Bilbo Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 As some of you will know, my double bass has been poorly for a month or so and I am picking it up from the luthier's tomorrow. In the intervening period, I decided I would do something I have wanted to do for years but have never had the time. I have several trasncriptions of John Coltrane's saxophone parts on his legendary LP 'A Love Supreme' but they were all Bb parts. I have wanted to put them into bass clef for as long as I can remember having them and have never got around to it. Well, this month 'off' has provided the opportunity to do it at last. So, here is a bass clef version of Coltrane's saxophone playing on what is arguably one of the greatest and most influential jazz albums of all time. The transcription comes in 4 parts; Acknolwdgement, Resolution, Pursuance and Psalm. I have gained so much insight into this piece from the process of transcribing and listening to the album with the charts in front of me has revealed more and more detail about how deep this stuff actually is. I can't begin to explain how intense this stuff is. I am studying it but it feels like its almost a months work every two bars. Anyway, I hope someone finds a use for this. If not, I still win because I am in bass clef heaven!! NOTE this is the saxophone part [b]NOT[/b] the bass part. Some of it is playable on the bass but some is unplayable and more useful for study rather than performance. Some of the saxophone parts are phrased using wierd saxophonic idiosynracies which do not translate to a stringed instrument so I have to acknowledge having claimed at least a little poetic licence at various points in the transcription (mostly in Pursuance). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer61 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Any chance of tabbing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 I'd rather eat my own liver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piggery Bandana Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 [quote name='Bilbo' post='1228981' date='May 12 2011, 04:20 PM']I'd rather eat my own liver. [/quote] Hahahahahaha fantastic response ...... glad i didnt ask first!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckstop Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 ....with a nice Chianti and some fava beans, of course? Truckstop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Oh my, Bilbo, I can see I'll be very busy for the next few months. Thanks SOOOOOO much for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Good stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I've been listening to this a hell of a lot lately. Love it. My reading is improving too - I've got bars 11-23 of Part 1 nailed already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkle Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nice job. Indeed, a labour of love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 (edited) Damn! I thought you may have tabbed that song by Hue and Cry. Edited May 12, 2011 by Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmeDunk Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Great stuff! Did you had to recognize and write down all the chords too? Or maybe there was a real book that could help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 Had some charts I could use to cross refer, although the chords are actually quite simple. Surprisingly so, in fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Thanks for this Bilbo - much appreciated. And now I await the depression to set in...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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