Written by wes montgomery i got this transcription from mel bay essential jazz lines. Montgomery four on six sheet music for guitar solo pdf. How to play in the style of wes montgomery samples jazz guitar. The style of wes montgomery for guitar by corey christiansen, i may have altered it a bit, i changed the octave section to single notes for ease of learning. The pdf with examples for this video is available through patreon. Windy goin out of my head wind song winds of barcelona willow weep for me goin on to. Montgomery unit 7 sheet music for guitar tablature pdf. D7 3 3 guitar sounds one octave lower than written. Wes montgomery, jazz guitarist who influenced many. The 1960 nat adderly tune, with wes montgomery playing guitar on the original recording, is a 16 bar jazz head that goes into a 12 bar minor blues progression. One of the concepts that you can learn from wes montgomery, beyond his choice of notes, is how he organized his solos. What makes wes a great improviser and jazz guitarist is not that he. Wes montgomery west coast blues pdf in description.
Jazz transcriptions jazz guitar transcriptions, wes montgomery, chet baker, tal farlow. Chord solos have been a part of the jazz guitar skill set since the 50s and 60s when players like joe pass and wes montgomery used it in their music. John coltrane solo 1st and 2nd chorus album giant steps g7 cm. Wes montgomerys top5 jazz guitar solos jazz guitar lessons. The guitarist joe pass is famous for this technique. Jazz guitar scales are very important devices when learning jazz guitar. He was an african american jazz guitarist, probably the most influential postwar improviser on his instrument. The incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery wikipedia. I am privately hosting the torrent which is about 70 megs. This wes montgomery guitar lesson is breaking down parts of the solo on four on six. Most of its tracks exemplify two of montgomery s distinguishing techniques. In this lesson, you will learn how to play four on six, a standard written by wes montgomery.
The incredible skills of wes montgomery will live on in jazz history. Twisted blues for guitar tablature, intermediate sheet music. Jazz standards for jazz guitar pdf sheet music, tabs, chords and soloing with audio examples. The transcription package comes in a pdf file with notation and tab plus a code for the course on. Though he didnt always use this concept, wes played with the following formula to create engaging and highly intense solos, often over a jazz blues tune. Wes montgomery jazz guitar transcription with tabs full house part 1 of 2. The complete riverside recordings 1992 wes montgomery the king of octaves analysis and transcription of road song solo. If you are looking for a specific solo that you cant find here or in these other sites,please do not ask me if i know where you can find it,because i obviously dont. This means there is movement in both top and bottom parts of the instrument with important chord tones, predominantly 3rds and 7ths, affirming the. Youll find many more wes style jazz heads, instrumentals, octave solos, licks, etc.
Take the a train1958 au privave1960 days of wine and roses1963 pdf download. His guitar solos are gold mines for jazz guitar students, he used a lot. A chord solo is a harmonized melody line, so you dont only improvise a melody, you also harmonize it by adding chords to it. Wes montgomery how to make simple sound amazing jens larsen. You may have been inspired by the genius of joe pass or wes montgomery and the creative and virtuosic twists and turns of their chord melody arrangements, but lets not get. Unit 7 for guitar tablature, intermediate sheet music. Ok, i found a pdf with complete typeface solos set to a lead sheet for some of wes s most solos. On this landmark recording, montgomery veered away from his home indianapolisbased organ combo with melvin rhyne, the californiabased montgomery brothers band, and other studio sidemen he had been. A jazz icon, wes montgomery 19231968 left an indelible imprint on the language and pedagogy of contemporary guitar. Wes montgomery bebop in bb octave solos video lesson with. Blues goes wes jazz blues in bb product no dl39 content. Wes himself stuck with chords played mainly on adjacent strings and drop 2 chord shapes.
Jazz guitar licks pdf methods with audio files online. The incredible wes montgomery of 1960 was more discernible and distinctive than the guitarist who would emerge a few years later as a pop stylist and precursor to george benson in the 70s. He was referencing the movin wes part i solo from movin wes, but he could just as easily have been talking about montgomery s entire oeuvre. As you can see, learning jazz guitar blues doesnt need to be difficult. Inspired by this article of dave liebman i decided not only transcribe and learn to play it but to make more detailed analysis. Posted in uncategorized and tagged wes montgomery on february 25, 2014 by bigsby.
Blues goes wes jazz blues in bb klangfarbe noten shop. Wes montgomery jazz guitar solos free download as pdf file. The most notable jazz guitar versions are those of wes montgomery, pat martino, and pat metheny, especially his live version of 1993, which you can see below. Montgomery four on six sheet music for guitar tablature. The chord solos of wes montgomery techniques and concepts. This wes montgomery guitar lesson discussing some of the simple things that. He began playing guitar in his late teens and played in the lionel hampton band from 194850 and in indianapolis during the 1950s, most often with his brothers buddy. In 1960, wes montgomery s album the incredible jazz guitar was released with on it two of his most famous compositions, west coast blues and four on six.
I have always enjoyed reading and looking at the transcriptions in downbeat magazine over the years. Wes montgomery the trick bag solo transcription pdf in. This video lesson contains 10 jazz guitar solo transcriptions with tabs of great jazz. This pdf contains sample pages from the ebook how to play in the style of wes. His best solos appear on live tapes, and youll notice that three out of five solos below are from concerts. John leslie wes montgomery was from indianapolis, indiana. Wes montgomery solos well done transcriptions 23 or so. Wes montgomery s solo on bock to bock matthew meldon. Welcome to our archive of some of the most popular jazz standards for jazz guitar.
First, he started with single lines, then he moved to octaves, finally he moved to chords. The goal is to play complete lines in octaves, not just chord tones or arpeggios. Four on six for guitar solo, intermediate guitar sheet music. If you run up this chordscale, you will quickly hear a sound which harkens the chord solos of wes montgomery. In this episode of everything music we explore the chord solos of the great wes montgomery. Youve gone from the basics of knowing a jazz standard, all the way to being able to play the jazz blues with finesse and getting that classic wes montgomery guitar sound into your solos. Wes solo on west coast blues from the incredible jazz guitar album thumbs up if you like it and thanks for watching to download the file please subscribe to this channel and email me at. Montgomery twisted blues sheet music for guitar tablature. Wes montgomery jazz guitar transcription with tabs part 1 of 2. Full house is a song by wes montgomery from the album full house. Instructional video with pdf files on the jazz head, single note solo, octave solo and rhythm chart with improv insights.
How to practice jazz guitar blues wes montgomery guitar. In this lesson, you will learn wes montgomery inspired chord solo licks that youll apply over a blues in f and over the jazz standard yesterdays. You will find in these lessons the most important scales and modes that any jazz guitar player need to know such as diatonic scales, melodic minor, harmonic minor, harmonic major, melodic minor, symmetic, pentatonic scales, bebop scales, blues scales. This printable ebook method in pdf format provides 49 jazz solo transcriptions of the greatest jazz musicians of all times with tabs, standard. Here, we will provide you with lead sheets, basic chord melodies, chords and single note solos that you can begin applying over some of the most popular standards right. Each lick is written in tab and notation in a pdf file. Wes montgomery guitar solo transcription with tab full house jazz. Jazz transcriptions jazz guitar transcriptions, wes. He took the use of octaves and chords voicings to a greater level than any other guitarist. Wes montgomery jazz guitar licks solo transcription with tabs. Which is a more classic straight ahead jazz approach compared to. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. Four on six for guitar tablature, intermediate sheet music. Included are some of my original arrangements of classic standards for solo jazz guitar and an extensive recording list of fabulous guitar players.
Wes montgomery unedited by jim ferguson, compiled from his guitar player magazine article august 1993, his jazztimes article the genius of wes montgomery august 1995, and his liner notes from wes montgomery. This video lesson contains 10 jazz guitar solo transcriptions with tabs of great jazz musicians. With this cd he validates the title, the incredible jazz guitar. I have compiled a collection of 26 solos featuring jazz greats herbie hancock, booker little, max roach, grant green, stan getz, slide hampton, thelonious monk, jackie mclean, cuong vu, clifford brown, roy haynes, woody shaw, sonny rollins, jon. How to play in the style of wes montgomery sample pages this pdf contains sample pages from the ebook how to play in the style of wes montgomery. Wes montgomery jazz guitar licks and transcriptions. We discuss how his solos always follow the same order of single notes to octaves to chords. Taking a mixolydian scale, and adding in the major 7th. Wes montgomery guitar solo transcriptions from west coast blues. In this book i have transcribed more solos by the legendary wes montgomery. You can see the sheet music in realtime, watch the videos, listen to the audio, slow down the music, view the live fretboard and much more. Now, lets work through the 5 steps for an awesome chord melody guitar. Thumbs up if you like it and thanks for watching from the album the boss guitar to download the file please subscribe to this channel and email me at. The guitar solo transcription is from the live recording with wynton kelly trio featuring wes montgomery.
Chords and lead sheets included bass flute, flute, guitar, harp, harpsichord, mandolin, oboe, organ, piano, piccolo, recorder, violin. Wes montgomery solo transcription full house jazz guitar licks. Pdf wes montgomery jazz guitar solos davor stehlik. A modern jazz guitar solo in a medium swing tempo in the style of wes montgomery played by achim kohl 6 choruses in different styles, 4 single note. I hope you will enjoy it and pdf with tabsnotation is ready here for you so no excuses. The incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery is an album by american jazz guitarist wes montgomery. The words above were penned by late, great jazz guitar guru ted greene in the august 98 gp.
This page lists 476 guitar solo transcriptions that are available somewhere on the internet here you can find more about the best web sites that offer free and paid solo transcriptions. These solos will lift your octave playing a notch or two. Wes montgomery s octave solos are perhaps the most distinctive part of his sound, but nearly all of his solos were like a three act play. Three wes style octave solos over a bebop blues progression in bb. Download pdf wes satin doll guitar check out kyles website here. This is a relatively easy song and learning it will give a lot of goodies.