keith jarrett tokyo encore transcription pdf

The most mistake-sensitive part include those where Jarrett plays weird rhythms at the melody, and those where the middle voice is difficult to hear. I can tell there will be mistakes, so if you find one please do email me so that I can correct it. ♫ About the transcription First, please be tolerant as this is my first transcription of that kind. It is anyway the only recording I heard which features it. I have yet to know whether it was completely improvised or if Keith Jarrett had prepared it before the concert. The original playing time of this piece is about 8 minutes. I used the official ECM recording of the Sun Bear Concerts Box Set disc 6 as the source medium. ♫ About the music The following score transcribes the piano solo music played by Keith Jarrett as an “Encore” during his concert at the Tokyo Concert Hall, on November 14th, 1976. Introductory Notice Please respect the author and read this notice prior to the transcription Keith Jarrett’s Tokyo Encore – Transcription by Raphael Turbatte To view a copy of this license, visit or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA. If you want to contact me please use this email : rt emptybox ws ♫ About this transcription’s copyright This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License. I am currently studying in French elite classes and will take the competitive exams at the end of the year to enter a business school. I have also always tried to play the piano and to improvise but never took any lessons. I have been listening to Keith Jarrett since my father first initiated me to his music, when I was 13. While I stopped taking lessons when I was 17, I continued playing in small ensembles, and music remains one of my main interests. I remained a music student at the local conservatory during 10 years and obtained diplomas in Cello playing, music analysis and harmonics, and of course music reading. I started learning music in general at 3, and started learning my instrument, the Cello, at 5. ♫ About the author My name is Raphael Turbatte, I was born in 1984 near Paris. Melodically and harmonically, the fact that there could be a “3 rd voice” in the middle is open to discussion. More importantly, I am not a very good pianist (yes, it is a shame and I really wish I were) so I prefer letting those in the know with the piano technique decide what notes should be played with what hand. I made this choice, first because it is easier to write that way since most of voice 2 is played in middle tones. I split voice 2 into 2 sub-voices: a bass and a middle voice. Harmonically Em fits the pattern the best way. I think 2 important choices I made have to be pointed out: - I chose an Em key, despite the piece ending on a Bm harmony (which key would maybe have been more convenient since it would have removed all the sharps in front of nearly every C that comes along).

It comes back from index E to the end of the piece, which finishes with some kind of chord cadenza.

The pattern is broken at index B (approximately in the middle of the piece) but is brought back again at index C for a short period before giving the way to a big modulation starting at index D. The lower voice plays this recurring harmony while the higher voice plays a melody (which starts at index A on the transcription). As to the music itself, it is based on a recurring four-measure harmonic pattern (basically, Em | Bm/D | Bmsus4/C#, C#7+ | Bsus4/F#, B7+). Keith Jarrett’s Tokyo Encore – Transcription by Raphael Turbatte Introductory Notice Please respect the author and read this notice prior to the transcription ♫ About the music The following score transcribes the piano solo music played by Keith Jarrett as an “Encore” during his concert at the Tokyo Concert Hall, on November 14 th, 1976.

Keith jarrett tokyo encore transcription pdf