Transcription Challenge

Love this one but still a work in progress. 80% speed...barely. A lifetime of work to take from this. I really need to go back and mine both Dexter solos for vocabulary....

This one is from a duo recording with Kenny Baron and all the solos are worth transcribing. Love the 6/4 Phrasing and long lines. Barely got this up to speed and made a few slight flubs. Mix isn't great either but hey..

Need to do more Scof.  He totally has his own thing happening.  Angular lines, rhythmic choices, and feel are what make him such an interesting player, and hard to copy.  I struggled with this solo.  Here is a halfway decent attempt with a flub in the middle.  I haven't gotten this one up to speed yet.  Gathered some licks in a separate score at the end.

Great bebop solo that is almost playable in places.  Sounds too sloppy at 100%, so choose to slow it down a touch.  I am also including a summary of licks and technical things that I want to take away from this.  So many little trills in bebop.  I am devising some exercises to be better at adding them to my playing/lines.  Using the trill symbol (mordent) in the notation out of pure laziness...

Here is my work on the monthly challenge.  This was way too much material to cover.  I will re-think my next chance to decide the challenge.  Looking forward to next month and your ideas. My Shining Hour In your own sweet way

Alright,  here we go.   Songs :  This month we are working on 2 songs.  In your own Sweet way , and My Shining Hour .  These are to be memorized and played in no less than 3 keys.  Do what you have to do.  For me, that means learning the melody in a couple of areas on the neck, comping/memorizing the chords, also devising some sort of chord melody arrangement.  Video evidence is not needed for this bit. Arpeggios :  Using the 2 songs above,  you should be able to outline the harmony using 3-5-7-9 arpeggios.  These can be played in any order you wish and you can alter the 9 when you want. Cycles :  Going back over your transcriptions (or mine).  Choose 3 licks, phrases, comps, rhythms, etc.   Lick #1: played through a cycle of 5ths.  C-F-Bb-Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-B-E-A-D-G  Lick #2: played through a cycle of minor 3rds. C-Eb-Gb-A-Db-E-G-Bb-D-F-Ab-B Lick #3:played through a cycle of half st...