Bechet's Fantasy - Sidney Bechet - C6th
Recorded in the 40's(?) - swing blues - New Orleans style.
Available on Best of Sidney Bechet - BlueNote (CDNow)
First time posting tab - suggestions welcome
Notes:
1. Can send sheet music by US mail to anyone who emails me for it.
2. Transcribed from the record by a friend....different recordings may
phrase things a little different.
3. Form is AABBA with solos over B (!)
4. Notation
- top string (1) is a G
- since not everyone has the same C6th setup, I merely show the pitch change (-,--,+,++,etc).
- ~~~ is a slide
- === is a tied note
- R is a rest
- () indicates a ghosted or optional note ( 2nd time only or gliss intro, for example )
- tried to indicate the time for each note by the following:
16 = 16th note
8 = 8th note
4 = quarter note
2 = half note
1 = whole note
8. = dotted 8th note
4.. = double dotted quarter note
|---16---| = 16th note triplet
|----8---| = 8th note triplet
A: Eb Ab7
1.________|______________________________|___________|
2.________|______________________________|___________|
3._____15=|==15__________________________|___________|
4.________|___________________________17=|==17___15__|
5._15_____|______________________________|___________|
6._____15=|==15___15___17-__18-__19-_____|___________|
7.________|_______15___17___18___19___17=|==17_______|
8.________|______________________________|___________|
9.________|______________________________|___________|
10._______|______________________________|___________|
16 16 2 8 8 16 16 8 2 2
Eb Eb7 Eb+7
1._|_________________________________|_______________________|
2._|_________________________________|_______________________|
3._|____________________________15++=|==15++_____15__________|
4._|_________________________________|___________15-_________|
5._|__15________________________15===|==15___________________|
6._|__15___15___17-__18-__19-________|_______________________|
7._|_______15___17___18___19_________|_______________________|
8._|_________________________________|_______________________|
9._|_________________________________|_______________________|
10.|_________________________________|_______________________|
2 8 8 16 16 8 2 2
Ab7 Ab7
1._|______________________________________|______________________________________|
2._|______________________________________|______________________________________|
3._|______________________________________|______________________________________|
4._|_R__10-~~~12-_(10-)__6__(6)~~~8__6==6_|_10-~~~12-_(10-)__6__(6)~~~8__6==6__R_|
5._|______________________________________|______________________________________|
6._|______________________________________|______________________________________|
7._|_R__10 ~~~12__(10)___6__(6)~~~8__6==6_|_10 ~~~12__(10)___6__(6)~~~8__6==6__R_|
8._|______________________________________|______________________________________|
9._|______________________________________|______________________________________|
10.|______________________________________|______________________________________|
4 |----16----| 8 8 8 4 |----16----| 8 8 8 4 4
Eb7 Eb7
1._|__________________________________________|__________________________________________|
2._|__________________________________________|__________________________________________|
3._|__________________________________________|__________________________________________|
4._|_R__17-~~19-_(17-)__13__(13)~~~15__13==13_|_17-~~19-_(17-)__13__(13)~~~15__13==13__R_|
5._|__________________________________________|__________________________________________|
6._|__________________________________________|__________________________________________|
7._|_R__17_~~19__(17)___13__(13)~~~15__13==13_|_17_~~19__(17)___13__(13)~~~15__13==13__R_|
8._|__________________________________________|__________________________________________|
9._|__________________________________________|__________________________________________|
10.|__________________________________________|__________________________________________|
4 |----16----| 8 8 8 4 |----16----| 8 8 8 4 4
Bb7 Bb7
1._|_______________________________|_______________________________________________|
2._|_______________________________|_______________________________________________|
3._|_______________________________|_______________________________________________|
4._|_(13-~~~)14-___14-___10___8==8_|_(13-~~~)14-___14-____10___9__8__9__________7-=|
5._|_______________________________|_____________________________________8___8_____|
6._|_______________________________|_____________________________________8___8_____|
7._|_(13_~~~)14____14____10___8==8_|_(13_~~~)14___(14)____10______8_____________7==|
8._|_______________________________|_______________________________________________|
9._|_______________________________|_______________________________________________|
10.|_______________________________|_______________________________________________|
8 8 8 8 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 16 16 8
Eb Ab7 Eb B: G7
1._|_____|_____________________________|____________________________|
2._|_____|_____________________________|____________________________|
3._|_____|_____________________________|______________________~19++=|
4._|==7-=|==7-_________________________|_________________19+________|
5._|_____|_____________________________|____________19______________|
6._|_____|______(16==16___16==16___16~)|~~15~~~19___________________|
7._|==7==|==7__________________________|____________________________|
8._|_____|_____________________________|____________________________|
9._|_____|__________________________ __|____________________________|
10.|_____|_____________________________|____________________________|
( 2nd A only )
1 4. 8 8 8 8 8 2 8 8 8 8
G7 C7 C7
1._|_______________|_~19____________________|________________________________|
2._|_______~19==19_|_______19_______________|________________________________|
3._|=~19++_________|___________19___________|________________________________|
4._|_______________|_______________19_______|________________________________|
5._|_______________|____________________19==|==19___R_______15___14___13__12_|
6._|_______________|________________________|___________15___________________|
7._|_______________|________________________|________________________________|
8._|_______________|________________________|________________________________|
9._|_______________|________________________|________________________________|
10.|_______________|________________________|________________________________|
4. 8 2 2 8 8 8 8 4 8 8 8 8 8 8
F7 B7
:----------- 1st ending of B -----------------------------
1._|___________________________________|________________________|
2._|___________________________________|________________________|
3._|___________________________________|________________________|
4._|__________________________15++__15_|________________________|
5._|_____________________15____________|__15____________________|
6._|________________15_________________|_______15___13==13__15__|
7._|_15________15______________________|________________________|
8._|______15___________________________|________________________|
9._|___________________________________|________________________|
10.|___________________________________|________________________|
2 |----8-----| |-----8-----| 4 8 8 4.. 16
Gm F#dim7
--------------------------------------------------------
1._|_________________________________________________________|
2._|_________________________________________________________|
3._|_________________________________________________________|
4._|____________________15++___15==15___15++==15++___14~~~15_|
5._|_______________15________________________________________|
6._|__________15_____________________________________________|
7._|_14~~~15_________________________________________________|
8._|_________________________________________________________|
9._|_________________________________________________________|
10.|_________________________________________________________|
16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 4. 16 16
Fm Bb7 Ab7
-------------------------------------------: Return to B
1._|______________________________________________________|
2._|______________________________________________________|
3._|_15___________________________________________________|
4._|______15______________________________________________|
5._|______________________________________________________|
6._|__________16___15___13___16==16_______________________|
7._|______________________________________________________|
8._|______________________________________________________|
9._|______________________________________________________|
10.|______________________________________________________|
4. 16 16 |----8-----| 4
F7 Bb7
:------ 2nd ending of B --------------------------------------
1._|____________________________|_______________________________|
2._|____________________________|_______________________________|
3._|____________________________|_________15____________________|
4._|___________________15++__15_|_______________________________|
5._|____________________________|_15==15_______15_______________|
6._|_______________15___________|___________________16___15_____|
7._|_15________15_______________|____________________________15=|
8._|______15____________________|_______________________________|
9._|____________________________|_______________________________|
10.|____________________________|_______________________________|
4. 8 8 8 8 8 4 |---16---| 4 8 8
Eb Ab7 B7 Bb7 Eb
------------------------------------------------------ Return to A:
1._|_______________________________________________________|_________|
2._|_______________________________________________________|_________|
3._|_______________________________________________________|_________|
4._|_______________________________________________________|_________|
5._|____________________15_________________________________|_________|
6._|___________13~~~15______16_____________________15______|_________|
7._|==15==15____________________15_________________________|_15______|
8._|________________________________15___14___13________13_|_________|
9._|_______________________________________________________|_________|
10.|_______________________________________________________|_________|
4 |----8-----| 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 1
[This message was edited by fraser on 08-09-99]
