alter the work in any way. For details (and the full legal wording) click the link at the bottom of the page.