Herbie Hancock's trill, that plays from the beginning of the
track, causes a lot of confusion among people who try to
transcribe it. It was not, as far as I know,
written into the
original sketch in the way that
Hancock plays it - I believe that I have
successfully found the
real notes that he plays.
They aren't
G ||
AB (where || represents
tremolo), nor are they
G ||
A, but in fact
EA ||
GF.
Try it - it sounds a lot more
correct than
anything I've seen
written. I also believe this doesn't actually change for the
C Chord. For the
D7#9, it stops all together.
Also, I think it's worth noting here that the "
four bar interlude" that
mawa mentions isn't actually an
interlude at all. Also, the
chord changes he notes are incorrect. The
form of the
piece is, in fact, a
12 bar blues,
plain and simple. The chords are as follows:
|
G7 | G7 | G7 | G7 |
|
C7 | C7 | G7 | G7 |
|
D7#9 |
Eb7#9 D7#9 | G7 | G7 |
Note: the last
two bars in this form are often played as follows:
|
G7sus4(omit 3) Gmaj9 | G7sus4(omit 3) G7 |