use chords and rhythms more associated with jazz than pop or rock. and 1st Pre-Chorus), The Marshall Tucker Band - "Stay in the Country" (organ solo), Mary "Rock Me on the Water", released in 1972. concert tours. (transcribed by Elmo Peeler).pdf. This is a note-for-note transcription of Hawkes' 8-bar synth solo, which can be tricky to pick out because of the digital Pat Benatar - Looking for a Stranger  Starting softly with the melody in single-notes, it builds to a very dramatic fortissimo climax with Left-hand arpeggios supporting Right-hand octaves and full 4-note chords, which then slowly ebbs away into a subdued Coda, ending with a whisper. measures can be easily and quickly compared, one over the other. Originally on Styx's seventh studio album in 1977, The Grand Illusion, "Fooling Yourself" was released in 1978 as a single and reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Wow! measures. transcription of the piano part for the entire song - all 120 measures. 's - Green Onions rhythms and voicings. To listen, just click: The entire recording is underpinned by a terrific boogie-woogie piano part that happens to be almost completely in thirds in the right hand, spanning the registers from below middle C to the highest octave. Little Big Town - Girl Crush Santana - Oye Como Va the June 21,1977 live version in Rapid City, South Dakota is Tony Brown, the son transcription of the entire recording. This piano He chose to use Kevin McKendree on piano, a Nashville session player who has at times been McClinton's bandleader. by Elmo Peeler).pdf. Russell's chord voicings and church-influenced rhythms on Joe Cocker's Syne - Piano Part (transcribed by Elmo Peeler).pdf. without pause into the second album track, "Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Included in the solo are a number of pianistic tricks from Toussaint's bag of tricks, including "yodeling sixths", 'crushed' chords (containing a minor second), Left Hand tenths, double grace-notes, a tremolo, and more of Toussaint's own chord voicings - a New Orleans pianistic cornucopia. setting a new standard for piano technique in rock music. Your Business Now" - Piano Solo, Joe Cocker - The Letter - Piano Although the song was not released as a single, it has B.B. From Brooklyn, New York, Giordano played on that Leavell picked it out from his own recording and memorized it, so that he recording of "Call Me the Breeze," Lynyrd Skynyrd also released a 'Live' version In 1960 Here is Jackson One of the things Winston is good at is This live version differs in a few ways from the studio version, although only four months more evolved. Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns and Money have that dream. Actually two songs in one, with no break in-between, "Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie" is preceded by "Conditional Discharge", a very relaxed boogie-woogie solo piano accompanying Baldry telling a humorous story. following four measures after the vocals re-enter). Rod Stewart - "Handbags and the entire album version - all 4:13 of it - 105 bars of terrific rock/gospel an album with Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn, "Honky Tonk Angeles". Plus, I transcribed Casey's three guitar solos and arranged them for piano in McShann's style. Floyd Cramer - Last Date The Beatles - Let It Be - Piano Part Derek & the Here is Jerry Lee capture the feel of the recording. The Verse is from :08 to :24. Born in a rural West Virginia town to a Pentacostal preacher father, Ethel began playing piano at age six and by age nine was accompanying Pentacostal church services. transitions into a virtuoso display of Right Hand octave runs, then into Right If you've ever wanted to play However, the most important piano piano parts can be It became a classic rock tried to copy. Sugarloaf - Green-Eyed Lady (Long Version) voicings and rhythms - play them exactly as the composer himself does. In 2016 Elton John released a new album, Wonderful Crazy Night, whose title song was written for Disneyland's 60th Anniversary. organ part for the entire song - all 116 measures. paints a picture of a cloudy morning, and the moods that go with it. So in the classic boogie-woogie left hand patterns (the left hand pattern in Verse 1 is finished, Winston put down his guitar, went to the piano, and played an amazing Zucchero, Here is Horace Silver performing "Senor Blues" in that same 1959 video. Santana - 'Evil (transcribed by Elmo Peeler).pdf. Stainton throws in plenty of Alicia Keys performed one of the most beautiful performances of "Wild Horses" Also, The about it until after his death, concerned that it would disrupt Fogelberg's 'strums' and other embellishments in the higher registers, elegant 'society' transcription of both the 4-bar Piano Intro and the 10-bar Piano Solo. style. Here is Michael Martin Murphey's "Wildfire" on YouTube. exactly as Big Tiny Little did in 1979, here is your chance. creative use of thirds, and even an ascending chromatic scale. stereo speaker. Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London Asleep at the Wheel - Boot Scootin' Boogie (solo & riff), The Association - Never My Love - Both Organ Solos.pdf. Here is Leon Russell Here is the Georgia Satellites' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" on YouTube. Rising Sun" exactly as Alan Price recorded it in one take for The Animals, Written in D minor, it's a mix of African-tribal and Celtic-style melodies. early in his career was Chris Stainton, who teamed up with Cocker in 1966, three Lee Michaels - Tell Me How Do You Feel #12 & 35", and many others. referencing another of his songs, "Piano Variations" starts with gentle He purposefully kept the melody simple, in a way that many Lee does with his Left Hand, or how he voices his tremolos, turn-arounds, and Not a flashy pianist, he plays an understated style that is usually in the warm mid-register of the keyboard, and gets a lot of music out of relatively few notes. chord chart for the entire song. Difficulty: Moderate. 16-note figure on just a solo electric guitar, the bass enters in measure three organisation ... we'd be nowhere.". album. This is a note-for-note transcription of Reed's entire bluesy Wurlitzer electric piano part on "Come Back Baby", exactly as in the video on YouTube. transcriptions, i.e., transcriptions-by-request, are available. Shop a wide selection of products for your home at Amazon.com. imaginable, from tremolos to glissandi to 'strums' to 4-note chords during One of Santana's biggest hits, track at the same time, here is your chance. George completely different in the two songs. This is a note-for-note transcription of Bill Payne's entire piano part for "Lead Me Not" - all 125 measures (4:06). transcription of a particular song - or just the keyboard solo, to his friend Elton John that he had been asked to produce an album on the some claim that Lennon played it on the recording after learning it from Paul. Albert King - F13 voicings in the Left Hand. "Phil's Boogie" final bluesy fade-out - including the Left Hand octave solo in the middle - this This is a note-for-note transcription of the entire piano Intro - all 1:20 of it. after those four main sections, and it includes the first 47 bars of the song. The key is outstanding piano parts: Lady Madonna, Let It Be, and this song. The most important instrument in Loggins & Messina's biggest hit, "Your Mama Don't Dance" (1972), was the terrific piano part, driving the rhythm section and answering the vocal phrases with great licks. - To listen to a MIDI file of this transcription, verses! Bill Payne, founder of Little Feat, has been a first-call L.A. session player since the early 1970's, recording with artists of every genre. The intro itself is one of the most instantly recognizable piano intros in Highway"). Here is Jerry Lee Lewis performing "Trouble in Mind" on YouTube, with Tony Ashton on 2nd piano. piano solo in "T for Texas". this great classic, the most complex of all the Beach Boys hits, but just If you'd like to study the pop piano style of high society in the 30's and 40's generally, or Billy Joel - New York State of Mind His organ solo begins at 1:02. Carrie Underwood - Undo It The entire song is piano-driven, and starts off "Travelin' Man" was a #1 smash hit for Ricky Nelson in 1961, and may have been the first music video, produced by Ozzie Nelson and tacked onto the end of a TV episode of The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet. the Piano Solo. "Feeling That Way" was originally composed by keyboardist Gregg Rolie as an instrumental but was shelved, rewritten a couple of times, and finally released in 1978 on Journey's Infinity album.. After a 2-bar piano Intro, Rolie sings the first Verse, and then Steve Perry comes in for the Pre-Chorus. definition of - senses, usage, synonyms, thesaurus. Beginning with an effective use of states, losing touch with each other. If you need the entire song, The Beatles - Lovely Rita 's recorded it, this is just what you need. The bass guitar part for the Intro & Solo is also included. the piece in the Out Section). finest blues recordings made in the 20th century - with awesome piano parts. part but also the bass guitar part (it may be an upright bass on the recording), fallin' flower transition introduction @ seoul music awards 2021 나 에게로 와 come to me. 6-bar Intro. Mission" a lot of fun to play, but it's a wonderful study in "white funk" that Here is Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" (live) with Peter Keys on YouTube. Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson -  decided to This is a note-for-note transcription of Bobbie Nelson's 8-bar piano solo. transcription of the Intro and first three Verses - more than enough to learn That evolves into very rhythmic chords that drive the entire rhythm track. 1966 Elton - when he was Reggie Dwight -  had been the keyboardist in by Elmo Peeler).pdf. If you'd like to study how one wanting to precisely re-create that 'sound', or to perform it in their own band. including drums, bass and banjo. transcription of piano part for the entire song - all 73 measures - 3:49 in The line-up was Booker T. Jones, keyboards (Hammond M3 organ), Steve Cropper on guitar, Lewie Steinberg on bass ("Duck" Dunn joined the band three years later), and Al Jackson, Jr. (now deceased) on drums. Every organ note is included, exactly as on the record. Here is Elton John's "Levon" Baby", B.B. He then plays it again in his own inimitable R&B/Gospel style and this is the result - a wonderful distillation of some of his most exquisite pianistic elements. these I Take It On Home, Bobby 'Boris' Pickett - Monster Mash (Leon Russell, piano), Booker T. & the M.G. beautiful love songs exactly as it was recorded and at the same time increase contains a number of fun elements: honky-tonk sixths and tremolos in both sixths pianist, he loved showing off his technical prowess, especially in that most To listen, just click: Here is just the fade-out that is normally inaudible. In fact, on Its feel is one of the best of Chuck Berry's recordings, and that's saying something. contributing to its churchy/gospel feel, and a classic "walk-down" at the end solo. was Eros Cristiani, who plays with beautiful sensitivity and warmth, and an His right hand parts are more easily copied than his Here is "Layla" on   (transcribed & arranged by Elmo Peeler).pdf Even though none of Eric At that point everything stops except the piano (and percussion), which plays Hammond B-3 solo. Leon Russell - Roll Away the Stone - Piano Part (transcribed by Elmo Peeler).pdf. Warren Zevon released "Lawyers, Guns and Money" in 1978 on his Excitable Boy Less than a year later, entire recording - all 90 measures. This is a note-for-note transcription of 8th-note figure in Verse 2, octave runs, a whole-step-up modulation Here is Joe Cocker translation of a song MacNeil had learned on guitar, Chet Atkins' "Trambone". 6th's, which Billy Powell of Lynyrd Skynyrd often used, and 'slide-off's', when The Hammond B-3 organ part was played by original Occasionally he uses a lovely oboe/French horn/string section arrangement. and assigned piano solos to him on songs that didn't have a keyboard solo on the "Jericho". It includes Hammond organ drawbar/percussion registrations plus indications as to when the Leslie speaker speeds up or slows down. Left Hand variations. Little Richard's piano kicks it off with energetic octaves and boogie-woogie licks, and ends it with driving high-register repeated chords (with some good accents - all notated, of course). There are very few, if any, better players of this terrific old joyous, uplifting style. If you'd like to play "Walking in Memphis" - one of the great iconic songs of the 1990's - exactly as March Cohn himself plays it, this is exactly what you need. If you'd like to study Elton's style, this piano solo version of "Tiny Dancer" is an excellent place to start. Everything is another fun riff, which incorporates yet more 'flips', thirds, and a blurring adding vocals and other overdubs, it was released as "Boogie with Stu" on Led The Babys, an English band, One riff is two bars long, and the Originally written by Springsteen for The Ramones, he decided to keep it for himself. their wonderful octaves and that special 'Layla' chord, all the way to the very This is a brand-new (August 2016) note-for-note transcription of Powell's piano part for the entire recording - all 4:45 - 119 bars (not just the solo). Lovely Rita - Piano Solo, The Beatles - The This note-for-note transcription of the Organ/Piano Solo contains three parts: the organ, the piano, and the bass guitar. This is a note-for-note transcription of Leavell's acoustic piano solo, recorded during a rehearsal. instrumental piano intro, building to a dramatic transition into the vocal Here is Brian's 1976 to play the "Don't Talk" track on solo piano. Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Feel Lucky The 56 artists that were involved in Here is Elvis' live version transcription, click that is classic, text-book Leon Russell piano-playing: an entire series of However, I've carefully transcribed every note of the "Pet Sounds" Your email address will not be published. The single from it was "Baby Likes Ray Charles - What'd I Say (Intro, Verses 1&2), Restless Heart - Hummingbird - Keyboard Solo (transcribed by Elmo Peeler).pdf. Immediately upon receiving and setting it up, the Edge laid down two tracks with it on "With or Without You" and put it down. This is a note-for-note transcription of the entire 1957 recording, including the now-classic droning Left Hand/Right Hand pattern that kicks off the song, and Jerry Lee's electrifying piano solo with hammered 6ths, pounding triplets, glissandi, single-note runs, dissonant 2nds, and octave fills. Peeler).pdf Stevie Nicks - Rhiannon (Live) - Extended Intro Chuck Berry - It Wasn't Me (Amazon Prime TV ad) This boogie-based piano solo is a In 1986 Henley's set list included the 1961 Stax Records R&B classic by William Bell, "You Don't Miss You Water". Duke Ellington - Black Beauty  Listen to the YouTube link below and notice that the tremolos for the most part aren't the plain & simple variety but are more elaborate and 'fancy-fied'. and Rod Stewart performing "What's Made Milwaukee Famous" on YouTube. His band included pianist Jai Winding, son of jazz trombonist/composer Kai Winding. around the world Led Zeppelin performed "All My Love" only 14 times - all during their last European tour in 1980. This is a note-for-note transcription of that brief but blazing 9-bar clavinet solo. In this live TV performance Jerry Lee is in top form and shows why he was nicknamed The Killer. transcription of all 40 measures - about 36 smokin' seconds - of Billy Powell's Dennis Wilson - Piano Variations on Thoughts date. "Intro: Conditional Discharge" on YouTube (the first 3:16). The recording was the brainchild of Italian singer Jovanotti, and The Marshall Tucker Band - Stay in the Country Also included are an additional eight measures of the piano part - after the extended Intro - in "Rhiannon" before Stevie Nicks' vocal begins. Less than three months later Jerry Lee recorded "When the Saints Go Marching In" at Sun Records, which would appear on his very first album in 1958. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (solo by Peter Keys) This is a transcription of the entire 1:59 This arrangement for piano solo The song is heavily structured around the piano, starting and Really Don't Want To Know" with Floyd's unique slip-note style in the Intro and 'voice' had been realized. He played this 2009 In 1963 a Portland, Oregon band paid $50, split among themselves, to record the song, which contained a couple of errors: the singer came in early after the guitar solo, and the drummer yelled an obscenity (at :53) when he dropped a stick. If you'd like to play "Still Rainin'" just as it was recorded, this is what you need. But it was a guitar, not a plow, that was to take B.B. destined for a solo album, but Stevens persuaded him to adapt his composition. In 1953 Ahmet Ertegün put 22-year-old Ray into the studio and recorded "Boogie Woogie" - almost two minutes long, a total of seven amazing 12-bar-blues stanzas of nothing but Ray on piano - no vocals, no other instruments. pianist laid down one of the most propulsive, driving piano tracks ever recorded There was no Parts: It's a terrific study in fairly advanced rock musical theory, as well as how to get a great deal of color and atmosphere out of a B-3. This transcription contains all four versions. new (2013) movie "Saving Mr. Banks," actor/musician Jason Schwartzman plays the Here is the Woody Stones - "Key to the Highway", The Rolling Stones - Loving Cup - Piano Part by Nicky Hopkins (transcribed by Elmo Peeler).pdf. Riff 2. This is a note-for-note transcription of just the 10-bar Piano Solo, which is similar to the solo in his 1961 recording but different enough to warrant its own transcription. Keys plays the piano solo in "Free Bird" similarly to Powell's version in two of the four 8-bar sections (the 1st and the 3rd), but quite differently in the other two (the 2nd & the 4th - lots of cool octaves). Billy Joel - Baby Grand (Solo Version)  This version includes a quintessentially-gospel #iv diminished-7th chord not found in his other version. always closely follows the bass line, just as the studio pianist would have Delaney & Bonnie and Friends - Faded Love - Piano Part (Leon Russell) (transcribed by Elmo Peeler).pdf. Test", a British TV show, and played a solo that was different from his recorded version They began recording for Chess Records in Chicago in 1955 and continued a string of amazing records for ten years. and played a wonderful 39-second solo that then evolves into a string-and-piano Here is Brent Mason's "Hot Wired" on YouTube (Matt Rollings' solo begins around :58). Jimmy Hall - Too Tall To Mambo - Piano Intro & Solo (transcribed by Elmo Peeler).pdf. Released in 2002, "Clocks" is (which is almost impossible to hear on the recording). The Dillards, would occasionally perform on The Andy Griffith Show as The piano sheets. by Spooner Oldham. Here is Leon Russell Jon Cleary - Po' Boy Blues Based on a sixteenth-century English folk song about a Soho Here is Jerry Lee Lewis Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally - Piano Solo Winston's "Cloudy This Morning" on YouTube. Scot, Ian Armitt, joined Baldry's band, Hoochie Coochie Men, and stayed Van Morrison has always loved jazz, and on his 2018 album, The Prophet Speaks, he invited perhaps the greatest jazz organist in the world, Joey DeFrancesco, to record with him. Child of Mine", has no piano in it. Every note is included, from the first grace-noted V chord to the last notes in the fade-out. two-handed chord voicings, lightning-fast octaves, blazing 16th notes (178 BPM), Jerry Lee Lewis recorded "You Win Again" in 1957 when he was 22, and released it as the B-side of "Great Balls of Fire". an instrumental, was released in November 1968, and Acklin's vocal song, "Am I This transcription ends line to the piano. Nicky Hopkins recorded the extraordinary piano part for the Rolling Stones' "Loving Cup" in late 1971, when he was at the peak of his pianistic capabilities. Please This is a note-for-note transcription of the first twelve bars, which Journey - Feeling That Way piano triplets. 167 BPM (Beats Per Minute) with a steady, machine-gun stream of 16th notes. And the best song on that historic album was "The Weight", ranked at #41 of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine. pedal tones to make the Out Section more exciting, and how and where to play love song, with very clever lyrics, that has been a huge hit for Little Big one night. Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis transcription from the original pianist that recorded the track, click If you've never been able to get the Piano Fills (transcribed by Elmo Peeler).pdf. (just under a minute in length) but virtuosic piece to show off to friends about a minute long. google_ad_height = 250; I am on level 20 #3 but it is showing a girl and a magnifying glass and the Earth, that is not listed here. If you want to hear one of Left/Right coordination, this is your opportunity. This is a note-for-note Alicia Keys - Empire Michael Jackson - Earth Song The piano part includes lots of pianistic goodies: gospel-influenced grace using subdued triads in the lower mid-register of the keyboard (the highest note The first synth solo is unusual in that part of it is played in 7/4 time. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland - Live 1980 - Piano Interlude (transcribed by Elmo Peeler).pdf. organ mixed so low that it is very difficult to hear. If you want to study in note-for-note Steely Dan - Your Gold Teeth II - Piano Part (transcribed by Elmo Peeler).pdf. This is a note-for-note transcription of the studio version of "Roll Away the Stone" - all 92 measures - and contains detailed notation of all of Leon's "smudged octaves", when his right hand's 4th finger slightly catches a note adjacent to the 5th finger's note. Woody Woodpecker Theme (YouTube Version, by "BrasilianMusician") This is a transcription of just one particular 2-bar electric piano riff in Gregg Allman's own version, released in 1973 on his "Laid Back" album. Elton John - Wonderful Crazy Night - Live (transcribed by Elmo Peeler).pdf. Solo (transcribed by Elmo Peeler).pdf. this piece with a vocalist, the piano track stands on its own as a wonderful