- Adds Treble Clef output with piano sound
- Adds support for patterns of 8th and 16th notes (in addition to the original quarters.)
Showing posts with label Coltrane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coltrane. Show all posts
7.6.11
Transmogrifier 2.0 Released
Much to the chagrin of *ahem* certain people, version 2.0 of the Bergonzifying Transmogrifier has been released!
New features include:
24.5.11
Announcing "The Bergonzifying Transmogrifier" - A Basso Web App
Boy, are you gonna be glad you were not Raptured.
Behold.
Presented for your approval and edification, the first web app from Casa De Ridiculoso, The Bergonzifying Transmogrifier. Perhaps the first of many, who knows.
By way of the following uncharacteristically informative summary you can learn what this thing is and what it is for.
Behold.
Presented for your approval and edification, the first web app from Casa De Ridiculoso, The Bergonzifying Transmogrifier. Perhaps the first of many, who knows.
By way of the following uncharacteristically informative summary you can learn what this thing is and what it is for.
12.3.11
Daily Licking 031: Bass Line for Chorus 5 & 6 of Mr. P.C.
Well, caught up with the tenor solo finally, both are all the way up to chorus number 6.
This bass line keeps getting more and more interesting, this guy is just as nuts as Coltrane. Let us examine these next 24 measures.
This bass line keeps getting more and more interesting, this guy is just as nuts as Coltrane. Let us examine these next 24 measures.
10.3.11
Daily Licking 030: Bass Line for Chorus 3 & 4 of Mr. P.C.
Two more choruses, (chori?) coming at you and guess what, this guy breaks the rules too.
For one, a suspicious number of b naturals start showing up in the bass line. I think he is in cahoots with Mr. Coltrane. Up until this chorus, he would play B flats, but what do you think, do you think he and Coltrane got together beforehand and agreed to do this? Or do you think that now that he is three choruses in, and Mr. P.C. has heard Coltrane go all honey-badger bananas and spray B naturals everywhere, so him and his radar ears just said "Oh it's like that, huh? Okay, it's on!" and started throwing natural sevenths into the bass line as well. That is a bass player that is listening, right there.
To B natural
Some funny things start happening in these two choruses, and I don't mean funny ha-ha.For one, a suspicious number of b naturals start showing up in the bass line. I think he is in cahoots with Mr. Coltrane. Up until this chorus, he would play B flats, but what do you think, do you think he and Coltrane got together beforehand and agreed to do this? Or do you think that now that he is three choruses in, and Mr. P.C. has heard Coltrane go all honey-badger bananas and spray B naturals everywhere, so him and his radar ears just said "Oh it's like that, huh? Okay, it's on!" and started throwing natural sevenths into the bass line as well. That is a bass player that is listening, right there.
8.3.11
Daily Licking 029: First Two Choruses of Bass on Mr. P.C
More bass this time, once I started I couldn't stop myself, so maybe we will catch up with the tenor solo and do the bass line up to chorus six as well.
Walking? More like running.
At this tempo it is more like a sprint than a walking bass line. But, just like Coltrane, does P.C care? Of course not. Let's see how he attacks this thing at a tempo this crazy.
6.3.11
Daily Licking 028: Bass Line For Head to Mr. P.C
A brief respite from the tenorisms of Mr. Coltrane for today.
Rather we shall take a look at what the songs name sake, Mr. Paul Chambers, is doing down there at over 200 bpm while Coltrane is busy abusing those poor chord tones.
So, below are the first two choruses of the bass line, the one played during the melody of Mr. P.C.
Rather we shall take a look at what the songs name sake, Mr. Paul Chambers, is doing down there at over 200 bpm while Coltrane is busy abusing those poor chord tones.
So, below are the first two choruses of the bass line, the one played during the melody of Mr. P.C.
3.3.11
Daily Licking 027: Chorus 6 of Mr. P.C.
Its like he has an army of chord assassins and uses ninja fingers that shoot fire to create music that regular people will never be able to comprehend. Because they don't have tiger blood.
No, not that guy, oh please, that guy is a mere insignificant napping earthworm compared to the ridiculoso orignal, tiger-blooded, martian rock star, sick of pretending he is not special, musical genius F-18 that is - Coltrane.
Just wanted to clear that up once and for all.
And as exhibit A, let us delve into chorus number 6 from said maniac.
No, not that guy, oh please, that guy is a mere insignificant napping earthworm compared to the ridiculoso orignal, tiger-blooded, martian rock star, sick of pretending he is not special, musical genius F-18 that is - Coltrane.
Just wanted to clear that up once and for all.
And as exhibit A, let us delve into chorus number 6 from said maniac.
1.3.11
Daily Licking 026: Back to Coltrane - Chorus 5 of Mr. P.C
Okay, after having to resort to repeated listening of "Music Box Dancer" in order to offset the Coltrane that has been bored into my ear holes, it is now possible to resume with our next chorus of the merciless onslaught. Steel your loins. If you have them.
Flouting
He is not happy with just playing "wrong" notes all over the place, he is double-dog-daring someone to call him on it. He is saying, "hey, its not enough for you when I play the major seven huh, well how about if it is the very first note of an entire chorus, huh, now what you are gonna do? Huh? Oh you gonna do something now?".
27.2.11
Daily Licking 024: Chorus 4 Of Mr. P.C.
The merciless onslaught continues. I had the ominous feeling while doing this chorus that...he is just getting warmed up. Yikes.
OMG!OMG!OMG! He played a Bb on the C min!!!
Okay, well don't get as excited as I did, because he only plays it for half a beat, on the very last beat of a measure of the C min, before it goes to the F min, measures 4 to 5. He only resorts to playing the B flat instead of the B natural (which he already played 3 times in the 4 measures before that) so he can really set up the F minor. He anticipates the change by a half a beat and listen to how it sets up that F min.
24.2.11
Daily Licking 021: Chorus 3 of Mr. P.C for Bass
What will happen today? Will he play a Bb on the C minor? Will he force some crazy chord substitution over an F min chord that never did anything to anyone to warrant such treatment? Let us see what chord carnage Mr. Coltrane has in store for these poor unsuspecting next 12 measures of his minor blues, Mr. P.C.
23.2.11
Daily Licking 020: Chorus 2 Of John Coltrane's Mr. P.C. Solo.
Continuing from yesterday's episode...we left our hero, Mr. Coltrane rapidly, (and I do mean rapidly) approaching his second chorus...
And on this chorus he does some saxophone-isms that are somewhat simplified for bass here, some of the rhythms he plays are not exactly triplets, and they are not exactly 16ths either, they are of some kind of tenor-istic-phrasing-duration..so the rhythms represent as close as I could get. If anyone has any alternative suggestions, let me know.
22.2.11
Daily Licking 019: 1st Chorus Of Coltrane's Mr. P.C To Blow Your Mind
UPDATE - you can follow this entire series on this page:
We have probably all played it. It is the defacto minor jazz blues, written by John Coltrane for one of the most famous bass players ever, Paul Chambers. It is on Mr. Trane's most famous album, "Giant Steps" and we are gonna look at his crazy solo, a chorus at a time.
Coltrane's solo on Mr. P.C might actually work on bass. This was before he went completely into another star child dimension of karmic existence and he was still playing in a way some of us humans might actually be able to emulate. Maybe.
I am going to try to go through his entire solo, all 16 choruses of it, and transcribe it all. I think it is doable. I have listened to it over and over and there is only one or two places that he gets really crazy and it might not be playable on bass, but over all, it just might be playable on bass with some minor tweaks. I think.
Also, since this is a blues and there are only 4 chords in the whole tune, it makes for really easy analysis and investigation into what he was playing. Even in only this first chorus, there is a dump truck full of goodies. I see posts from guys all the time saying "how do I know what to play when I solo?", well, look at these licks and dissect what he is doing and your cup will be overflowing with ridiculoso. Let us examine some things from The Master, shall we?
We have probably all played it. It is the defacto minor jazz blues, written by John Coltrane for one of the most famous bass players ever, Paul Chambers. It is on Mr. Trane's most famous album, "Giant Steps" and we are gonna look at his crazy solo, a chorus at a time.
Coltrane's solo on Mr. P.C might actually work on bass. This was before he went completely into another star child dimension of karmic existence and he was still playing in a way some of us humans might actually be able to emulate. Maybe.
I am going to try to go through his entire solo, all 16 choruses of it, and transcribe it all. I think it is doable. I have listened to it over and over and there is only one or two places that he gets really crazy and it might not be playable on bass, but over all, it just might be playable on bass with some minor tweaks. I think.
Also, since this is a blues and there are only 4 chords in the whole tune, it makes for really easy analysis and investigation into what he was playing. Even in only this first chorus, there is a dump truck full of goodies. I see posts from guys all the time saying "how do I know what to play when I solo?", well, look at these licks and dissect what he is doing and your cup will be overflowing with ridiculoso. Let us examine some things from The Master, shall we?
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