Re: [Harp-L] Re: Harp-L Digest, Vol 105, Issue 47

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Transcribing from C to Bb is relatively easy.  Here are the notes on a keyboard:

C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb B

C is two keyboard notes higher than Bb.  That means every note in the
C song is two keyboard notes higher than the Bb song.  Let's say the C
song had the note A.  Look at the list of keyboard notes.  Find A.
Then move left two notes, Ab then G.  The note is now G in the Bb
song.

If moving to the left knocks you off the list, go to the far right of
the list.  For example, if the C song has a Db, go left once to C and
then far right once to B.  That is the Bb song note.

Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The only problem with playing Alfie in C is that you won't get the same note combinations. AND therefore the sound delivery won't be the same. Steveland plays a lot of unusual keys and seems to like draw keys. (as did Leo Diamond, as does Richard Hayman). I believe that the original key may have BEEN C and as done by Dionne Warwick. I had the music in C but when I played it at the Buckeye harmonica fest, I transcribed it to Bb. You'd be surprised. This changes the slide movements and many blow notes become draw notes, and several pizzacatos fall into place. Not to mention the tongue plucking. Hope this helps.
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> On May 25, 2012, at 2:33 AM, Richard Smith wrote:
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>> Eivets Rednow is steviE wondeR so the key is bound to be the same Bb....!!
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>> Best
>> Richard Smith (the English one)
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>> So, when I saw that Rob Paparozzi mentioned that Stevie's Alfie performance was in Bflat, and I found that the only arrangement I had was in C (in the Real Book 6th Ed), all I had to do was take the Eivets Rednow version (also in Bflat)  which I've had for years and raise it two semi-tones to play along. Infinitely easier than me transcribing it !
>> down to the original key of the recording although I'll probably get there eventually.   And I knocked the tempo down a bit (another feature) since my reading, even in C, is not that great.  Slowing it down helps make the embellishments easier to break down, although I don't know if I'll ever get that pizzicato thing figured out. Pretty fun, anyway, and maybe worth checking out.
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