'Maiden Voyage' (Herbie Hancock) - jazz piano lesson

'Maiden Voyage' - jazz piano lesson.
You will probably need to view this in high quality to see the transcription - http://youtube.com/watch?v=S8R29eAfQ0k&fmt=18
A very clear copy of the video, and the annotated midi file, with LH and RH bass/treble split, is available (free) on my website at
http://www.bushgrafts.com
This was one of the first compositions that required 'modal' playing - it had sections in 4 key centres - each 4 measures long before changing key. Usually the chord quality for each is a dominant 7th with suspended 4th (D7sus,F7sus, Eb7sus, Db7sus) and unusually (for its time) the suspended chords were not resolved in the usual way.

At the start, , I used another chord quality on each 4 bar key centre - using Major 7th #5 chords instead.

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[myoung51]

Thankx for the lesson very nice.

[MrAtlantajazz]

Love your mellow sound. All on the same page musically. Love it when it all comes together like this.

[Darce223]

@congero21 About that. But with Herbie, it's more about the harmonic rhythm, and the actual voicings of the chords. He finds really exciting ways to voice fairly standard chords.

[congero21]

so this song has eight chord changes according to Jerry Coker

[aircavmedic]

One of my fav songs, sung & played by so many, some have not heard the word. Excellent version and I like the way it shows what you are playing. I am trying to play chords on vibraphone

[elmecahomaja]

Great job! congrats.

[patrickwaltersguitar]

Beautiful improv! Thanks so much Doug...

[robertmazzo]

Doug is so generous ! Thank you a million times over , Doug ! -Bob

[7notemode]

Wow. You topped yourself with this one. This is my new favorite jazz2511 post. *****

[nethyphenvordotnet]

I love you!