Monks countermelody is worth learning and using as part of your arrangements. Thelonious monk plays standards volume 1 piano transcriptions. Contains printable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file. High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along. Thelonious monk blue monk sheet music easy piano piano. Monk was also an important figure in jazz composition and his songs became an important part of the jazz repertoire. Blue monk sheet music thelonious monk beginner piano. Thelonious monk piano solo sheet music books scores buy. Monks countermelody is worth learning and using as part of your. If you have difficulty with chords, i have written a book called piano chords.
Partition gratuite blue monk, free jazz scores partition musique. Monk, was a cousin, and pam monk kelley an educator in connecticut, whose father conley monk was a first cousin, some of thelonious monks roots emerge. B e 7 b f7 b b 7 e e 7 b f7 b f7 f7 b f7 blues 1 blue monk thelonius monk. They have a semitone interval at the bottom of the chord and a 3rd on top.
With a few dissonant notes and unexpected silences, monk complicates his connection to the underlying harmony. Thelonious monk blue monk sheet music pdf notes, chords. Partition gratuite blue monk, free jazz scores partition. With chord names and introductory text does not include words to the songs. I hope that you were inspired enough to check out some of the great monk recordings or to try to play some of his masterpieces. The music in this book is easy to read and play even for the novice piano player. Make jamming easier with this 12bar blues chord generator. Thelonious monk piano solo sheet music books scores.
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Print and download lead sheets for blue monk by thelonious monk in bb major. Available for purchase only in the united states leadsheets typically only contain the lyrics, chord symbols and melody line of a song and are rarely more than one page in length. Print and download blue monk sheet music by thelonious monk arranged for piano. Download or print thelonious monk blue monk sheet music notes, chords in minutes. Blue monk play along backing track c key score violin. Thelonious monk blue monk sheet music notes, chords. Get thelonious monk blue monk sheet music notes, chords. High quality and interactive, transpose it in any key, change the. Download the pdf for largo from winter concerto by antonio vivaldi now. These singles were then compiled in later yearswith additional performances from the sessionsinto longplaying album formats. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly.
Download and print blue monk sheet music for piano solo by thelonious monk in the range of f3d. As monks reputation and fame grew, the sessions were recompiled again and again. Monk is in exhilarating form on eight of his own compositions and one standard, smoke gets in your eyes. Monk blue monk sheet music intermediate for piano solo pdf. He started piano lessons as a kid and by age, he had won the weekly amateur night contest at the apollo theater so many times that he was no longer allowed to compete. Nov 29, 2017 pianist and composer thelonious monk occupies a very special place in the history of jazz, and in the history of american music as a whole. Glee tv series, chords indications, lyrics may be included. A contrafact based loosely on rhythm changes in c, and was ed by monk under the title nameless in april 1944. Learn how to play thelonious monk songs for piano online.
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Marks greatsounding version for big band maintains the medium swing feel and monkisms from the original, but he adds his own stamp of originality with crafty ensemble lines, rhythmic twists, and some powerful full band statements in mixed. Partition pour piano, guitare, basse, violon mise a disposition. Vinyl lp, 10 thelonious monk piano solo 1954, vinyl discogs. His monk transcriptions are a great resource, here. Jazz pianist thelonious monks first sessions as a bandleader were recorded between 1947 and 1952, and released on blue note records as a series of 78 rpm singles. The white patriarch james monk came to north carolina in a wave of migrants from scotland around 1770. Monk blue monk sheet music intermediate for piano solo. Download and print blue monk sheet music for piano solo by thelonious monk intermediate. It was first recorded july 23, 1951 for the genius of modern music sessions, and later appears on mulligan meets monk, 5 by monk by 5, straight, no chaser, and on monks blues. Blue monk 4 horns nice easy blues on a great jazz standard. We provide you with high quality printable sheet music and arrangements made by professional musicians. One of the signature tunes from jazz legend thelonious monk is this quirky and iconic blues. Blue blues is an original quite simple jazz solo, written on the chords of famous jazz standards blue monk. Monk, was a cousin, and pam monk kelley an educator in connecticut, whose father conley monk was a first cousin, some of thelonious monk s roots emerge.
His most frequently played songs include round midnight, i mean you, blue monk, straight no chaser and evidence. In this score, i include image files for both pages of the original key of b transcription, as well as pdf for the transposedtob flat version. The basics of music explained from a piano roll perspective tech. Blue monk for piano solo, intermediate piano sheet music. Thelonious monk chord voicings the jazz piano site. Below is a bunch of solo piano transcriptions you can download. Thelonious monk blue monk sheet music leadsheet in bb. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. Thelonious monk blue monk sheet music piano solo in bb major.
Available for purchase only in the united states leadsheets typically only contain the lyrics, chord symbols and melody line of a. Blue monk by thelonious monk sheet music for piano download. May 31, 2010 blue monk was written by thelonious monk. This is often one of the first 12 bar blues tunes that a jazz musician will learn. A strange and wonderful human being with a truly unconventional approach to the piano, he was also one of the greatest composers of smallform jazz tunes in the history of jazz to date. Piano smp level 6 late intermediate composed by thelonious monk. Includes written solo and some written notes for piano and bass in case you have inexperienced players. The tune was also called bip bop by monk, and he claims that the tunes latter title was the origin of the genredefining name bebop. Thelonious monk is a bebop pianist known for his dissonant, quirky and asymmetrical style, rhythm and harmony. One of the alltime great tunes by jazz legend thelonious monk. Monks playing style is very unique, using sparse voicings and omitting notes to add dissonance. Print and download sheet music for blue monk by thelonious monk. In the 40s he started making recordings, and in the 50s he came out with two of his most popular albums, brilliant corners and thelonious monk with john born in rocky mount. This article originally appeared in the june 97 issue of keyboard magazine.
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