The bass lab plus is complete program for the beginner to intermediate bass player. Or some of the other notes might be squeezed into the chord name. How to improvise over cantaloupe island by herbie hancock. You can automatically minimize the leap, choose inversions, add 7th, 9th or suspended chords. Effective etudes for jazz eb baritone saxophone book. Watermelon man is a blues with an extended turnaround, driftin is not a blues form at all, but prominently features the i7iv7 chord movement that is so characteristically the blues, and cantaloupe island. Shop and buy effective etudes for jazz eb baritone saxophone book with cd sheet music. Tunes like watermelon man, driftin, and cantaloupe island are all based on the blues form one way or another, but with a twist.
The movement from i7 to a bvi isnt so uncommon, the dominant flat six sound also being associated with bernies tune and functionally being a tritone sub into the v chord. Cantaloupe island sheet music for piano, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone download free in pdf or midi print and download in pdf or midi cantaloupe island. You can add passing chords, and add more complexity to each chord by adding more notes. What is the best music software for harmonic progression. You are viewing herbie hancock chords in the album cantaloupe island. Print and download in pdf or midi cantaloupe island. Cantaloupe island guitar tab by herbie hancock with free online tab player. This chart is ideal for this level with only three chords, a repetitive groove and catchy melody. Pdf the bb jazz standards progressions book reharmonized.
Im still at the start of curve on transcription, trying to recognize chords and play the lines not so much to notate yet. Cantaloupe island herbie hancock empyrean isles arpeggios. For db7, we can use db mixolydian, or ab minor pentatonic or ab dorian. Fm for 4 bars db7 for 4 bars dm for 4 bars fm for 4 bars listen to the recording, count measures and try to identify where the chords change with your ears. Hancock cantaloupe island sheet music for piano solo pdf.
If you just played an fm7 chord repeatedly, it wouldnt feel like cantaloupe island because it. Id add that the other current answers seem to be assuming that this is a student project for the sake of being able to. Bill evans, fly me to the moon, cantaloupe island herbie hancock and so what miles davis. This episode, its an analysis of herbie hancocks solo. Choose and determine which version of cantaloupe island chords and tabs by herbie hancock you can play. How to solo and improvise piano over the top of the classic iivi chord progression.
Cantaloupe island is a jazz standard composed by herbie hancock and recorded. Download and print cantaloupe island sheet music for voice, piano or guitar by herbie hancock. This chart includes written solos for tenor sax and. This pdf features very carefully written triad pair exercises over the famous groovy chords of cantaloupe island by herbie hancock that will challenge you technically whilst training your ear to hear. From the 1999 reissue liner notes by bob blumenthal. Igors prefers nature valley crunchy granola bars but will settle for oreo chocolate sandwich cookies. But the shape of the tune gets a little lost in that you are playing a lot of one scale over each of the chords. We typically release 612 major software releases every year and all software is deployed automatically without servers to buy or software to install. Its a special twoparter solo analysis this week as peter and adam check out a performance of cantaloupe island. Cantaloupe island by herbie hancock digital sheet music for. These are all the jazz standards that has lent their chord progressions to the solos in the books jazzld solos vol. Tranposable music notes for sheet music by herbie hancock.
Cantaloupe island is a jazz standard composed by herbie hancock and recorded for his 1964 album empyrean isles during his early years as one of the members of miles davis 1960s quintet. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. In cantaloupe island by herbie hancock, the first measure is said to be fm7. The form of the melody for cantaloupe island is an a section that repeats and then a b section that repeats. Hancock was part of a bigger movement in modern jazz expressing a return to the roots of gospel and blues. Hancock cantaloupe island sheet music for voice, piano or. Fm7 fm7 d 7 dm7 intro tema 1 cantaloupe island herbie hancock. You can always riff off of the melody or even play it directly. The goal is to get it solid, starting with the melody, learn the chord changes. Make the transition from playing scales and chords. Knowing the melody is fundamental to knowing how to solo over a song.
I figure its the best learning that i can do though, you get to practice ear, technique, phrasing, figure out the chord scale use etc. Igor leads cantaloupe systems saas development and qa teams. Cantaloupe island herbie hancock on the f minor chord we play the f dorian scale esentially a minor scale with a natural 6th on the db7 chord we play the dominant sharp4 scale lydian dominant and on the dmin7 chord we play d dorian. One of the most popular tunes at jam sessions and pick up gigs is the herbie hancock classic cantaloupe island. Watch the video for cantaloupe island from herbie hancocks the egg for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. He is responsible for the continuing improvement of seed web and mobile ecosystem as well as the strategic direction of cantaloupe software technology. Download and print cantaloupe island sheet music for piano solo by herbie hancock. The eb jazz standards progressions book reharmonized vol. Lost soul released it on the album live at pec too in 2012. Chicagoborn pianist herbie hancock came to prominence in the early 1960s with his composition watermelon man. If you get asked to perform cantaloupe island theres also a good chance youll also get asked to play.
Discussion in string theory started by mark wein, mar 8, 2011. F minor vamp for 4 bars before the form and then the form starts. Sheet music is available for piano, alto saxophone, baritone horn and 15 others with 7 scorings in 7 genres. In our jazz guitar chords section, you will learn all the basic guitar chords and chord progressions you need to play jazz guitar. How to play cantaloupe island by herbie hancock yt118 bass. Learn to play 4 strings by chord tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. Cantaloup island chord progression jazz backing track. Cantaloupe island bb tamalpais union high school district. Cantaloupe island by herbie hancock herbie hancock digital. Cantaloupe island herbie hancock guitar lesson rhythm. Is this the way some people write chords in this genre. This pdf features very carefully written triad pair exercises over the famous groovy chords of cantaloupe island by herbie hancock that will challenge you technically whilst training your ear to hear these harmonies taking your playing to. Arranger mike kamuf scored this hip, funky latinrock tune for yo.
A simple stepbystep guide to jazz piano learn jazz piano chords, improvisation, famous jazz classics and much more. Buy the bundle and get 3 ebooks for the price of 2. Paolo december 8, 2019 bass lab plus membership, blog, song analyse. Herbie hancock cantaloupe island tab ultimateguitar.
Music theory is invaluable for analyzing, understanding, and. In 1964, hancock, a thoughtful pianist and an original composer. The melody has five notes and there are three different chords. Zycopolis productions were a tv production company, created in 2002 with a unique goal filming live shows and musical documentaries.
Cantaloupe island of herbie hancock tabs and chords. Mster awesome job on the transcription, i would love to be able to do that. Cantaloupe island by herbie hancock and work song by nat adderley. Jeanluc ponty plays the music of frank zappa and jeanluc ponty experience with the george duke trio, both recorded in 1969 for the world pacific label. Cantaloupe island sheet music for clarinet, piano, alto. Small jazz ensemble arrangement of herbie hancocks cantaloupe island. From watermelon man to cantaloupe island and beyond.
Now, we have a lot of notes that is not a part of the chord nonchordal tones. We also share information on the use of our site with our social media partners, advertising and. While you can learn the chord progression, melody, and check out soloing on this tune, many guitarists skip the main riff of the tune. Cantaloupe island has a simple melody and chord changes. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now or at the guitar world online store. New lesson cantaloupe island playing some easy changes. We also share information on the use of our site with our social media partners, advertising and analytics, which can combine them with other information you have provided to them or collected in your use of their services. With this series of tunes, one can hear herbie hancock going through a methodic and yet highly creative process of building new pieces on different elements of the original watermelon man first the groove with blind man, then the form with cantaloupe island, and finally the chord. In many cases, no melodic line was laid out over the chords nor atonal clusters.
Learn how to apply your new knowledge using excerpts from jazz classic such as autumn leaves bill evans, fly me to the moon, cantaloupe island herbie hancock and so what miles davis. Jazz guitar online free jazz guitar lessons for all levels. So, cantaloupe island is only three chords, f d and db7. For every chord type there is a printable guitar chord chart and jazz guitar comping exercises to get you going in the practice room. It might have been nice if we had played something like cantaloupe island. Hancock piano, freddie hubbard, ron carter and tony williams drums. Cantaloupe island, the herbie hancock composition from his 1964 album empyrean isles has a great chord progression for modal improvisation. For f and d, we can use the minor pentatonics or the dorian scales for each chord. The jazz standards progressions book vol i book summary. Also, the use of this key note must be rhythmically effective and memorable melody, at least to repeat the same melody in more than two sections within the form of the song and blues normally consists three identifiable sections divided by different chords or chord progressions, namely a, b and c. Id like to share with you my cover of cantaloupe island by herbie hancock, ive done also my first decent improvisation in f.
Stanley turrentine and gene ammons also do it, usually in a more souljazz or funky blues context but again, often over one chord or few chord. If someone had ordered up a program that explored four distinct. Print and download cantaloupe island sheet music composed by herbie hancock arranged for bass clef instrument or trombone or double bass or cello or bassoon or baritone horn. Cookies allow us to personalize content and ads, to provide social mediarelated features and analyze our traffic. Cantaloupe island is an album by french violinist jeanluc ponty that was recorded in 1969 and released in 1976 by blue note. Quality is fine and herbie hancock is his usual great self. Herbie hancock, wayne shorter, omar hakim, stanley clarke. Arranger mike kamuf scores this hip, funky herbie hancock tune for the young player.
Apr 07, 2018 sibelius has a couple of plugins of limited utility for this sort of thing. Herbie hancock cantaloupe island sheet music in f minor. Herbie hancock cantaloupe island sheet music cello. While you can learn the chord progression, melody, and check out soloing on this.
Cantaloupe island tab by herbie hancock rythm guitar. Music theory is invaluable for analyzing, understanding, and communicating musical ideas, but the actual music is always the true source and the. Cantaloupe island by lost soul was written by herbie hancock and was first recorded and released by herbie hancock in 1964. However, first problem is we usually associate tritone subs with alt scales. A big crossover track for musicians from rock to jazz. Cantaloop flip fantasia by us3 sampled herbie hancocks cantaloupe island. Question this is from herbie hancocks cantaloupe island, its the 3rd chord in the series. Would not have purchased as i have not had much luck the quality of imports. Hal leonard digital sheet music at sheet music plus. A7 b7 a9 b9 chords arpeggios from a lead solo point of view. Cantaloupe island sheet music 8 arrangements available. Learning saxophone improvisation, simply saxstation. Learn to play the rhythm part for cantaloupe island by herbie hancock this tune can be found in the following books.
Otherwise, you are chasing some elusive tonal center with a tune like cantaloupe island which, as stated above, is a modal composition. Pdf the jazz standards progressions book vol i download. Cantaloupe island by herbie hancock samples, covers and. Is the g in this dm7 a transcription mistake, and if not, for people who know cantaloupe island, should it be played. Last month, i offered a funkified rhythm guitar adaptation of the chord progression to jazz piano great herbie hancocks soulful midsixties instrumental cantaloupe island. The musicians for the original 1964 recording were. In music classes at university, we used solfege and the more i thought about it, solfege seems pretty useful in learning melodies especially simple ones. Triad pair cantaloupe island exercises pdf advanced. Our backing tracks for cantaloupe island have been produced in the following key. Click on each standard to learn more about them and hear listen to great. Cantaloupe island backing track 100bpm funk modal herbie hancock duration. Cantaloupe island real backing tracks professional jazz. Many harmonic patterns reoccur frequently in the jazz repertoire. Tranposable music notes for piano solo sheet music by herbie hancock herbie hancock.
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