Welcome to ‘Brad Mehldau, the transcriptions page, part 2′. Below is a collection of 20 files, containing leadsheets and transcriptions of seminal Mehldau performances. Below is a collection of 20 files, containing leadsheets and transcriptions of seminal Mehldau performances. Welcome to ‘Brad Mehldau, the transcriptions page, part 2′. Below is a collection of 20 files, containing leadsheets and transcriptions of seminal Mehldau performances. All pieces have been composed by Brad, some are very recent such as Dreamsketch, Ode and Kurt Vibe. Others are from albums recorded in the 90’s. ![]() Welcome to ‘Brad Mehldau, the transcriptions page, part 2′. Below is a collection of 20 files, containing leadsheets and transcriptions of seminal Mehldau performances. All pieces have been composed by Brad, some are very recent such as Dreamsketch, Ode and Kurt Vibe. Others are from albums recorded in the 90’s. All transcriptions have been thoroughly checked but please let me know if you find any errors, as, like my other transcription page, they are all currently first draft. PLEASE NOTE: – to print these documents, download the latest version of Acrobat Reader (free), then remove security. Please subscribe to my site, then, I am happy for you to print these, if you ask nicely! ? (full stave) (full stave) (full stave) (full stave) To view my other Mehldau transcriptions, please visit. To download my doctoral thesis containing a ten solo analysis of the work of Brad Mehldau, please visit. – Links to these documents can be found! Thanks Mark As part of my doctoral studies I have almost finished transcribing several FULL solos as played by Brad Mehldau. I am happy to email these to anyone who is interested if you drop me an email, maybe we could do a swap? Knives Out – Day Is Done, 2005 River Man – Art Of The Trio 5, 2001 Sky Turning Grey – Highway Rider, 2010 How Long Has This Been Going On? – Art Of The Trio 5, 2001 Anything Goes – Anything Goes, 2004 Someone To Watch Over Me – Live In Tokyo, 2006 Tres Palabras – Anything Goes, 2004 I’ll Be Seeing You, Art Of The Trio 4, 1999 Exit Music For a Film (full solo) – Art Of The Trio 4, 1999. Would Love any transcriptions you care to share. I have been working on and off for over 2 years transcribing “From Within”, (Calle 54, and Live from Rendevous; 2 versions.) Have yet to get to a friends house to clean up on Finale, or some other program. I’m 58, and not at all up to speed with all of this, but if I DO finish these, I’d be glad to share them with you, (or do you know where to get “them”?) Any advisement on the best way to share, or perhaps make a few bucks doing this stuff? My versions will hopefully include LH and bass for piano, and electric bass. I got an email about 2 weeks ago from someone in Europe (I can't remember where - Denmark, I think) asking me for a copy of my transcription of Brad Mehldau's Goodbye Storyteller (for Fred Myrow) (listen to the piece below), a solo piano piece from his incredible album Elegiac Cycle. After some searching, I found that unfortunately I never entered it into Finale or Sibelius. Also, I did that transcription at least 7 or 8 years ago, and I've moved 5 or 6 times since then, meaning the chicken scratch manuscript is packed away somewhere. I know I still have it, because I've seen it since moving to the flatlands, but I have yet to dig it out. Stephan, if you're reading this, I'm looking for it, and I need to enter it into Sibelius before it's even worth sending out. My apologies - it might be a while yet! But this got me thinking: what else have I transcribed that I haven't touched in a long time, haven't entered into Sibelius, or could revisit with some more musical maturity? I found my transcription of Mehldau's Bard (opening track from Elegiac Cycle), and I took some time over the past 2 days to re-enter it into Sibelius, with a better understanding of harmony and notation software. I need to proof it (some things sounded wrong on the playback, but it's too late to worry about them tonight), then I'll be posting a PDF of that transcription. I'll probably post a lead sheet to his Song-Song, and also look for The Bard Returns in the relatively near future. (In case you're wondering, yes, I went through quite the Mehldau phase for a few years. I'm over the obsession now, in fact I haven't listened to him deeply in quite a while, but I'm slowly incorporating him into my playlists.) It also made me think about how much I enjoy transcribing piano music. Yes, it can be a painful process, and at times I want to throw my then-Discman/then-iPod/now-iPhone at the wall, but I also find it very rewarding. In a way, it's like solving a puzzle, working with what I hear (or think I hear) and what I know (music theory) and making the pieces fit. (I feel that same way about music theory in general, but that's a conversation for a different time).
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