You may notice that certain phrases appear in many solos. Herman raucher wrote the summer of 42, a book i picked up on accident for a quarter at a garage sale. Improvisation in life and art by stephen nachmanovitch, truth in comedy. This accessible chart on herbie hancocks funkrock classic is ever.
Watermelon man is one of herbie hancocks best known jazz pieces and was first released on his 1962 debut album takin off. If you already know the 12 bar blues sequence you are in a great position to learn this tune. Watermelon man is a jazz standard written by herbie hancock for his debut album, takin off 1962. For beginner to intermediate level learners sheet music free ivory. When dealing with jazz or blues ive always found its better to think of the chords rather than a single overarching scale or mode for the entire song. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. Piano improvisation technique corcoran high school. Written in 1970 a year before the summer of 42, it chronicles the life of this incredible. While many of us want to learn how to bring chordsoloing phrases into our playing, weoften shy away from working on this skill in the practice room since we believe thatchord soloing means using big, hard to play play chords to create.
He included a new version of the tune on his 1973 album head hunters. Watermelon man by herbie hancock is the ideal piece to begin with. Lesson 3 the metronome practice chords, scales and licks 101. Santamaria watermelon man sheet music for piano solo pdf. Piano sheet music watermelon man herbie hancock noviscore. Watermelon man a piano jazz lesson by great jazz pianist antoine. Herbie hancock watermelon man piano tutorial watermelon man was first published on herbie hancocks debut album takin off 1962. Yet its jazz man herbie hancock who wrote and performed it famously funky.
The main scales of western music are major and minor scales. Watermelon man became a hit, and he would later record it with his head hunters band as well in 1973. Form herbie hancock debut album takin off 1962 with. We offer a complete course in piano and keyboard improvisation. Jul 15, 2016 watermelon man is a popular standard thats often called at jam sessions, so its worthwhile getting to know it inside and out. Hancock wrote this tune with the intention of marketing his record, and was the first tune he composed for commercial reasons. Piano improvisation transcription from the video pdf. While progress has been made since this film was made, the film still is relevant today if you can look past the horrible styles and occasionally over the top dialogue and lingo. Improvisation herbie hancock teaches jazz masterclass.
Herbie hancock piano freddie hubbard trumpet dexter gordon tenor saxophone butch warren double bass billy higgins drums. The purpose is to allow them to create meaningful, expressive music using relatively simple materials, often those they have already learned in harmony courses, or are familiar with from pieces they have played. Popular improvisation books meet your next favorite book. Watermelon man by donovan katie and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Musicnotes pro plus members save 15% plus get pdfs included in every available key. Watermelon man is a 16bar blues, so its only natural that youd get a kind of blues feeling. Im just trying to share my own way i look at music, with others. So whatever your piano playing skills, you are bound to find the right level for you. It could be something from tv, radio, or just some melodies that you hum to yourself. Guitar virtuosity for the everyday man 2 advanced rhythm 93 lesson 1 stylistic rhythms 94.
Products tagged watermelon man christians sheet music. The pdf is missing sheet music for the entire piece, and masterclass has known this for. The piano improvisation handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the practical skills and theoretical issues involved in mastering all forms of piano improvisation, including classical, jazz, rock and blues. Birdfeed a blog by pianist, composer and teacher tom cleary. Sign up now or log in to get the full version for the best price online. This book is intended to introduce keyboard players to improvisation in styles that derive primarily from european classical music. If youre keen to have a structured, stepbystep approach to learning jazz guitar, it might be worth checking out my online learning system, the fretdojo jazz guitar academy. Correctly speaking this is a jazz piano tutorial as well as a blues piano lesson.
Each subject is broken into easy to understand segments, gradually becoming. Join herbie at the piano as he shares his approach to improvisation. Watermelon man by herbie hancok sheet music for trombone tube and euphonium jazz music sheet music for trombone tube and euphonium watermelon man jazz music score by herbie hancok. All styles including rock, pop, jazz, blues, and classical. This book is not intended as a compendium of every possible pattern or harmonic approach. Playing with others can be a great joy and inspiration. Each subject is broken into easy to understand segments, gradually becoming more complex as improvisational tools are acquired. Herbie hancock watermelon man sheet music in f major. The exercises and compositions in this book can be played by a full jazz.
Improvisation book available in pdf format to learn to improvise with your. This unique text uses a stepbystep approach to guide the reader from fundamental concepts to advanced topics in improvisation. How to play watermelon man on the bass guitar yt117. Personal guidance to give you individual feedback and practice suggestions. Learn to improvise, compose, and develop your own sound across 25 video lessons. This is part 1 of 5 in the improv series currently only available with chicks piano masterclass, here. It appears that you do not have a plugin to view pdfs. Piano jazz lesson by famous jazz pianist antoine herve english dubbing on watermelon man, a composition by herbie hancock. Cuban percussionist mongo santamaria released the tune as a.
Major, minor and augmented triads or perfect and altered quartals over every chord. Hancocks first version was released as a grooving hard bop record, and featured improvisations by freddie hubbard and dexter gordon. Watermelon man was written by herbie hancock, originally for his 1962 hit record takin off. Free online piano improvisation lessons keyboard improv. If you are beginner, we suggest our level 1 easy piano music with or without reading aid.
Free piano sheet watermelon man herbie hancock youtube. Herbie hancock watermelon man sheet music piano solo. Learn how to play the watermelon man guitar chords, a chord melody arrangement, and a single. Watermelon man became a hit, and he would later record it with his head hunters band as well in. All piano sheets watermelon man piano sheet music sheets. Watermelon man for piano solo, intermediate piano sheet music. Learninghow to play jazz guitarmeans leaning how to bring different textures into yoursoloing ideas. Watermelon man transcription this piano transcription includes trumpet and tenor saxophone parts for the main melody head, written in concert pitch as heard on the original 1963 recording. My tune eye on the sky, which uses the changes to sunny, a downloadble pdf chart is. Sheet music for trombone tube and euphonium watermelon man.
From watermelon man to cantaloupe island and beyond. Watermelon man sheet music download free in pdf or midi. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any way wo express written permission. A look at various ways of using improvising techniques to jazz up this tune. Download and print watermelon man piano sheet music by herbie hancock. In this lesson were going to look at the 18 bar version. And try to show a few basic things that i think are kind of true. Our piano sheet music is available in three different adaptations for piano.
Watermelon man sheet music for piano, trumpet, tenor. Youll also learn basic jazz theory and some highlights of the history of jazz. Godfrey cambridge stars as jeff gerber, an obnoxious white. Dec 01, 2019 learn the watermelon man chord sequence. Whereas most books offer little more than models for imitation and exercises for practicing, this one adopts an approach specifically designed to encourage and enable independent.
He rerecorded the track for the album head hunters released in 2003. Watermelon man by herbie hancock digital sheet music. Watermelon man uses either a 16 bar or 18 blues sequence. Transcription and midifile from the herbie hancocks version 1962 which is not included in the video. Whereas most books offer little more than models for imitation and exercises for practicing, this one adopts an approach specifically.
Watermelon man is a jazz standard and has been recorded many times by artists the world over. Aug 26, 2015 watermelon man by herbie hancok sheet music for trombone tube and euphonium jazz music. Ive never seen the movie and im not sure i want to, since i love the book so much. Piano sheet is arranged for piano and available in easy and advanced versions. Sheet music for trombone tube and euphonium watermelon. Improvisation should be a part of your daily practice. For those interested in learning to improvise on the changes andor. Watermelon man was first released on pianist and bandleader herbie hancocks debut album, takin off it was so popular it even reached the top 100 of the pop charts at the time over the years this jazz standard has been recorded over 100 times, but my favorite version is still the groovy original recording featuring hancock along with solos from freddie hubbard and. The song became a famous jazz standard and was covered more than 200 times. Jan 15, 2014 watermelon man was written by herbie hancock, originally for his 1962 hit record takin off. Herbie hancock watermelon man sheet music piano solo in f.
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