MUS 171

REPERTOIRE

Title:​ Blue Monk

Composer: ​Thelonious Monk
Recording: ​Monk In Action ​(1958)
Objectives/Techniques: ​Melody in 3rds (ala Monk from Thelonious in Action ), Freddie Green
rhythm guitar (Real Freddie, and Fake Freddie), Solo and comp

Title: ​This Land is Your Land ​(Key of Eb)

Composer: ​Woody Guthrie
Recording: T ​ he Asch Recordings ​(1944)
Objectives/Techniques: ​Carter Claw melody (based on When The World’s On Fire), open chord
bluegrass comping from Bluegrass Guitar book, soloing using bluegrass runs

Title: ​Moanin’
Composer: ​Bobby Timmons
Recording: M​ oanin’ by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers​ (1958)
Objectives/Techniques: ​chord/melody, Kenny Burrell Chitlins Con Carne: study melody and solo,
F-G-Ab-C-D on A section, comping between phrases

SOLOS
Title: ​So What
Soloist: ​Miles Davis
Recording: K ​ ind Of Blue (1959)
Objectives/Techniques: ​Match rhythmic phrasing, style nuance, extract phrases and play in
5 positions 12 keys

Title: ​Satin Doll (Take 7)

Soloist: ​Wes Montgomery
Recording: W ​ es Montgomery Trio (1959)
Objectives/Techniques: ​Match rhythmic phrasing, style nuance, extract phrases and play in
5 positions 12 keys. Play melody statement, ninja level: chord solo
 Fingerpicking
Title: ​Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone
Composer: ​Bill Withers
Recording: J​ ust As I Am ​(1971)
Objectives/Techniques: U ​ pbeats/offbeats locking in with recording, use of thumb, middle and
index, shell voicings

Flatpicking
Title: ​Wildwood Flower (​ Key of E)
Composer: ​Carter Family
Recording: F ​ irst Family of Country Music ​(1935)
Objectives/Techniques: C ​ arter Claw, Bristol Sessions, Virginia

Comping
Guitarist: ​Freddie Green
Recording: C ​ ount’s Place​ [recorded by Count Basie] on Count Basie and The
Kansas City 7 (1962)
Objectives:​ ¼ note pulse, voice leading, note length/articulation

Materials
Scales:​ ​ ​Major, Dorian, Mixolydian: scale to the 9th and back 1/8th notes @ 120
Arpeggios:​ ​ ​Maj9, min9, dom9 - 3 positions, 12 keys
Chords:​ ​ ​Basic brips: Maj7, min7, dom7; Root 4, 5, 6; ​Voice Leading​ assignments
Reading:​ ​ ​Melodic Rhythms p.32-p.45 Studies #32-18 (working in reverse order)

Style Assignment​: TBD

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Repertoire
Title: ​I’ve Got Rhythm (Rhythm Changes)
Composer: ​George Gershwin
Recordings: ​Oleo ​[recorded by Miles Davis] on​ Bags Groove ​(1957)
Anthropology​ aka T​ hriving From a Riff aka Thriving On a Riff
[recorded by Charlie Parker’s Reboppers] on Savoy Records
Dexterity ​[recorded by Charlie Parker] on The Complete Savoy and
Dial Master Takes
Objectives/Techniques: L​ earn 2 contrafacts from the following list: O
​ leo,​ D
​ exterity,​
Anthropology​; Barry Galbraith comping etude

Title: ​Blue Bossa

Composer: ​Kenny Dorham
Recording: P ​ age One ​[Joe Henderson] (1963)
Objectives/Techniques: B ​ ossa Nova comping, melodic minor scale and modes

Title: ​Take The A Train

Composer: ​Billy Strayhorn
Recordings:​ The Collection​ [recorded by Duke Ellington] (1941)
Echoes of Indiana Avenue​ [recorded by Wes Montgomery] (1957)
Objectives/Techniques: w ​ hole tone scale usage, shout chorus, ending

Title: ​Autumn Leaves

Composer: ​music by Joseph Kosma, lyrics by Jacques Prevert
Recordings:​ Portrait in Jazz [​ recorded by Bill Evans] (1960)
Autumn Leaves ​[recorded by Barney Kessel] (1968)
Objectives/Techniques: c​ hord melody in the style of Barney Kessel (or transcription)
 SOLOS
Title: ​Seven Come Eleven
Composer: ​Charlie Christian
Recording: T ​ he Genius of the Electric Guitar
Objectives/Techniques: M ​ atch rhythmic phrasing, style nuance, extract phrases and play in
5 positions 12 keys

Title: ​Doodlin’
Composer: ​Horace Silver
Recording: H ​ orace Silver and The Jazz Messengers
Objectives/Techniques: M ​ atch rhythmic phrasing, style nuance, extract phrases and play in
5 positions 12 keys
Fingerpicking
Title: ​Dust In The Wind
Composer: ​Kansas
Recording: P ​ oint of Know Return (1977)
Objectives/Techniques: T​ ravis Picking
Flatpicking
Title: ​Arkansas Traveler
Composer: ​Col. Sanford C. Faulkner
Recording: W ​ hiskey Before Breakfast [​ recorded by Norman Blake] (1976)
Objectives/Techniques: h​ ttp://www.bluegrassguitar.com/studytune2.html#tpm1_1
​Comping
Guitarist: ​Kenny Burrell
Recording: S​ aturday Night Blues ​from Midnight Blue (1963)
Objectives:​ Charleston and variations, articulation/note lengths, supporting the soloist
Materials
Scales:​ ​ Lydian, Locrian, Melodic Minor (Jazz Minor):
Arpeggios:​ ​ ​iimin7b5, V7alt., i-(maj7), ⅛ @ 120BPM
Chords:​ ​ ​Voice Leading​ assignments p.47-p.84
Reading​:​ M ​ elodic Rhythms p.20-p.31 Studies #17-#9 (reverse order)

Style Assignment​: TBD

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Scrapple From The Apple/Honeysuckle Rose/Tea For Two

-Django solo
-Differences between the 2 chord progressions

Mood Indigo​ ​(The Real Book)

-Original Duke Ellington orchestration transcription

Footprints
-Quartal Chords

Solos:
Django Reinhardt​ “Honeysuckle Rose” from ​The Quintet of the Hot Club of Paris
-1 chorus, at tempo
Sidney Bechet​ “Blue Horizon”

Title: ​Freight Trane

Composer: ​Elizabeth Cotton
Recording: F ​ reight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes
Objectives/Techniques: T ​ ravis Picking,
https://www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk/freight-train/
 MUS 274

What Is This Thing Called Love

-​You must also play the contrafacts ​Hot House​ and ​Subconscious Lee

All The Things You Are​ ​(The Real Book)

-Chord/Melody
-position playing based improvisation

Lovesick Blues
-Pedal Steel Bends

Green Dolphin St.

-Chord/Melody

SOLOS:
Grant Green​ “What Is Thing Called Love” from ​The Complete Quartets with
Sonny Clark
Louis Armstrong​ “Potato Head Blues”
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Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
-Mingus, Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin

Yardbird Suite
-Barney Kessel with Hampton Hawes on Four!

-​Confirmation

Soldier’s Joy
-Advanced Crosspicking, David Grier Fretboard Journal

SOLOS​:
Joe Pass​ “Django” ​from ​For Django
Sonny Rollins​ ​“St. Thomas”
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Lonely Woman
-Ornette melody

Round Midnight
-Monk version
-Miles version

Body & Soul

St Louis Blues
John Fahey
-Frisell Fretboard Journal

SOLOS​:
Jim Hall​ “My Funny Valentine (alternate take) ​from ​Undercurrent
Coleman Hawkins ​“Body & Soul”
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Ghosts
-Marc Ribot Spiritual Unity

Body and Soul

-Barry Galbraith comping etude

Giant Steps
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Stardust
-Louis Armstrong
Title:
Composer:
Recording:
Objectives/Techniques:

SOLOS:
Pat Metheny​ ​“Bright Size Life”​ ​from ​Bright Size Life

Charlie Parker ​“Ornithology”