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I have a few midi files of Fats Waller playing some famous pieces and this book is an exact transcription of those - note for note. what a task Mr Posnak undertook and I'm glad he did. Shows what an artist Mr Waller was and how bad a player I am - he must have had some extra fingers...
Well worth buying but get it wire bound so you can turn pages and they will lay flat. (Why don't publishers do this a whole lot more?)
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Well worth buying but get it wire bound so you can turn pages and they will lay flat. (Why don't publishers do this a whole lot more?)
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This is great jazz music. Initially quite hard to play for a classically trained pianist of average ability but I am now really getting into playing them. Great fun. Recommended.
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I've flicked through the sample of African Ripples and I'm sorry to say these transcriptions are inaccurate with poor chord voicings. Even considering any `tidying up' (it's a matter of opinion which `wrong notes' should be omitted) it's not good. Pick a page at random - Page 10 - last bar of the second line, both chords incorrect in right hand, missing an E and B flat respectively, the left hand on beat 3 is not what's happening, anyone can hear the lowest note hit is a D. 6 bars later on beat 3 there's a low D missing. And so on. If the point of this book is to see literally what Fats Waller plays then don't waste your money and encourage authors who present shoddy work and get paid for it. I'm a composer with a good ear and what I'm saying is a fact. Why Dick Hyman endorsed it I do not know. It's competently edited in terms of rubato, speed etc. but anyone musician could do that.
The average standard of accuracy in published jazz piano transcriptions seems to be very poor, e.g. Erroll Garner or Artis Wodehouses' woeful attempts at Gershwin's 1920s recordings. When transcribing you must play back each chord until you can literally hear every note one by one in reality and know which notes are not harmonics. It's not rocket science, it just needs a lot of time and care and attention to every detail.
The average standard of accuracy in published jazz piano transcriptions seems to be very poor, e.g. Erroll Garner or Artis Wodehouses' woeful attempts at Gershwin's 1920s recordings. When transcribing you must play back each chord until you can literally hear every note one by one in reality and know which notes are not harmonics. It's not rocket science, it just needs a lot of time and care and attention to every detail.
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It's great!
This music book is quite good. There are a total of 15 pieces for piano solo. Some of them can be quite difficult to play. Read more
Published on 9 Jun 2000
A Giant "Stride" Forward For Musicians!
Simply put - this book is a monumental endeavor and no less of a tribute to "Fats". After long hours on end trying to pick out these fabulous solos myself with my... Read more
Published on 28 Jan 1999
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