You can read more about the song and its history here, and if it’s still available watch this amazing documentary about the song on the BBC iPlayer.
In this course we are going to transcribe Getz’s solo in 5 lessons.
Please make sure that you pay attention to the lesson on tone – the Garzone subtone exercise that I talk about in the video can be found here.
Make sure you listen carefully to how Eric Alexander discusses subtone. Many of you have got the first eight bars nailed down in terms of notes, but you’re playing without subtone – if you’re transcribing Stan Getz – YOU MUST MASTER THE SUBTONE!!
So by now you’ve glued Clips one and two together and you’re itching to get started with Clip 3 on our Girl from Ipanema Transcription project?
Well done for getting through the last lesson on transcribing ‘The Girl from Ipanema’! Let’s complete this transcription project with the final clip from the exercise.
As we’ve all enjoyed studying Stan Getz so much over the last few weeks I thought it would be nice to share some of my favourite Getz performances that we have on video
I stumbled across this album of Mark’s on Apple Music when driving back from my parents after a family visit. I’ve been a fan of Mark’s playing for years and this rendition of ‘Skylark’ just blew me away.
In this course, we are going to transcribe Blues Walk by the legendary saxophonist, Lou Donaldson. It’s a real ‘Tour de Force’ of Blues playing that will really enhance not only your blues vocabulary but your phrasing, time feel, and much more!
The Jazz Standard ‘Autumn Leaves’ was composed by Hungarian composer Joseph Kosma in 1946. Kosma was a native of Hungary who was introduced to Prévert in Paris. They collaborated on the song Les Feuilles mortes (“The Dead Leaves”) for the 1946 film Les Portes de la nuit (Gates of the Night) where it was sung […]