6 minor moves to steal on Beautiful Love (transcription inside)
Published about 2 months ago • 2 min read
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This week's workshop: Things we can play over D harmonic minor, and applying them to Beautiful Love. RSVP Below |
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Michel Petrucciani Transcription
My students often feel like their solos are boring because they don't know cool enough notes. Not so! It's what you do with the simple notes that makes them cool.
Here's a perfect example from a performance of Beautiful Love by Michel Petrucciani 🎹 and Jim Hall 🎸. This was recorded live at Montreux Jazz Fest in 1986 in a trio with Wayne Shorter 🎷 (who sat out on this tune).
Download PDF of Transcription: Beautiful Love - Michel Petrucciani.pdf
Observations About This Solo
Play through the solo above, one phrase at a time, and consider the structure of each line.
- Look at the rhythm of each phrase first. Where does each phrase start and end rhythmically? Is it syncopated or straight?
- Do you see the scale each phrase comes from?
- How does that phrase fit over the chords played in that moment?
- Can you spot the chord tone target notes? Where do they fall rhythmically?
- Do you see approach notes from above and below those chord tones?
- (I noted a few of my own observations in the transcription)
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RSVP For the Beautiful Love Workshop
This Friday at 1:00 pm Eastern, October 17. We'll be inventing our own creative D harmonic minor lines and applying them as fills and solo ideas over Beautiful Love.
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