Animated Sheet Music: "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane

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 the solo's in Bb. Weird, I know, but the transcription book that I based this animation on was in concert.

You can buy the sheet music here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0793563453

Category:

Music

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• dancohen
• Animation
• Jazz
• John
• Coltrane
• Giant
• Steps
• Transcription
• Fast
• Famous
• Solo
• Saxophone
• Tommy
• Flanagan
• Piano

[369874123]

If you listen closly, you can accully hear the pianist giving up

[bzhaki]

guitar hero looks so easy now :)

[XeroTheroyIV]

its fucking amazing... but its just not musical to my ears... yet again i have alot of respect for this man

[MINDeemaster]

that's excatly what I thought to myself when I heard it for the first time.

[theboss2211ify]

I came here 1 month ago after watching CHICK COREA'S Workshop :D Thanks John Coltrane ^^

[chobers]

A lot of horn players got day jobs when they first heard this in 1959.

[IAmTheStig320]

Fucking incredible. It's so sad, though, if you compare this to Lil Wayne's "A Milli" and you realise just how far African-American music has fallen.

[grandmasterharpyeagl]

obvi the best solo of all time

[ilcinico1]

I've just one (....two or three) thing to say: I love this song, this version, and I don't mind critics, trolls and so on. The animation is really wonderful, don't mind how you did made it, it really makes you live the music, the score. Thanks pal for this!

I've played double-bass for years, and no-one ever thinks of the train-hand playin' of such of double-bass players ;) carpal tunnel welcome with such songs!!!

I've just bought a tenor sax, may the force be with me!

Thanks again for the video!

[Nowhereman90]

For me, Coltrane represents all what triumph is