Comments on: Herbie Hancock & McCoy Tyner – 2 new ones found

By: admin

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:17:22 +0000

Hi Preo Thanks for the message. For be-bop piano, it's all about the improvised line. Voicings adopted by be-bop pianists are relatively 'simple', typically using shells (eg. for a G-minor, a typical LH voicing would be G / F / Bb spread over a 10th) and major 6ths (eg. F major examples: F, D, A, again spread over a tenth). One of David Baker's books (How to Play Bebop) would help and if you're clever you can often find really good resources on www.scribd.com, including:

As for comping one of the best resources I've seen for this (apart from listening very carefully!) are the 'transcribed piano comping' from the Jamey Aebersold series. They are note for note transcriptions of the comping as heard on a selection of the play-along recordings. I recommend you to check them out - part of one of them is available here on www.esnips.com, but I can recommend them as a purchase. Good luck!

By: Preo

Preo — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:59:17 +0000

Hi Petri
I am an advanced amateur pianist, playing standards (bebop, latin, mainstream) in combos. I have been playing for years.
I would like to have some transcriptions of early bebop piano players (both their right an left hand!) who were inspired by Charlie Parker’s phrasings like Kenny Drew and others.

My second interest would be to have transcriptions of the comping (behind solos of horn players etc., or behind a bass solo) of actual pianists, using clusters etc. I do not succeed to find transcriptions of the modern comping style. Maybe you can help?

Best regards from Switzerland
Preo

By: Petri

Petri — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:49:12 +0000

Hi,

nice to see that you found my transcriptions! I actually have quite a few others that I’m in the process of proof reading and uploading to the site.

I have fond memories of Yorkshire for having spent some 6 months in Leeds as an exchange student in the music college. All the best to you!

Petri