Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Take the A Train, Duke Ellington

Next up, Take the A Train!  Here is a fun video of the man himself with his band live, and an awesome bass and scat solo!




And now the sheet music, in treble cleff:

 For the guitars, here's some Tab:


[A] [A] [B] [A] form


A section for melody

e|----------------|-0----------------|-----0------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|--------------1---|------------------|-----------------|
G|-0--------------|-------0----------|------------1-----|-(1)-------------|
D|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|

                                     (*)
e|----------------|-------0----------|------------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|-----0---------2--|--1---------------|-----------------|
G|--2-------------|-2-3-----0--------|------------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|-----------4-3----|-------2----------|--(2)------------|
A|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|

B Section for melody ]
e|----------------|--0---------------|---0--------------|-----------------|
B|---------1------|--------------1---|------------------|-----------------|
G|--2-------------|----------2-------|-----------2------|-----(2)---------|
D|----------------|-----3------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|

e|----------------|--0---------------|---0--------------|-----------------|
B|---------1------|--------------1---|------------------|-----------------|
G|--2-------------|----------2-------|-----------2------|-----(2)-----1---|
D|----------------|-----4------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|


(*)= Coda/outro

e|------------------|-----------------|
B|--1---------------|---------0--1----|
G|------------------|---0--2----------|
D|------2--3--4-----|-----------------|
A|------------------|--------------3--|
E|------------------|-----------------|
 
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/d/duke-ellington/30293.html ]
For Ukelele, check out this great video: http://youtu.be/1BvHJwmBno4?t=1m40s
And the fingering is available on the Ukelele Underground (requires you to set
up an account, but it is free!) Ukelele Tab

Have fun!