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Giant Steps

This is what John Coltrane's landmark tune and solo look like when they come to life on paper. If you try to play along, you may notice that the transcription for the head is transposed for C and ...  
 
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Kermit4Prezident (6 hours ago) Show Hide
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Well that's not fair, the first humans were African...
Mellarist (14 hours ago) Show Hide
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I would agree it is a good exercise and practice song. As a student of jazz it is a lot of fun to take apart and really work on because you can experment with intervals and hard concepts. However I somewhat enjoy listening to it as well.
lompeboertje (17 hours ago) Show Hide
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WOW. transcribing a solo like this must be real difficult! Great vid man. respect!
Stavrostheskunk (1 day ago) Show Hide
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Can't believe I come here to see a Coltrane solo and I'm reading shit like this.
supahsekzy (1 day ago) Show Hide
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jeez coltrane should have given everybody a chance to run the changes a few times before recording haha
Davethewerewolf (2 days ago) Show Hide
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its just so damn fun to watch the notes go up and down.....lol
panzach (2 days ago) Show Hide
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great vid! nice job mate
ChrisGuerre (3 days ago) Show Hide
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However, sweet to see the music move like that, i like seeing the grace notes. Good job. Now do Countdown!
ChrisGuerre (3 days ago) Show Hide
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Least favorite song of his, I think Giant Steps was originally a practice device, an exercise for digital patterns and transient modulation. When people blow on it at jam sessions, nobody sounds good on it. Theres not really an emphasized tonal center, It's the song that never ends. It's like Dust in the wind by Kansas, it's their hit song but everything else the group did was different and better all around. Yall should check out "A Love Supreme" or "Naima" or stuff he did with Davis
darthawsome (3 days ago) Show Hide
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@vandoren59 if you were raised by niggers that makes you 100% nigger dumbass

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