Micha
81 posts
Mar 29, 2010
9:49 AM
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Hi everyone,
I recently tried to play a solo written in standard music notation. This is it (it is a great song by the way):
http://www.mariemusik.com/trumpetsolo/pastorT_hargrove.pdf
I know how to read the notes on it, however I am confused about other notations on it. From what I understand of it: the solos are mostly based on Bmin7 and the D11 scale. However I do not think that the accompanying band plays that chords. I suspect that the chords the band is playing are marked with a square around it: A for the first 8 bars, B for the following 8 bars, C for the next 8, and so on...
I am really wondering why the solo seems to keep sounding good over all those different chords. As in blues if you're in the I-chord, you play the scale of that chord. Same thing for IV- and V-chord.
Does anyone has some kind of explanation for this? Or am I wrong with this interpretation of the notation?
(Small question: the C-mark after the clef means this sheet is notated in concert pitch right?)
Thanks in advance!
Micha
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asilve3
83 posts
Mar 29, 2010
1:01 PM
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I'm going to try help you out here Micha.
The first thing to note is that the recorded version of this song is a whole step down from this transcription... I don't know why it just is. So the main chord on the album version is an Am. So I guess that means this transcription is a whole step up for some reason.
In general with this kind of sheet music, the letters with the boxes around them refer to the different sections of the songs. As in section A, section B, and so on. I don't know why it is broken up this way on this transcription. But they are regular every 8 bars... So those letters in the boxes have nothing to do with chords or pitch.
The C mark means "common time" it is short hand for the 4/4 time signature.
Awesome song, good luck with it!
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Last Edited by on Mar 29, 2010 1:02 PM
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Andrew
934 posts
Mar 29, 2010
3:08 PM
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"I don't know why it is broken up this way on this transcription. But they are regular every 8 bars"
It's for the purposes of rehearsal, so you can refer everyone to where you want them to play or where you didn't like something. But the bars are also individually numbered too, belt and braces. In an orchestral score, you'd have the letters, but not the bar numbers.
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alleycatjoe
47 posts
Mar 29, 2010
3:48 PM
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the reason why that transcription is a whole step high is beacause its written for trumpet . trumpet is a Bb instrument when a trumpet plays c it sounds Bb so if you want him to play a C you write a D. so the transcription is right B wil sound like A when its played by trumpet
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Micha
82 posts
Apr 02, 2010
12:51 PM
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Thanks for your help guys! I've figured it out now. Seems like I was making it more difficult than it was.
Thanks!
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