John Patitucci "Tone Poem" Transcription

[funkypenguin]

Here is my transcription of John Patitucci's "Tone Poem". If you want to check out the recording its on spotify, on the CD Line By Line


[attachment=89006:Tone_Poem.pdf]


[attachment=98310:Tone Poem treble clef.pdf]


*note: You need either a 6 string bass or an E - C 5 string to play it in the original arrangement. if not, some parts will need to be played down an octave*

edit: Treble clef version now added

Edited January 28, 2012 by funkypenguin

[Bilbo]

Just playing it on my ipod but can't download pdfs in work. WIll be interested to see how you have dealt with the rubato nature of the performance in written form.

[jakenewmanbass]

lovely piece.. very good transcription

[Faithless]

Seems like someone doesnt like Treble Clef at all.....

[funkypenguin]

[quote name='Faithless' post='1367773' date='Sep 9 2011, 03:50 PM']Seems like someone doesnt like Treble Clef at all..... [/quote]

Think of it as a way to familiarise yourself with ledger lines I usually use treble clef when transcribing solos. The bass solos in the Hiromi transcriptions im working on are all in treble clef

[Bilbo]

The whole treble clef/ledger lines/8va debate is one I have never been able to resolve in my own mind. I probably do it differently in every transcription. I guess the rule is, if it goes up there for a couple of beats, iyou seek one solution, if it stays up there for bars and bars, its another.

[Faithless]

Penguin, are you writing out the transcription on paper by hand first of all, or straight 'to the computer' (Finale, Sibelius, etc)?

The thing why I don't go crazy with ledger lines is just the amount of time it takes to mess with those ledger lines (think, count, write out in a way that's 'readable'), because most of the stuff I write down, I do it by hand first of all, and, to be honest, it's very rare to meet tunes notated that up high - it's way simpler to go to Treble Clef (once again, if you're doing it by hand..)


easy
Laimis

[funkypenguin]

I approach it on a piece-by-piece basis. i chose to stick with bass clef in this case

[funkypenguin]

[quote name='Faithless' post='1368605' date='Sep 10 2011, 02:55 PM']Penguin, are you writing out the transcription on paper by hand first of all, or straight 'to the computer' (Finale, Sibelius, etc)?

The thing why I don't go crazy with ledger lines is just the amount of time it takes to mess with those ledger lines (think, count, write out in a way that's 'readable'), because most of the stuff I write down, I do it by hand first of all, and, to be honest, it's very rare to meet tunes notated that up high - it's way simpler to go to Treble Clef (once again, if you're doing it by hand..)


easy
Laimis[/quote]

sorry man, hadn't seen your reply before i posted erm....sometimes i work straight into sibelius, but usually i do the rough transcription onto manuscript (mainly to get the notes/chords down) then write it up into sibelius. All the transcriptions ive been working on recently are onto manuscript then into computer, so my desk is a huge mass of half completed transcriptions

One of the reasons i used bass clef in this is that ive been looking at alot of Gwizdalas tutorials recently, and since theyre getting me into reading these high ledger lines i decided to transcribe this one using the ledger lines

[lobematt]

Woah that is high, you got the tab??



Haha only messin, quick (probably quite daft) question though... If this did go between bass an treble clef, would a C in treble still be a C on the bass, as in it doesn't get transposed just a different octave??

[funkypenguin]

[quote name='lobematt' post='1371691' date='Sep 13 2011, 12:53 PM']Woah that is high, you got the tab??



Haha only messin, quick (probably quite daft) question though... If this did go between bass an treble clef, would a C in treble still be a C on the bass, as in it doesn't get transposed just a different octave??[/quote]

No transposing of pitch involved, just different octaves C above the stave in Bass clef transposes to become the C below the stave in Treble clef

[lobematt]

[quote name='funkypenguin' post='1372295' date='Sep 13 2011, 06:48 PM']No transposing of pitch involved, just different octaves C above the stave in Bass clef transposes to become the C below the stave in Treble clef[/quote]
Cheers!

[Bilbo]

[quote name='lobematt' post='1371691' date='Sep 13 2011, 12:53 PM']Woah that is high, you got the tab??



Haha only messin, quick (probably quite daft) question though... If this did go between bass an treble clef, would a C in treble still be a C on the bass, as in it doesn't get transposed just a different octave??[/quote]

The C on the first ledger line ABOVE the bass clef is the same note as the C a single ledger line BELOW the treble clef. THe note is the 5th fret on the G string or the open (top) C on a 6 string bass.

[funkypenguin]

Much better explanation by Bilbo

[funkypenguin]

Treble Clef pdf now added

[Bilbo]

You can, of course, use the '8va' / '15 ma' options which keep the reading manageable but instruct you to play the notes one or two octaves higher.........

[lowdown]

Hey Funkypenguin, thanks for this.
Nice transcription.
One of my fives is tuned E-C and this works great.



Garry

[Faithless]

Hey Penguin,

Thanks for the Treble clef version, though I had to commit myself learn this in Bass clef, as[i] [i][font=times new roman,times,serif]I had to do an graduation exams rehearsal last week- it turned out ok, but the way Patitucci's phrasing and holding the 'breath' is just unbelievalbe - so hard to imitate...[/font][/i][/i]

[funkypenguin]

No worries guys Ive just put my recording of the piece on soundcloud. See what you think if you've a minute

http://soundcloud.com/funkypenguin-1