This sounds like magic to me

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  • čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
  • Light Blue by Monk, as played by Barry Harris in one of his Master Classes.
    Link to the original video:
    • Artists House Master C...
    Transcribed by Francesco Lai.
    You can find my Transcriptions here:
    www.patreon.co...
    #jazz #piano #barryharris #transcription #pianotranscription #jazzmusic #theloniousmonk

Komentáře • 162

  • @FrancescoLai_
    @FrancescoLai_  Před 4 měsíci +19

    You can find my Transcriptions here: www.patreon.com/FrancescoLai?

    • @marceloilari9539
      @marceloilari9539 Před 27 dny

      thks! very good francesco..just a question, wouldn't be more accurate use flats instead of sharps in some places?

    • @FrancescoLai_
      @FrancescoLai_  Před 27 dny

      ​@@marceloilari9539 Hi, you're welcome! Yes, sorry, i made some notation mistakes in this transcription, i'm trying to get better. I'm a guitarist and i'm used to transcribe lines of one or two notes, transcribing piano is way harder.

    • @marceloilari9539
      @marceloilari9539 Před 27 dny

      @@FrancescoLai_ no, it s almost perfet! only that details , are right in enharmony but could be more easy to understand with the logic harmony functions

  • @Scriabin_fan
    @Scriabin_fan Před 4 měsíci +469

    I like how he just casually plays that as if he didn't just conjure up one of the most beautiful sounds to come out of a piano.

    • @marckg6950
      @marckg6950 Před 3 měsíci +5

      Heck your right, 5 seconds in I was entranced

    • @Bradof77
      @Bradof77 Před 3 měsíci +2

      You should listen to some Thelonious Monk.
      A true original.
      This was his piece.

    • @t33nyplaysp0p
      @t33nyplaysp0p Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@marckg6950 5 seconds in is Monk's "Light Blue", so no he didn't conjure it lol

    • @user-wx4gm1bn5b
      @user-wx4gm1bn5b Před 2 měsíci +1

      I LOVE ALEXANDER SCRIABIN TOOOOOOOOO❤❤❤❤

    • @EJH783
      @EJH783 Před měsícem +1

      Idk sounds off tune

  • @MaxIsBackInTown
    @MaxIsBackInTown Před 4 měsíci +226

    The amount of nuance and subtly that Barry plays with here is incredible. The slight variations in phrase, the masterful uses of articulation and dynamics, the ebb and flow of the lines make this performance remarkable.

  • @rodnaskel2123
    @rodnaskel2123 Před 4 měsíci +241

    Nice! This jazz style reminds a bit of Scriabin's music, partly his perlude op 37#3, and fast runs remind of his mazurkas (especially the one in C major)

    • @SErik004
      @SErik004 Před 4 měsíci +19

      I thought exactly this. And perhaps some of his slightly later stuff too (harmony wise)

    • @commentingchannel9776
      @commentingchannel9776 Před 4 měsíci +6

      I almost hear Schoenberg, especially at the beginning

    • @Ivan_1791
      @Ivan_1791 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Same thoughts.

    • @erickborling1302
      @erickborling1302 Před 4 měsíci

      @@commentingchannel9776What!?

    • @erickborling1302
      @erickborling1302 Před 4 měsíci +18

      You need to ask yourself why this doesn't remind you of Thelonius Monk.

  • @bobbachelor5930
    @bobbachelor5930 Před 4 měsíci +119

    Monk's "Light Blue".

    • @NoteSmoking
      @NoteSmoking Před měsícem +2

      I was trying to figure out if it was “Panonnica” or not. Thank you.

  • @AshTownsend
    @AshTownsend Před 3 měsíci +51

    What a Master Barry has become. God keep him safe.

    • @tyleralden1854
      @tyleralden1854 Před 3 měsíci +17

      I hate to break it to you friend…

    • @modokashii
      @modokashii Před 3 měsíci +7

      @@tyleralden1854 I miss him...💔

    • @tyleralden1854
      @tyleralden1854 Před 3 měsíci +6

      @@modokashii me too! He was teaching Jazz right up to his last breathe. I was lucky to ‘attend’ a couple of his digital classes right before he passed away. Fortunately, CZcamsrs are keeping his knowledge alive with great transcriptions like this.

    • @bassodivo1
      @bassodivo1 Před 3 měsíci

      God failed him as he's failed us all. This guy's dead. Prolly eating up by maggots now. Sorry bud

  • @UnfamiliarPlace
    @UnfamiliarPlace Před 4 měsíci +92

    I love how he says "A song that went like this,..." and I kept waiting for the end of the story, but the song was the story
    ...at least in this edit :)

  • @worldnotworld
    @worldnotworld Před 3 měsíci +13

    That passing dissonance at 1:05 just digs you in to what's going on in case you weren't already there!

    • @yuyurolfer
      @yuyurolfer Před 2 měsíci

      Can you explain more? I don't get it conceptually

    • @worldnotworld
      @worldnotworld Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@yuyurolfer Hard to explain! To me it's just lusciously ambiguous, and tries to tease you into a resolution up a fourth in order to make any sense of it at all, but then it does something else which also make sense -- unexpectedly!

    • @yuyurolfer
      @yuyurolfer Před 2 měsíci

      @@worldnotworld Thank you! It does sound hard to explain :)

    • @Mrfallouthero
      @Mrfallouthero Před 2 měsíci +3

      Its hella reminiscent of the human condition. Ambition, struggle, accomplishment, more struggle, an end?, more struggle. And at the end, the acceptance of futility, and the passing of a life, so fragile dude.

    • @worldnotworld
      @worldnotworld Před 2 měsíci

      @@Mrfallouthero I'll take it!

  • @Olgaspeakskorean1234
    @Olgaspeakskorean1234 Před 4 měsíci +28

    i dream of calm orange violet sunset listening to this, thanks.

  • @zankfrappe5145
    @zankfrappe5145 Před 3 měsíci +14

    That is so beautiful, even sweeter than Monk himself. Barry was an angel. Maad goosebumps!

  • @MindBodyMelodyy
    @MindBodyMelodyy Před 3 měsíci +6

    hes voice is just as magical

  • @Mateo.R.Music.
    @Mateo.R.Music. Před 4 měsíci +26

    This whole concert has a death grip on me! I go back and listen to it at least once a week! Thank you so much!❤❤❤

    • @nevilleattkins586
      @nevilleattkins586 Před 3 měsíci +2

      where can I find the whole concert?

    • @Mateo.R.Music.
      @Mateo.R.Music. Před 3 měsíci

      @@nevilleattkins586Artist House Barry Harris Performance

    • @1on95
      @1on95 Před měsícem

      ​@@nevilleattkins586 I know I'm late, but check the description!

  • @dskinner6263
    @dskinner6263 Před 4 měsíci +10

    One of my (many) favorite Monk tunes. Nice to have the transcription. 💎

  • @316neil
    @316neil Před měsícem +1

    Oh my word, that was brilliant! Your playing is great, but your singing is a level above. You really capture the character of Chet’s voice. Well done!

  • @doctorauxiliarymusic
    @doctorauxiliarymusic Před 3 měsíci +13

    I completely agree that it is, indeed, magick. human beings are capable of such deep beauty. "so, why all the terror?" my mind wonders next.

  • @dragolov
    @dragolov Před 4 měsíci +14

    Beautiful! Respect!

  • @therealtruetwelfth798
    @therealtruetwelfth798 Před 4 měsíci +62

    He’ll never go anywhere

    • @HarDiMonPetit
      @HarDiMonPetit Před 4 měsíci +23

      Except heaven

    • @paver265
      @paver265 Před 4 měsíci +1

      This is on of the funniest comments I red in last few months.

  • @johnwalzer9187
    @johnwalzer9187 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Lovely and touching.

  • @xekind
    @xekind Před 4 měsíci +4

    Barry put a lot of nice personal touches into it.

  • @chrisharrison809
    @chrisharrison809 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Nice job! Barry for life

  • @UkuleleAversion
    @UkuleleAversion Před 4 měsíci +58

    m6 bass clef beat 1: There's a C in the middle.
    m6 both clefs beats 3-4: It's FEbGAB (F9#11) for the first voicing and F#EG#A# (F#9) for the second voicing.
    m22 both clefs beat 3-4: FEbGAB (F9#11) then EG#A#C (F#9#11).
    m23 treble clef beat 2: this arpeggio goes GCDGACDE (going from G below middle C to an E an octave and a third above middle C). Performed rubato, you could notate it as a single block chord but put an arpeggio sign next to it.

    • @FrancescoLai_
      @FrancescoLai_  Před 4 měsíci +15

      Thank you!

    • @purplefishy8164
      @purplefishy8164 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Damn how do you hear all that

    • @adnjazz
      @adnjazz Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@purplefishy8164 probably is learning it

    • @UkuleleAversion
      @UkuleleAversion Před 4 měsíci +5

      @@adnjazzNah, I’ve just got good ears plus I already know the tune.

    • @isaacbeen2087
      @isaacbeen2087 Před 3 měsíci +2

      there's about a million things wrong with the transcription...the fifth in bar six is there throughout, of course, why would he just randomly add it in at that point? and it's present in both of those chords. There's clearly a ninth in bar three (and eight, you can even clearly see him paying it), sustained from the previous harmony. Prior to bar eight the fifth is not at the top of those chords, it's the third, there are only three notes. The fifth at the bottom of the C# chord in bar 17? I could go on... And don't even get me started on the notation! bar 18 isn't even playable!

  • @adamrafferty
    @adamrafferty Před 4 měsíci +2

    WOW! Bravo to Barry & MONK!!!!!

  • @jcguy777
    @jcguy777 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Wow nice ad lib. Beauty just comes out of the piano.

  • @jimhendricks88
    @jimhendricks88 Před 2 měsíci

    What a nice, rich tone...

  • @dantecerasuolo8730
    @dantecerasuolo8730 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Nothing is better.

  • @scarbo2229
    @scarbo2229 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Nice to show the transcription, so we can play it also, thanks.

  • @MarcusLee-xg9rh
    @MarcusLee-xg9rh Před 2 měsíci

    agreed! it's very nice

  • @fabarugiero
    @fabarugiero Před 3 měsíci +1

    Light blue, hermoso!!!

  • @chrispietronigro1450
    @chrispietronigro1450 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Gorgeous

  • @MQFahey
    @MQFahey Před 3 měsíci +1

    Sublime

  • @dog_paste
    @dog_paste Před 3 měsíci

    instantly recognizable thelonious. good stuff

  • @mojopin1122
    @mojopin1122 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Monk was genius.

  • @moychelitchtenstein7146
    @moychelitchtenstein7146 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Perfection!

  • @VeronikaPianist
    @VeronikaPianist Před 4 měsíci +6

    Magical❤️

  • @acyutanandadas1326
    @acyutanandadas1326 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Monk is still ahead of his time

  • @TerranceNgassa
    @TerranceNgassa Před 3 měsíci +1

    Monk ❤

  • @bluemind2230
    @bluemind2230 Před 3 měsíci +1

    this is really cool...

  • @michaelcaplin8969
    @michaelcaplin8969 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Does anyone else notice that this Steinway sounds fucking identical to the Steinway D on Kind of Blue? A really harsh (if pushed), mid range honky, almost upright sounding, slightly out of tune yet organic sound I've only ever heard on that specific piano on the different records it was used on. It's the perfect jazz piano sound.

    • @Da_Xman
      @Da_Xman Před 3 měsíci +1

      ✨👋🥴👍✨
      I did notice that, but would never have been able to put it into words like you've managed to do.
      Isn't that the piano and micing, not the player?

    • @michaelcaplin8969
      @michaelcaplin8969 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Da_Xman That's true, it's all in the piano and micing (90% the piano itself). It has a bit to do with the voicing, but I think mostly just the soundboard and the way the piano is built. Some pianos are just honky, and while this (even though it's a concert Steinway D with hundreds of thousands of dollars) wouldn't work for modern classical music at all, it's the perfect jazz grand. Old, smokey sound!

  • @mtrsoftwareservices
    @mtrsoftwareservices Před 4 měsíci +3

    Beautiful!

  • @MooreMusic12
    @MooreMusic12 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Beautiful ❤❤

  • @somedutchguy9184
    @somedutchguy9184 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Very Nice!

  • @Rdiamondcole
    @Rdiamondcole Před 3 měsíci +1

    Dr.BarryHarris❤

  • @musicincolor6511
    @musicincolor6511 Před 4 měsíci +1

    ❤ nice playing, nice sound😊

  • @ratso-rizzo
    @ratso-rizzo Před 4 měsíci +3

    Grazie amico !

  • @TJATJA1982
    @TJATJA1982 Před 3 měsíci

    Holy ties and enharmonics

  • @davidr.4916
    @davidr.4916 Před 4 měsíci

    Superb! APPLAUDS!!!

  • @joe-nf8go
    @joe-nf8go Před 2 měsíci +1

    How is this not on Spotify

  • @ricardopotthoff7371
    @ricardopotthoff7371 Před 3 měsíci

    Súper Arpeggio

  • @klaushjerrild
    @klaushjerrild Před 4 měsíci +1

    Thanks.

  • @definitelynottigerwhitten5865
    @definitelynottigerwhitten5865 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Wow

  • @thegee001ify
    @thegee001ify Před 3 měsíci

    Getting some Stevie "I can help it" vibes.

  • @mr.k5865
    @mr.k5865 Před 4 měsíci +4

    sounds like scriabin!

  • @Idanbo
    @Idanbo Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thats light blue by monk!

  • @tobyaitken1941
    @tobyaitken1941 Před 2 měsíci +1

    In bar 6 beat 3, i can hear G then Ab as well as the A to Bb. What do you think? Your voicing, respectfully, sounds a bit less crunchy when I play it
    Love the transcription! Very beautiful piece

    • @tobyaitken1941
      @tobyaitken1941 Před 2 měsíci

      And i dont think the top note is there on the minor 7 voicings in bar 7 beat 3. They are 3 note voicings
      Mich love

    • @FrancescoLai_
      @FrancescoLai_  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Hi, thank you for your comment! You're right, in the bar 6 at beat 3 there is a G that goes to Ab. In bar 7 i wrote the two highest notes cause i can hear them but those could be harmonics of the piano. If you search down in the comments, you can find a couple of other corrections. I was excited to get this transcription out, should have checked some details better tho.

  • @bennybennybenny1
    @bennybennybenny1 Před 4 měsíci +3

    💚

  • @GPSjammer
    @GPSjammer Před 2 měsíci

    Stylistically reminds me of Kenny Barron too, Kenny must've been influenced by Monk

    • @GPSjammer
      @GPSjammer Před 2 měsíci

      Or maybe Barry himself

  • @pluh_why
    @pluh_why Před 4 měsíci

    This sounds like a piano to me

  • @francoomarlopezlopez
    @francoomarlopezlopez Před 3 měsíci +2

    this is a good transcription but you should really use flats for A LOT of these chords

  • @paulflute
    @paulflute Před 3 měsíci +1

    delicious

  • @cokidjazz
    @cokidjazz Před měsícem

    So totally monkish

  • @sardinha7917
    @sardinha7917 Před 2 měsíci

    é quase um chorinho

  • @shri777
    @shri777 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Is it possible to purchase just this one? I could not find anything , but subscription ...(

    • @FrancescoLai_
      @FrancescoLai_  Před 4 měsíci +2

      try now, i added the transcription to the shop.

    • @teflo2
      @teflo2 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@FrancescoLai_ Thank you Francesco. We miss Barry soooo much!

  • @YukiEhms
    @YukiEhms Před 4 měsíci +1

    Heheheh, nice

  • @erickborling1302
    @erickborling1302 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Barry Harris?

  • @spyaminoss
    @spyaminoss Před 3 měsíci +1

    can you transcribe Mercedes By Roberto Fonseca please?

    • @FrancescoLai_
      @FrancescoLai_  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Thank you for the suggestion! I didn't know the piece till now, so beautiful! I'll transcribe it a soon as possibile

    • @spyaminoss
      @spyaminoss Před 3 měsíci +1

      Many thanks !! I wish you good luck !!

  • @memyname-zu9fn
    @memyname-zu9fn Před 3 měsíci

    his hands are so big wth at around 0:45 bro casually plays from a C2 to a G3 thats like way over an octave

    • @cha_mzzn5690
      @cha_mzzn5690 Před 2 měsíci

      He plays the D and G with his right hand

  • @PeterFamiko-lw8ue
    @PeterFamiko-lw8ue Před 2 měsíci

    Originaly where its coming from?

  • @PINEAPPLEJUICE-fr2sw
    @PINEAPPLEJUICE-fr2sw Před 3 měsíci

    Bro burned the food

  • @georgeholloway3981
    @georgeholloway3981 Před 3 měsíci

    What's going on with your spelling of the A sharp/D dyad in the left hand? Is there any rationale for not working a B flat?

  • @JefferyMillerMusic
    @JefferyMillerMusic Před 3 měsíci

  • @ianwilliams2632
    @ianwilliams2632 Před 3 měsíci

    Sounds like purloined Debussy to me

  • @ricardopotthoff7371
    @ricardopotthoff7371 Před 3 měsíci

    Sounds like guitarr

  • @Luvotomy24
    @Luvotomy24 Před 3 měsíci

    i was expecting tritone and whole tone things

  • @nicolasdecicilia9195
    @nicolasdecicilia9195 Před 3 měsíci

    There is a Debussy work just like this,,,,,,,Clair de Lune?

  • @chubichubaka187
    @chubichubaka187 Před 3 měsíci

    Sounds like random notes to me. Kisses noooooobas!!!

  • @erfho8y
    @erfho8y Před 2 měsíci

    I call bs. Never have I seen a piano in a monestry. WAY to much luxury. I mean listen to the luxury of this sound...

    • @user-ks8wn1gn2m
      @user-ks8wn1gn2m Před 2 měsíci

      Thelonious Monk

    • @erfho8y
      @erfho8y Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@user-ks8wn1gn2m Hahaha, lol. I was actually completely unaware of that. Incredible XD

  • @matheusmeliope
    @matheusmeliope Před 4 měsíci

    Nada demais

  • @juwonnnnn
    @juwonnnnn Před 4 měsíci

    🪄

  • @shamurevolt
    @shamurevolt Před 3 měsíci

    Sounds like someone trying to play a real song, while their cat walks on the piano and messes half of it up.

  • @Sveccha93
    @Sveccha93 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Sir, this is a Wendy’s

  • @gregoriogarcia7188
    @gregoriogarcia7188 Před 4 měsíci

    Whos this man?

    • @crow-dont-know
      @crow-dont-know Před 4 měsíci +1

      Barry Harris

    • @Caleb-zl4wk
      @Caleb-zl4wk Před 4 měsíci +3

      Well known and legendary jazz teacher and player, passed away last year

    • @musical_lolu4811
      @musical_lolu4811 Před 3 měsíci

      Lol, like Harry Potter asking about Snape in the movie.

  • @Sheet_music0
    @Sheet_music0 Před 22 dny

    Too much dissonance for my ears

  • @Invocated_Agitator
    @Invocated_Agitator Před 3 měsíci

    Horrible.

  • @Dichweed
    @Dichweed Před 3 měsíci +1

    Replace "magic" with "nonsense."