--- In jazz_guitar@yahoogroups.com, "sonomatips"
<sonomatips@y...> wrote:
> I'm curious, Steve: Do you intend to follow Bill Evans' bass
> progression for the chords all the way through the tune?
>
> Transposing piano chord voicings to the guitar is a good way
to find
> interesting and unusual voicings.... and stretch your fingers to
the
> edge of tendonitis. Guess I better get one of those Brian Moore
> guitars if I'm gonna keep this up.
>
> --- In jazz_guitar@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Freeman"
> <freeman335@c...> wrote:
> > I am working on a chord melody for waltz for debbie, the
> > standard ending is amin7/c a flat dim7/c and g minor 7/c.
> > any suggestions on this section keeping the melody and
> > the bass notes in the voicing?
I spent a long time working on this tune and I learned a lot. I
based my arrangement entirely on Bill's own published
transcription. It is available in "The Bill Evans Guitar Book"
published also by TRO( the same publisher). You can check it
out at sidjacobs.com. I did the best I could with the tools I have.
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