Buy fully licensed online digital, transposable, printable sheet music printable sheet music digital sheet music jazz composers jazz standard duke ellington jazz guitar jazz band word of advice piano sheet music. Satin doll is a great jazz standard that is an excellent example of a song that contains many ii v and ii v i progressions. How to play satin doll jazz piano spread voicings freejazzlessons. To help you become introduced to chord melody, the a sections are all the same, and the tune uses mostly beginnerlevel chord shapes if youre an intermediate level player, check out the practice tips as they will guide. Includes printable pdf in tab and notation and mp3 play along track with. Johnny mercer added his lyrics after the instrumental version became a success. Lesson 2arrangements for improvisation with analysis. Satin doll may be one of the most famous jazz songs of all time. The pentatonic scale is a very big part of the modern jazz sound. He is the author of building a jazz vocabulary a jazz text and numerous compositions for jazz ensemble. I bought a jazz play along book that im using to learn melody, chords, and a lead line, but im struggling with how to improvise over the chords myself.
To follow along you can download a chord chart from the link below. Lows and highs, believing in lies, in life we have to improvise. Satin doll dm7 g9 dm7 g9 cigarette holder which wigs me em7 a9 em7 a9 over her shoulder, she digs me. Chapter 26elements of improvisation, advanced concepts. Satin doll sheet music download free in pdf or midi. Piano sheet music satin doll duke ellington noviscore. Frustration and cries, the last leg of sighs, you are the dreamer in disguise. Buy fully licensed online digital, transposable, printable sheet music. Similar situations happen throughout the song making satin doll a great format for improv study. These games create a space for us to play together and connect with our joy. He studied piano and composition in london, berlin, and turin, and pursued theoretical studies at the university of cambridge. Piano improvisation technique corcoran high school.
This type of voicing technique was used extensively by jazz pianists such as george shearing, bill evans, red garland, wynton. Click download or read online button to get a classical approach to jazz piano improvisation book now. Satin doll from the jazz pianists ultimate guide to the real book. Choose from 4 versions for piano solo easy piano to expert stride style or sing along to our level 2 piano accompaniment version. Satin doll duke ellington jazz solos jazz improvisation. That is how the chords are played during the melody andor when the tempo is quite slow. Its chord progression is well known for its unusual use of chords and opening with a iivi. Buy ultimate showstoppers jazz sheet music piano vocalchords.
A great collection of 21 jazz standards arranged at an easier level, including. In this lesson i am going to take the progression from satin doll and first show you how to play the chords and then go over how you can use pentatonic scales to improvise over it. Although its often played for swing dancing, satin doll was actually composed by duke ellington and billy strayhorn a few years after the swing era, in 1953. Exactly like you, satin doll chapter 3basic chords. Satin doll duke ellington chord changes jazz guitar improvisation. An interviewer once asked him what his favorite song of his own was. Learn how to play jazz piano improv 3 exercises piano. All the things you are plus 12 jazz classics for piano. Satin doll changes all of our standards tracks are rhythm section arrangements based on the chord changes to classic tunes.
Digital sheet music for satin doll by johnny mercer, duke ellington, billy strayhorn scored for piano vocalchords. Students are improvising before they have a chance to be worried about it. Carl humphries bielskobiala, poland is the author of the bestselling piano handbook. For improvising over the chords, you can use an f blue. Melody and improvisation are based on chords and scales accompaniment is based on chords and scales chords are based on scales scales are based on physics,mathematical principles and musical tradictions musical tradictions are based on. Satin doll from the jazz pianists ultimate guide to the. Since 1987, he has been a member of the jazz faculty at the university of north texas where he teaches jazz improvisation and jazz pedagogy. Its often included in beginner piano books, and the following tutorial will.
Satin doll chapter 3basic chords lesson 1triads3note chords. Contemporary guitar improvisation presents the scales modes and what cords you can play them against them in a very easy to understand way. Duke ellingtons favorite song the jazz composer duke ellington wrote over 1,000 pieces of music, including timeless classics like mood indigo, satin doll and sophisticated lady. Improvisation made easy building on the concept of jazz chords, the blues progression is taught as a series of dominant 7th chords. He works as a pianist, teacher, and composer, specializing in the relationship between theory and performance. In this video, i will explain how to play the jazz piano easily chord voicing theory is the key. Patterns are great for all kinds of instrumentalists to practice. Improvisation is introduced gradually, starting with 2measure phrases using only a few chord tones at a time. Sep 06, 2011 barney kessel jazz guitar transcription of satin doll. Duke ellington satin doll chords ultimate guitar archive. On april 6, the band had their first capitol recording session, producing satin doll, without a song, and cocktails for two. But its a wonderful tune and fun to improvise on, so if you enjoy it, i hope youll. I started to get into jazz after playing rock for 20 years.
Am7 d9 abm7 db9 cmaj7 f9 em7 a7 out cattin that satin doll. Jamey aebersold jazz does not accept liability for incorrect spelling, printing errors including prices, incorrect manufacturers specifications, or grammatical inaccuracies in any product included in the jamey aebersold jazz catalog or website. Satin doll and a little of this winds will be required to play the melody and improvise a minimum of one chorus on satin doll and a little of this. Solo jazz piano improvisation video robert dimbleby duration. You can do a lot with satin doll considering how simple the form is, and its a brilliant tune to apply different block chord styles. Application for satin doll by duke ellington and billy strayhorn. Piano, vocal and guitar sheet music hal leonard all the bestknown swing standards in one big songbook. This is a basic level tutorial on how i constructed a solo using triads, arpeggios, chromatic fills, and sequences. You take one look at that list of hundreds of song titles and get overwhelmed. Written in 1953, the song has been recorded by ella fitzgerald, 101 strings, terry callier, and nancy wilson. Most commonly played in c major, the tune follows a standard 32 bar aaba form. This is one of the first mistakes that i see beginner jazz piano students make.
Best books for learning to improvise musicimprovisation score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Satin doll sheet music for piano download free in pdf or. Written in 1953, the song has been recorded countless times, by such artists as ella fitzgerald, frank sinatra, 101 strings, terry callier, and nancy wilson. If youve never listening to this tune before, check out the version performed by ellington and his band. The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. Jw pepper is your sheet music store for band, orchestra and choral music, piano sheet music, worship songs, songbooks and more. Satin doll is a jazz standard written by duke ellington and billy strayhorn with lyrics by johnny mercer. Members of the conti study group working on the ticket to improv solos from volume one, this is the thread for the first solo, satin doll. Apr 05, 2012 satin doll is a tune written by duke ellington and billy strayhorn in 1953 with lyrics by johnny mercer. These are the original chords that duke ellington wrote.
Here are the real book tunes you should learn first. Satin doll jazz sheet music, books and methods for jazz. Youre all excited to get started so you open to the table of contents and bam. Description as recorded by james darren and arranged by sammy nestico, here is a masterful swingin chart on this ellington favorite. This book is terrific before reading marc silvers book, i must have bought 9 or 10 other learn to improvise books and did not really understand any of them. Best books for learning to improvise musicimprovisation. Buy jamey aebersold jazz, volume 54 maiden voyage at. You can improvise over the chord progression using mainly only five major scales.
If you want to improvise jazz piano, the very first step is to pick a chord progression that is easy to improvise over. Satin doll was written by duke ellington and billy strayhorn in 1953. The great band leader, duke ellington composed along with billy strayhorn and johnny mercer the jazz standard satin doll it eventually became the duke ellington orchestras signature tune. Satin doll sheet music, jazz piano, digital sheet music. Study group satin doll robert contis ticket to improv.
Satin doll, with its ellington piano solo, was a modest hit, entering the pop charts in june and rising to number twentyseven. Great stuff, the improv lesson will be finished soon. You want to play jazz piano, and youve got your own copy of the real book. If you want to become a great jazz improviser, just learn jazz standards. We got a piano last month and ive always wanted to learn. Whereas most books offer little more than models for imitation and exercises for practicing, this one adopts an approach specifically. Featuring wonderful interplay between singer and ensemble, this will be a joy to perform. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that. This was a very popular ellington band tune and inspired many other jazz artist to record and perform it such as ella fitzgerald, nancy wilson and frank sinatra. We take the melodies from assorted fake books and demonstrate them in simple ways on the guitar neck. Theres some interesting things that can be lifted from his performance of the tune. I do a lot of these kinds of exercises in my book zero to improv.
Print and download satin doll sheet music by duke ellington. We have essentially sequences of iiv chords throughout the piece. Piano songbooks and sheet music guitar, bass and folk instruments educational piano vocal choral and classroom church music band, jazz and orchestra solo instrumental drums and percussion classical trade and reference books software and music technology instruments and accessories featured series playalong series. Its chord progression is well known for its unusual use of chords and opening with a iivi turnaround. In his book the jazz lines he says, if you want to play the unaltered extensions over a g7 or. Cantaloupe island the preacher summertime satin doll c jam blues i. There are no melodies or lyrics on our tracks but there are links to downloadable published sheet music and outstanding recordings listed below. Satin doll is one of the first 2 songs i picked to really try to learn.
Satin doll is one of those tunes, like in the mood or take five, that was such a huge hit that its come to represent the world of jazz for many of the listening public. See more of secrets of piano improvisation on facebook. Satin doll is a tune written by duke ellington and billy strayhorn in 1953 with lyrics by johnny mercer. Find satin doll, basie, count, by composer performer, jazz ensemble big band, nestico, sammy and more at marina music to use this site, you must first enable javascript. A systematic approach for the classically trained pianist. Sheet music arranged for piano vocalchords in c major transposable. I think song for my father is a pretty simple song in f minor with some basic chordsbass line.
Block chords are an effective way to harmonise a step wise melody line. Piano sheet music satin doll duke ellington noviscore sheets. Wasted tries, the many whys, is it the soul of compromise. One of the most beloved and recognizable standards from the duke ellington catalog, wayne grimmers setting is accessible and singable for almost any level ensemble, and will have your audience snapping along to this fantastic swinging chart. Here are the instructions to enable javascript in your web browser. The piano improvisation handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the practical skills and theoretical issues involved in mastering all forms of piano improvisation, including classical, jazz, rock and blues. They try to improvise over a song with a lot of chords, like satin doll or fly me to the moon.
Piano, guitar, vibes, and bass will play the melody first time, comp or walk second time, and improvise third time on satin doll and a little of this. Welcome to part 1 of this jazz standard tutorial on satin doll by duke ellington. Here are a few things to know when we play satin doll by duke ellington. Chord melody of head and chord solo in standard notation and guitar tabs. The worldwide leader in jazz improvisation educational materials for over 50 years. But a melody and so an improvisation is based above all on chord besides on key. Satin doll by duke ellington sheet music for guitar, piano.
A systematic approach for the classically trained pianist brian chung, dennis thurmond on. Yes i also like petruccianis arrangement of the tune. Many jazz musicians played satin doll so many times on. Print and download in pdf or midi satin doll kayla wellspring. Try our satin doll piano sheet music by duke ellington. Find satin doll, jazz classics for younger bands, jazz ensemble big band, taylor, mark and more at marina music. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read improvisation at the piano. Guitar, piano keyboard, vocal sheet music book by duke ellington. A systematic approach for the classically trained pianist ebook written by brian chung, dennis thurmond.
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