Chord Melody PDF's ONLY

[JohnW400]

Ok Here are a bunch that I already posted. lease keep this thead for actual charts. Please list requests in a seperate thread. Thanks


UPDATE 8/11/09

I've removed all the arrangements I 've done because of possible copyright issues. The only two things left in this thread are Amazing Graze and Blue in Green Comp. One is public domain and the other is not subject to copyright. (I wrote the part to a bunch of chords. chord progeressions can't be copyrighted. )

If I can get clear guidance on what can be posted and it is indeed ok to do so then I will repost all of the charts and continue to post new ones. I've sent out 'feelers' to find out if posting charts on this site is legal regarding copyright laws ans sent an E-mail to ASCAP to see if a license will do the trick to protect me. After reading about so many lawsuits for downloading music, I don't want to take any chances.

Thanks for your understanding

[JohnW400]

stiil more

[jazzalta]

Here is a simple version of Moon River to be played rubato. Feel free to edit at will.

http://freepdfhosting.com/e11235b64b.pdf

[jezzmuz1k]

Thanks all for the wonderful arrangements, does anyone know the chord progression for 'Dedicated To You'. Not the pop song but the beatiful ballad done by Hartman/Coltrane. Many tx..

[mazza24]

YEEAAHH,
thank you man, I tried it on classical guitar too, it's wonderful.
Thanks

[Shel]

Yes, they call me the 'CM Pest." Now I'm looking for a CM of 'Indian Summer."

[wizard3739]

Matt & John,

Do either of you have a chord melody for "Ceora" in Ab? This tune has a great melody with pretty good chord progression and is truly a nice modern Bossanova. The tune is in the Real Book in Ab and was written by Trumpet player Lee Morgan.

wiz

[JohnW400]

I know the tune and play it all the time. I never worked out a full CM for it. I usually just harmonize the line . If your give me a little time I could work one out in a bit. The most time consuming part is writing it out in Sibelius.


9/17. I just have to enter the chord names tonight and I'll post it

[wizard3739]

Matt & John, I apologize, I didn't mean to throw you a curve ball with "Ceora", I was just being lazy and I should do the chord melody myself.

best wishes,
wiz

[m78w]

Cool, sorry guys I'm swamped at work right now. Thanks for doing one up John!

MW

[wizard3739]

Thank you John, I am going over it now and it is really a good Bossa arrangement. If you don't object, I will try to use it Saturday night for my jazz gig. (assuming I can get my fingers to work good enough to do it justice, LOL). Like you, I have been playing it for a few years but in a different key for the sax player I sometimes work with. It is one of my favorite Bossanova tunes. Our keyboard player is going on vacation for a couple of weeks so I will be working with just bass & drums and maybe my favorite vocalist. Should be fun and will allow me to stretch out a bit.

thanks again,
wiz

[JohnW400]

By all means please , enjoy it.

I love comping on this tune more than playing a CM. It is so harmonically rich that it lends itself well to improvising a chord solo.

[Steve Cat]

Is there anyway to get these pdf into a music notion player or midi player so that I can hear what they sound like? What program is used to write these files and could they also be exported in another format that could be used by Sibelius, Finale, Progression, Guitar Pro, Power Tab, Table Edit etc.?

[m78w]

I use sibelius for my charts, if you want email me and I can send them all to you in Sib4 files.

MW

[JohnW400]

Same here but Sib 5.2.

drop me a line and I'll get them out to you over the weekend. It should work with Scorch even if you don't have sibelius

[Shel]

I suspect Matt is back in school and busy. Haven't see anything of him here in a while.

[william]

dear friends, I'd like you send me chord-melody major, minor and seventh progression on (diagramme notation) pdf!

I thank you very much!

[iparkin]

I have arranged a little chord melody of Bluesette, But I don't know how to write it down. I can play it I just wish there was some software I could play it in to and it would write it down for me.

[Steve Cat]

Well, technically, this is possible............BUT>>>>>>>>>>

It can be pretty expensive and it doesn't work all that well.

You pretty much need and midi pickup (note this is not a regular pickup) for your guitar, about $150, they look pretty ugly because they are just stuck on, or a midi guitar which looks better but probably doesn't sound as good as your regular guitar. The only function of this midi pickup is to get the notes into the software...BUT>>>>>if you want to play the synth sounds which really is the purpose of the pickup, then you are looking at $500-$750 more

You also need some software like Sibelius G7or Finale Print Music for around $100. So it would cost about $250.......BUT..........the midi pickup doesn't typically track perfectly, so there is a lot of trial and error to get it to track about 95% accurately. .....but that is with single note lines.......chords, I'd say track about 75% accurately at best...........SO.......then you need to edit the wrong notes using the above mentioned software, which is pretty tedious.

In fact it is just as easy to type the notes in by hand. BUT.......... for that you need to know something about music even though the software does convert back and forth between notes and tab. Sibelius makes a product called G7 (Notion has a program that does the same thing but its a little buggy right now)and Tableedit too which also has a picture of a guitar (and other stringed instrument) fretboard which you can click notes and chords on with your mouse, BUT.........you have to have a fair idea of the note durations you are playing.

If all this sounds less than ideal that's because it is. To make matters worse, none of the programs Sibelius, Finale, and Progression, and Guitar Pro and Tabledit have file formats that are compatible with each other. What's even crazier is that the same company's different versions are not compatible with each other. BUT>>>>>>>>>.obviously people do it.....like the people on this board and that's why people HONOR them (not just for the skill level in arrangement) but also because they went to all the effort to get them into the software programs typing them one note at a time and converting the output to PDF files which most people can view but not edit of import directly into their own software.

[guitarone]

Consider the purchase of a Godin guitar. They have a model that will track very well as a midi input device. I think from memory it has USB connectivity. Friends have them and say they are working fine in Finale.

guitarone

[iparkin]

guitarone thanks for your reply but I already just bought two guitars recently a Parkwood electric-acoustic and an Ibanez AF105F artcore jazzbody. I also own a Fender Strat and a Gibson ES175-D jazzbody. I think I will try to write the tab out

[Steve Cat]

Played a 105 yesterday.........what a nice guitar, I almost bought it, but bought the cheaper AG95D bubinga (fixed income ya know). Man they make a lot of guitar for a good price. Can't wait to try it out with some Thomastik Infeld Jazz Swing 13's. I'd really have to want to input midi directly to spend $1,000+ for a guitar just to enter notes when for that money you could get a real nice Ibanez Pat Methaney.

Finale Notepad 2008 is free if you can find it and $10 for the 2009 version , I think you can download a demo and see how you like the tab input.

[JohnW400]

I don't know how this works in Finale but in Sibelius or G7 you can write out the tab and copy it to another staff where the tab will convert to notes. i think the G7 is reasonably priced. Also I think Sibelius also has a cheaper version out that has less features.

[Steve Cat]

I have Sibelius G7 and like it, the print output is very nice and you can set up alternative tunings for things like banjo and mando which I also play, but it is Sibelius 3 compatible only.

I think Finale Note converts to TAB, Finale Print Music does as well as pdf to tiff input about 80% accurate.

For $50 Tabledit is what I would buy. Large amount of files out there in tabedit format. Fretboard input midi output. Print output is OK too, not like Sibelius but good enough

[derek]

I have an odd request. I would really like to do Mancini's Pink Panther Theme solo, but haven't seen anything out there. Anyone seen this arranged before for solo guitar?

[JohnW400]

John McLaughlin and Al Dimeola sneak a bit of it into One Saturaday Night in SF trio CD with Paco but I've never seen it as a solo. I don't recall ever listening/hearing the whole thing in one sitting. Just the riff part.

[derek]

Originally Posted by JohnW400

John McLaughlin and Al Dimeola sneak a bit of it into One Saturaday Night in SF trio CD with Paco but I've never seen it as a solo. I don't recall ever listening/hearing the whole thing in one sitting. Just the riff part.

Seems to be a cool tune though for solo. Instantly recognizable, loved by all, and summons thoughts of Peter Sellers! Yes, I recall that, kind of an interlude before they break off into another peice. I love that disc.

[ohlcv]

YouTube Video

[derek]

Thanks, that was great. I went to youtube and found several others. Seems I am not alone in my thought that it would make a cool tune for solo guitar. Now to cop one of these.

[Sailor]

I play a cutaway nylon for jazz too; not too many of us!

Sailor