I also bought a course by frank vignola 123 jazz chord melody which was also good. Though not a guitarist, thelonious monk is one of the most commonly studied jazz musicians. In this blog post, i will walk you through a 3step process to. If you know what that means, you can see that this book is for serious guitar players only. May 31, 2010 blue monk was written by thelonious monk. Listen to the way thelonious plays a countermelody is his left hand during the last 4 bars of the tune. The first part focuses on harmonized scales that can be used to create chord melody, but the real meat an potatoes of this book are the studies in the second half. Hi, i dont post on forums much, but i have been working on chord melody playing for about a year now and thought i would pipe in to offer my 2 cents. Ask ne now chords only balue bolivar baluesare bolivar blues chords only.
Jan 28, 2018 if you would like to support my channel, please consider a patreon membership here. Thelonious monk for guitar by thelonious monk guitar. This 4th book in the jazz science series contains 9 newly developed single line improvised jazz guitar solos designed to supercharge your soloing. Thelonious monks chord progressions listed on songtrellis. Get thelonious monk blue monk sheet music notes, chords. Jazz piano collection thelonious monk thelonious monk. Thelonious monk blue monk sheet music notes, chords. 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. Gary wittner, meanwhile, has literally written the book on thelonious monk for guitar. Jazz piano collection thelonious monk below are recordings and pdf transcriptions from a thelonious monk transcription book which is seemingly impossible to purchase. I arranged the melody of blue bossa the way you would play it in a jazz trio by adding chords to the melody. Print and download round midnight jazz guitar chord melody sheet music. Thelonious monk fake book online private guitar lessons via zoom. The concepts and fingerings presented in this book have been developed by.
This is a solo guitar arrangement of the jazz standard autumn leaves, popularized by johnny mercer. The vignola and conti courses involve a lot of memorizing specific block chords for specific notes, ie. Feb 07, 2018 often mistaken as a classical guitar, an acoustic guitar is hollow and is composed of six strings made of steel. Jazz guitar chord melody solos 2012, paperback at the best online prices at.
Download your blue monk chord melody, solo, and more pdf here. So, as you would expect, thelonious monk chord voicings have a bit of bite read dissonance. This is often one of the first 12 bar blues tunes that a jazz musician will learn. I have purchased a lot of books on jazz guitar chord melody playing. Charlie christian the guitar chord shapes of charlie christian book and cd chord shapes form a visual frame of reference for the player, so it is easier to play the single note, improvised hornlike lines out of chord shapes that charlie christian was noted for. If youre a classical player looking into jazz, youve finally found it. To learn reading the chords of a guitar, one must have the basic knowledge on what a chord is and how is it produced. Welcome to the youtube channel of chris whiteman, jazz guitarist based in richmond, va. It includes melody, chords and bass to be played by a single intermediate fingerstyle guitar player. You can do this on the guitar by using open strings in novel ways. A guitar players guide to thelonious monk fretboard journal. It was originally written for the opera porgy and bess.
Chorld melody arrangements independent guitar, drum and. Blue monk little rootie tootie monks dream nutty played once reflections round midnight ruby, my dear ugly beauty we see about the author guitar notation legend. Note that no jazz standard complete chord melodies are included and emphasis is more on the chord part than the process of adapting a melody. On guitar, a chord melody is an arrangement of a song that includes both the melody and the harmony chords simultaneously.
Monks countermelody is worth learning and using as part of your. Few jazz composers have created a body of work as imaginative and offbeat as that of thelonious sphere monk 19171982. All chords are shown in diagram form for easy speed learning as well as standard notation and tab. Ruby my satin shes funny that way somebody loves me. Thelonious monk blue monk sheet music leadsheet in bb.
I received this book the other day and started working through it. Blue monk thelonious monk melody lesson for guitarists. You will not find all the jazz standards fully analyzed anywhere else. As well, to help bring these licks to life, there is a sample blues solo at the end of the. Chord melody for guitar part 1 in this lesson i am trying to give you a few approaches to come up with your own chord melody arrangement for a song. Thelonious monk s chord progressions listed on songtrellis. In this first lesson i am not going to go in to a lot of detail with what extra harmony or voice leading you can check out. B e 7 b f7 b b 7 e e 7 b f7 b f7 f7 b f7 blues 1 blue monk thelonius monk. The alternate voicingfingering is not a whole lot easier. Piano sheet music in pdf format, classical, jazz, blues, standards, rock, pop, movie music, etc.
I would recommend a combination of three booksvideos, robert contis assembly line, vignola truefire 123chord melody, and the old mel bay chord melody book. Solo jazz guitar chord melody arrangements 1 chris whiteman. Blue monk is a popular blues composed by the great thelonious monk. This is one of the best solo guitar jazz arrangement books ive ever bought. The music of thelonious monk arranged for fingerstyle guitar is a unique dvd lesson that only duck baker could have put together. Chord melodies are often used in formats where guitar is the sole harmonic instrument. This companion to the mastering the jazz guitar chord melody solo book gives added depth to the chord melody solos. There are alternate chord voicings available at the end of each chart. This arrangement of monks mood is a wonderful treatment in a classic solo guitar setting, a striking counterpoint to sharps approach. Solo part,tablature sheet music by thelonious monk. The 84 jazz guitar equations makes it easy to play over difficult changes. Jazzbluessoul ragtime standards sheet music sheet music. Suggested listeningthelonious monk s thelonious monk trio album recorded in 1954.
The great jazz standard blue monk for jazz guitar now with audio and pdf with chord melody, solo, and more. In addition to all this content, you also get some good chord shapes to get you started on comping over the blues. Blue monk solo jazz guitar chord melody with tabs youtube. Some of the material here is part of the git rhythm level iii core class, which bruce also wrote and this book could also be used as a nice followon to rhythm guitar the complete guide. Thelonious monk for guitar paperback march 1, 1999.
I added the chord analysis and a possible fingering if you have any improvements, please let me know in the comments. With guitar tablature, standard notation, chord names, performance notes, guitar notation legend and introductory text. Learn from jazz great thelonious monk acoustic guitar. Music of thelonious monk stefan grossmans guitar workshop. This solo guitar arrangement of a great bb blues by thelonious monk is an example of how to use passing chords voicings, parallel, diatonic. Announcing the quintet of chord melody ebooks from ukulele mike lynch. It was first recorded in 1954 for his thelonious monk trio album and is a musthave for any jazz repertoire. Within the first few measures you get the following chord fingering. When you play in a combo without a piano or another guitar player, its a good idea to harmonize your melodies. Thelonious monk chord voicings the jazz piano site. Monk s countermelody is worth learning and using as part of your arrangements. Transpose, print or convert, download jazz pdf and learn to play piano score in minutes.
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I have been playing and studying guitar for more than 30 years. Chord melody songs for low g ukulele chord melody songs for low g ukulele. Blue monk play along backing track c key score violin. Thelonious monk is a bebop pianist known for his dissonant, quirky and asymmetrical style, rhythm and harmony.