30.3.11

More of Jeff Berlin's Valse Nobles

Here are some additional resources for getting Jeff Berlin's Valse Nobles et Sentimentales together. Well, maybe not together but at least playable.

The full thing is here - http://bassoridiculoso.blogspot.com/2011/03/daily-licking-036-jeff-berlin-part-on.html, however that is only a pdf. The reason is because when I started figuring it out, well, lets just say there was some initial confusion in the rhythmic interpretation department of the thing and someone was under the mistaken impression there was more than one time signature involved. And it does not appear as though that is the case.

So, now you can hear just the bass part of the A section (via the always excellent bopland.org) and maybe get a handle on what the hell is going on.

There are two versions, one at Berlin-tempo-ridiculoso and one at a much more slow pace, around 60 bpm.

Then there are just the triplet licks broken out as well. They are not a paralyzingly frightening when they get slowed down and you can hear them by themselves a few times. And by few I mean about 700 or so.
Valse Nobles @ 200 bpm
bass lick swing 0 3/4 tempo 200 | Dbmaj db4. ab+8 f+4~| f8 e8 bb+4. f8 |Bb7 bb--4. ab+8 d4~| d8 b8 g+4. bb-8 | Eb eb-4. eb+8 b+4~ | b8 bb-8 f+4. g-8 | Dbmaj ab4 [d-8 ab+ c] [f ab c-] |[f d ab] [c f d] [ab c f] |db-4. ab+8 f+4~ | f8 e8 bb+4. f8 |bb--4. ab+8 d4~ | d8 b8 g+4. bb-8 |eb-4. eb+8 (g4~ b~) | (g8 b) bb-8 db+4. g--8 | c4 [eb8 e8 g-] [c eb gb] |c2 r4 |

Valse Nobles @ 60 bpm
bass lick swing 0 3/4 tempo 60 | Dbmaj db4. ab+8 f+4~| f8 e8 bb+4. f8 |Bb7 bb--4. ab+8 d4~| d8 b8 g+4. bb-8 | Eb eb-4. eb+8 b+4~ | b8 bb-8 f+4. g-8 | Dbmaj ab4 [d-8 ab+ c] [f ab c-] |[f d ab] [c f d] [ab c f] |db-4. ab+8 f+4~ | f8 e8 bb+4. f8 |bb--4. ab+8 d4~ | d8 b8 g+4. bb-8 |eb-4. eb+8 (g4~ b~) | (g8 b) bb-8 db+4. g--8 | c4 [eb8 e8 g-] [c eb gb] |c2 r4 |

First Triplet Catastrophe 60 bpm
bass lick swing 0 3/4 tempo 60 | Dbmaj ab+4 [d-8 ab+ c] [f ab c-] | [f d ab] [c f d] [ab c f] | r2 r4 | r4 r2 | r4 r2 |

Second Triplet Catastrophe 60 bpm
bass lick swing 0 3/4 tempo 60 | Dbmaj c+4 [eb8 e8 g-] [c eb gb] | c2 r4 | r2 r4 | r2 r4 |

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