Tiny's Exercises

A note for note transcription of Art's Trio warming up. A friend asked for the notes and I finally got to it.Hope it is beneficial

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Music

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• Art Tatum
• jazz instruction.
• solo piano

[duckman531]

Knowing absolutely nothing about reading music myself, please tell me, Tatum's piece must have been crafted like a Swiss watch. The intricacy of this composition must be a challenge to even the most accomplished of pianists, am I worng?

[rkjp56]

Thanks for your comment.I greatly admire everything Art puts down,but in my opinion I think this peice was invented to catch the ear of a listening audience that was not familiar with his genius. For him it was a simplified swing riff that he probably put together in 10 minutes.Believe it or not this peice would be a lot easier to play than his other works.When Art played with his trio he played to have fun.I think it was an effort to make him popular to a larger audience.

[rkjp56]

Your right,to play it exactly like he did would be very difficult. We sure can appreciate his natural ability.

[A24510]

Hello, Youtube didin't alert me your video upload...omg

Notes are simple but rather hard to play..

Left hand tenth around 0:34-0:39 seems to be octave upper.

Tatum's tapping(?)left leg(look carefully his jacket is swinging) in the video is impressive.

[rkjp56]

Yes, to put down them 3rd's nice & smooth takes some practice. Your right on the 10th's. I actually did'nt hear them on my recorded copy but seen Art playing them on the video(?),so I put them in the last minute. I do believe he plays them an octave higher.Good observation.Also good to hear from you. How is life in Japan?Hope all is well.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Wow, Cool Thanks! Could you make the PDF Public too? You don't have to, I can transcribe for here!

[rkjp56]

Thanks. Sorry, what do you mean by pdf.I did not get permission from anyone, so I guess I would play it very cautious. What do you think?

[zmanofwar3]

Can I get the actual music for this somehow?

[HipsterKiller]

FUCK YES

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

i can already play the first part now thanks to you!!!!! :)

[blubblubcat]

he said himself, a group hinders me.

[adamep]

Hi Rog,

Great transcription. I've always loved "Tiny's Exercise" and this is the first transcription I've ever seen. Is Tiny's guitar playing a third away from Art or is Art playing in thirds? Hope all is well. Best, Adam

[Morahman7vnNo2]

I think you should start doing what Keeper1st dose immediately! Try to get as many people to download this piece in PDF form as possible before any company does claim it; thou I'm pretty sure you'd win in any copyright court case.

Don't worry! I live in L.A. and my Charter School Founder used to be a lawyer.

Get back to me on this.