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: T​ his Land is Your Land ​(Key of Eb)

Composer: W ​ oody Guthrie
Recording: ​The 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, using the capo

​ oanin’
Title: M
Composer: B ​ obby Timmons
Recording: ​Moanin’ 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: ​Kind 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: ​Wes 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: B ​ ill Withers
Recording: ​Just As I Am ​(1971)
Objectives/Techniques: ​Upbeats/offbeats locking in with recording, use of thumb, middle and
index, shell voicings

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

Comping
Guitarist: ​Freddie Green
Recording: ​Count’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

 Mus 172

Repertoire
Title: I​ ’ve Got Rhythm (Rhythm Changes)
Composer: ​George Gershwin
Recordings: ​Oleo ​[recorded by Miles Davis] on​ Bags Groove (​ 1957)
Anthropology​/​Thriving From 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: ​Learn 2 contrafacts from the following list: Oleo, Dexterity,
Anthropology; Barry Galbraith comping etude

​ lue Bossa
Title: B
Composer: ​Kenny Dorham
Recording: ​Page One ​[Joe Henderson] (1963)
Objectives/Techniques: ​Bossa Nova comping, melodic minor scale and modes

Title: T​ ake 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: ​whole tone scale usage, shout chorus, ending

​ utumn Leaves
Title: A
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: ​chord melody in the style of Barney Kessel (or transcription)

SOLOS
Title: S​ even Come Eleven
Composer: ​Charlie Christian
Recording: ​The Genius of the Electric Guitar
Objectives/Techniques: ​Match rhythmic phrasing, style nuance, extract phrases and play in 5
positions 12 keys
 ​ oodlin’
Title: D
Composer: ​Horace Silver
Recording: ​Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers
Objectives/Techniques: M ​ atch rhythmic phrasing, style nuance, extract phrases and play in 5
positions 12 keys

Fingerpicking
​ ust In The Wind
Title: D
Composer: ​Kansas
Recording: ​Point of Know Return (1977)
Objectives/Techniques: T​ ravis Picking

Flatpicking
​ rkansas Traveler
Title: A
Composer: ​Col. Sanford C. Faulkner
Recording: ​Whiskey Before Breakfast [​ recorded by Norman Blake] (1976)
Objectives/Techniques: h ​ ttp://www.bluegrassguitar.com/studytune2.html#tpm1_1

​Comping
Guitarist: ​Kenny Burrell
Recording: ​Saturday 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​: i​ imin7b5, 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

 MUS 273

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: F​ reight Trane

Composer: ​Elizabeth Cotton
Recording: ​Freight 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”

MUS 373
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”

MUS 374

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”

MUS 473

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”