Piano transcriptions by dave ratcliffe i began creating music transcriptions of piano recordings in 1977. Download and print round midnight sheet music for voice, piano or guitar by thelonious monk. Feel free to adjust the rhythms shown below to add more feel. Round midnight is thelonious monks most famous composition. Learn how to play thelonious monk songs for ensemble, voice, drums, acoustic guitar and bass online.
Digital sheet music for round midnight available now. Round midnight composed by thelonious monk digital sheet music. Round midnight bb sheet music for piano download free in. Here are the names of the albums from which this music was transcribed. A oneoff solo piano filler from a combo recording session on 19th november 1968, this is a jauntier version than usual. Offiziell lizenzierte musiknoten fur round midnight thelonious monk. Ella fitzgerald round midnight chords ultimateguitar.
Had 1 week to learn it, then play it at an openmic night. Satin doll easy chords scrapple from the apple seventh chord drills. Thelonious monk round midnight sheet music for piano. Throughout my music education, i didnt play round midnight that often. While studying at berklee college of music in 19761977 i took a class where we learned to sightsing melodies, conducting 44 or. Piano with its fifteen spellbinding jazz tunes evokes cherished and permanently glued memories of days gone by. Looking for a classic jazz ballad to feature your trumpet or flugelhorn. Print and download in pdf or midi round midnight thelonious monk. Round midnight jazz quartet world free sheet music pdf. We have the sheet music and midi files if you need them. Sheet music is available for piano, voice, guitar and 3 others with 11 scorings and 5 notations in genres.
This is the midi piano track for the part played in the lot2learn youtube video. Round midnight klavier solo bl score freejazzinstitute. Ive included a link to itunes where you can download them. There is really no one quite like thelonious monk in the whole history of jazz music. Monk round midnight sheet music for voice, piano or guitar. Prior to this i had picked out songs by ear like the beatles lady madonna and martha my dear, memorizing them as i went, and thus bypassing the process of attempting to notate what i was hearing. Round midnight is a soundtrack album by herbie hancock featuring music recorded for bertrand taverniers film round midnight released in 1986 on columbia records. Close now that you have this pdf score, members artist are waiting for a feedback from you in exchange of this free access. Cootie williamss orchestra recorded it in 1944 and used it as their theme song. Here are the 4 bars where this happens in the original song. Given a piece of music, it is interesting to count how many times each of the individual twelve musical notes is played, and understand their relative weight, or importance, in the piece. Last month we examined the a section through the first ending of my solo piano arrangement of thelonious monks song round midnight.
Instantly view and print thelonious monk lead sheet sheet music online round midnight. This product requires a midicompatible instrument or computer software application that can play back standard midi files. E m9 cm7 5 fm7 5 b 7alt e m9 a 7 bm7 e7 b m7 e 7 a m7 d 7 e m9 a 7 cm7 5 b7 5 b 7sus4 1. Round midnight is actually the most widely recorded jazz standard written by a jazz. Download oscar peterson round midnight sheet music notes and chords for piano transcription. It was composed and performed often by thelonious monk.
This month i present part two of my article on reimagining jazz standards. Round midnight page 1 round midnight by thelonious monk transcribed by david t. Thomas mueller 20022016 round about midnight thelonious monkcootie williamsdizzy gillespie intro. Print and download round midnight sheet music in pdf.
Monk claims that he composed round midnight when he was 18 and eight years later, cootie williams recorded it with his orchestra. Round midnight sheet music ella fitzgerald pro vocal. Instead of playing them straightforwardly, 7notemode creatively harmonized these notes, with the left hand, with notes that are a compound third below. Round midnight sheet music thelonious monk real book. I recomment the doug mckenzie video, here you found all, pdf, videos, etc of many songs. Round midnight is a tune written by the great innovative pianist thelonious monk. Nov 01, 20 round midnight is a tune written by the great innovative pianist thelonious monk. Round midnight aka round about midnight and grand finalecertainly the most recorded thelonious monk song of all time, monk was not the first to record it. His more than 500 publications from the worlds leading publishers, including alfred, the fjh music company, and schultz music publications, cover the range of classical and popular music at all levels, from beginning through professional. The eb blues scale, with some passing tones will fit with most of the song. His compositional style, much like his odd, fractured and angular piano playing, was deceptively simple and repetitive, full of endlessly circular progressions that seemed to almost intersect themselves at whim, ending up more like auditory puzzle boxes than anything resembling a jazz standard. Print and download in pdf or midi round midnight bb monk.
Written in the key of eb minor, the 6 flats in the key signature take some getting used to but the tune contains lots of interesting chord changes and harmonic movements. Its always good programming to include a ballad and heres a warm. I am quite sure it is accurate, having transcribed it first in 1995, and retranscribing it in the past few days to correct the magnitude of errors from my first attempt. A oneoff solo piano filler from a combo recording session on 19th.
The album features performances by hancock, freddie hubbard, ron carter, tony williams, bobby mcferrin, dexter gordon, pierre michelot, billy higgins, john mclaughlin, chet baker, bobby hutcherson, wayne shorter, lonette mckee, and. Monk quintet 47 gillespie 46 17 small notes giants of jazz 71 1 2. All of monks takes feature variations on his trademark dropdead sense of timing and dramatic piano inflections. This month, we pick things up at the second ending of my piano arrangement. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly.
Learn how to play wes montgomery songs for drums, piano, organ, acoustic guitar and bass online. Thelonious monk round midnight sheet music, piano notes, chords. Thelonious monk round midnight sheet music notes, chords. Round midnight is a jazz classic now available in an arrangement correlated to the jazz expressions curriculum. If youre looking for the round midnight lead sheet, youve come to the right place.
Round midnight piano lessons with dave ratcliffe in. Oscar peterson round midnight sheet music pdf notes. Round midnight round midnight, saxophone sheet music, alto. It is believed that williams may have changed the composition slightly but regardless, his name remains on the. Thelonious sphere monk rocky mount, north carolina 10th october 1917 hartsdale, new york 17th february 1982 was a jazz pianist and composer. Download and print round midnight sheet music for pro vocal by ella fitzgerald from sheet music direct.
The focus of this chart is teaching the traditional ballad style to the young player with legato melodic phrases, smooth phrasing articulations, a lyrical solo for 1st alto saxophone written or adlib, and accessible ranges set in a slow swing feel. Thelonious monk round midnight sheet music piano solo in eb. Let ourheartstakewings round cm am7 b5 midnight, midnight dm7 b5 g721 lettheangelssing, for cm7 f7 your re turn ing. Am7 d7 fm7 ddim em7 a7 i do pretty well til after sundown dm7 g7 cmaj7 am7 supper time, im feelin sad, cdim bm75 e7 but it really gets bad round midnight. Piano sheet is arranged for piano and available in easy and advanced versions. Find your perfect arrangement and access a variety of transpositions so you can print and play instantly, anywhere. Ella fitzgerald round midnight sheet music notes, chords. High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along. Round midnight is a song where you can often find the melody actually being the chord tones played in an arpeggio manner. Thelonious monk round midnight ensemble, voice, drums. For 30 years the name robert schultz has represented a standard of excellence for piano compositions and arrangements. A m7 d 7 gm7 c7 tillourloveissafe and fm7 b 7 24 333 sound.
Thelonious monk round midnight sheet music pdf notes. Round midnight is one of those jazz standards that youve heard of, but arent 100% sure how the tune goes. Musicnotes pro plus members save 15% plus get pdfs included in every available key. Use coupon code spring20 at checkout to receive 20% off your order. Thelonious monk round midnight sheet music piano solo in. For now though we will look at his classic chord solo on round midnight.
Round midnight thelonious monk jazz piano solo arrangement synthesia tutorial. Round midnight advance reharmonization technique pianologist. Below is a bunch of solo piano transcriptions you can download. Download and print round midnight piano sheet music by thelonious monk. Round midnight for voice, piano or guitar, intermediate sheet music. I began creating music transcriptions of piano recordings in 1977. Transpose, print or convert, download jazz pdf and learn to play piano score in minutes. Get thelonious monk round midnight sheet music notes, chords.
Thelonious monk round midnight sheet music for piano download. Round midnight, when you remove the fancy chords, is a blues tune. I have the entire solo transcribed, but have decided that the chord solo is most relevant to this blog. Round midnight sheet music piano, voice, guitar pdf. Widely considered as one of the most important musicians in jazz he is one of only five jazz musicians to be featured on the cover of time monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including epistrophy, round midnight, blue monk, straight no chaser and well, you. The pristine smoothness of smoke gets in your eyes will leave you breathless with oscar petersons splendid and todiefor interpretation. Feb, 2010 oscar peterson piano solo round midnight, composed by thelonious monk. Round midnight sheet music download free in pdf or midi. His chart on this jazz classic features flugelhorn set in a ballad style with a swing interlude for the solo. Oscar peterson piano solo round midnight, composed by thelonious monk.
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