Fats Waller - Alligator Crawl

Hmm, this one stretched me a bit too far and it consequently falls apart in places, but for what it's worth...

27/10/2009:

Thanks for all the comments!

For the record, I learnt this first of all from a midi file sequenced by Irwin Schwartz, and then changed it somewhat after listening to one of Fats' recordings.

You can have both the midi file and a pdf of the score generated from it if you send me your email address. Please note, the score can be quite hard to decipher in places.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Thomas
• Fats
• Waller
• Stride
• Piano
• Solo
• Jazz
• Alligator
• Crawl

[whneo97]

Check the tuning of your lower keys :P

[yanman3]

@whneo97 Oh I know, it's awful...and not mine to tune :)

[housel123]

At the start on the left hand what are the notes? Im not grade 8 yet im grade 2 but I just wanna learn how to play the start thanks ;) (By the way your an amazing player)

[yanman3]

@housel123 Thanks! It's C-C, E-E, G-G, A-A, C-C, A-A, G-G, E-E (Repeat). The second note of each pair is played an octave above the first.

[6789sophie]

is there a hole in your sock?

[Grade8PianoPieces]

Makes the grade 8 version sound so basic!

[xjailer]

Outstanding tune, love it... thanks for sharing

[08brooky80]

is it really grade 8??? im playing it for a grade 7. . . .

[Clayez94]

Your ornamentation is brilliant, wish I could bust out stuff like that

[jackalan88]

since when could Alligators sprint?

[ashley12716]

@6789sophie So hilarious!

[gptvproductions]

Wow!



[MidnightPup24]

Great job :) It's quite hard to get some on the jumps on the left hand correctly, but you done a good job of it. I played this when I done my grade 8, slightly different so I was wondering whether this was the original one or did you improvised in some areas?