Blue monk by thelonious monk full score and set of parts. To complicate things a bit further, the tune goes into doubletime for the solos. This type of riff goes back to the beginnings of jazz and can be used as an improvisational tool. Going alone, life is your own, but the cost sometimes is dear being complete, knowing defeat, keeping on from year to year it takes some doing, monkerys the blues you hear. A strange and wonderful human being with a truly unconventional approach to the piano, he was also one of the greatest composers of smallform jazz tunes in the history of jazz to date. They have a semitone interval at the bottom of the chord and a 3rd on top. This is a very simplified version of the song for beginners. The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. Blue monk by monk thelonious tab different versions chords, tab, tabs. A new element is added in bar 9, in the form of a droppedoctave figure.
Print and download monk theme series version sheet music in pdf. Blue monk from the jazz pianists ultimate guide to the. Thelonious monk chord voicings the jazz piano site. Listen to the way thelonious plays a countermelody is his left hand during the last 4 bars of the tune.
May 31, 2010 blue monk was written by thelonious monk. Monk blue monk sheet music intermediate for piano solo. It is important that you are able to handle the blues in any key. The scheme repeats on a iv chord in bars 5 and 6, with the response in bars 7 and 8. Music of thelonious monk stefan grossmans guitar workshop. Blue monk tab by thelonious monk songsterr tabs with rhythm. 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 voicings for guitar. With chord names and introductory text does not include words to the songs.
Blue bossa is often played at jams, so its a good idea to add it to your repertoire. Sixstring guitar arrangement by vasily urchenko for thelonious monk blue monk from thelonious monk. Blue monk for piano solo, intermediate piano sheet music. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read thelonious monk fake book.
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Reflections on monk for concert band by a dissertation in. Major, minor and augmented triads or perfect and altered quartals over every chord. Jeff beal monk theme series version piano and clarinet. In this section, we have provided you with some chords you can use to comp over blue monk. Blue monk sheet music 4 arrangements available instantly. Complete jazz standards with upper structure triads.
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High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along and easy practice by changing the tempo, and more. Blue monk free jazz piano free sheet music youtube. Blue monk play along backing track c key score violin. Blue monk lead sheet pdf by thelonious monk minedit. Blue monk guitar tab by thelonious monk with free online tab player. The song above is not stored on the chordie server. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. Below are recordings and pdf transcriptions from a thelonious monk transcription book which is seemingly impossible to purchase. Thelonious monk blue monk sheet music leadsheet in bb major. A video of the orginal solo and a pdf of the transcription are below. Chord yoga in a box ebook chord yoga is a program that offers you the tools to unlock the fretboard by diving into transcriptions of outstanding musical. Choose from thelonious monk sheet music for such popular songs as round midnight, all the things you are, and blue monk.
Blue bossa is a good song for beginners to practice improvisation over chord changes because its slow and has an easy to follow harmony including a modulation. Blue monk is a super fun jazz standard as written by thelonious monk. Chordie does not index songs against artistscomposers will. In blue monk, this happens at the beginning of the fourth bar. Piano transcriptions artist transcriptions, then youve come to the faithful site.
Download your blue in green chord melody, solo, and more pdf here. May 01, 2008 here im just noodling around on a blues piece. Intermediate piano solos by thelonious monk songbook sheet. Thelonious monk is a bebop pianist known for his dissonant, quirky and asymmetrical style, rhythm and harmony. Monk s countermelody is worth learning and using as part of your arrangements. Thelonious monk round midnight sheet music piano solo in. Contains printable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file. Thelonious monk songs for all instruments and levels. Blue monk thelonious monk chords and lyrics for guitar. As always, if there are mistakes of whatever, please email or post. Download theory supplements, midi files, chord changes and full notefornote transcriptions of every lesson.
Musicnotes features the worlds largest online digital sheet music catalogue with over 300,000 arrangements available to print and play instantly. Jul 30, 2012 monks dream is a tune written by thelonius monk and is also the title of his best selling record. Blue monk piano sheet music for piano download free in pdf or. Around bar 8, you will feel like its coming back to the top of the form, but its not. Learn how to play jeff beal songs for piano and clarinet online. Since this is a standard jazz blues, learning to comp over it will be very beneficial. Get thelonious monk blue monk sheet music notes, chords. In this tutorial, you will learn how to play the jazz standard, blue bossa. Monks countermelody is worth learning and using as part of your. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. Monk is in exhilarating form on eight of his own compositions and one standard, smoke gets in your eyes.
If you like the chart that weve shared, we would kindly like to ask you if you could spread the word about our website. As youll see in the leadsheet, the first measure of blue monk contains the main motif, an ascending motif that connects the 3rd and 5th of the chord chromatically. Transpose, print or convert, download jazz pdf and learn to play piano score in minutes. Table of contents 1 all of me 2 all the things you are 3 alone together 4 autumn leaves e minor 5 autumn leaves g minor 6 beautiful love 7 blue bossa 8 blues bb 9 blues f 10 body and soul 11 c minor blues 12 cherokee. Notice that the response outlines a fournote falling chromatic scale that mirrors the original motive. The original song is hosted at chordie works as a search engine and provides onthefly formatting. Giddens does not state how long monk attended the school. The great jazz standard blue monk for jazz guitar now with audio and pdf with chord melody, solo, and more. Rhythmaningone of monks most recorded and performed songs, he doesnt actually put it on wax under this title until may 15, 1957, at a recording session led by drummer art blakey atlantic 1278. Download and print blue monk piano sheet music by thelonious monk.
Its important to really be on your game with this one. Issued in 1963, monks dream was monks first album released with columbia records. This is often one of the first 12 bar blues tunes that a jazz musician will learn. Thelonious monk blue monk sheet music pdf notes, chords. Shop our newest and most popular thelonious monk sheet music such as round midnight, all the things you are and blue monk, or click the button above to browse all thelonious monk sheet music.
Besides the girl from ipanema, blue bossa must be the most popular bossa nova song ever. Download and print sheet music or learn how to play online. Blue monk piano sheet music for piano download free in. Take your time and make sure you get everything right. No metronome and i went too long, but i was enjoying it. For your convenience, weve shared the blue monk lead sheet here for you. Its a pretty barebones arrangement, especially the bass line. Mar 11, 2014 heres a one chorus solo i played over the chord changes to well you neednt by thelonious monk for the jam of the week facebook group, which i thought might make a nice etude. Vinyl lp, 10 thelonious monk piano solo 1954, vinyl discogs.
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