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If youre in the early stages of learning to play jazz on the bass guitar or want to perform at a jazz session, watermelon man is a tune you are highly likely to see. Hancocks first version was released as a grooving hard bop record, and featured improvisations by freddie hubbard and dexter gordon. You can go to youtube and listen to adam gussow play it in lessons 3336. The gym is a big part of my life as well, and both of these hobbies kind of share the same work ethics. Watermelon man sheet music download free in pdf or midi. Watermelon man by herbie hancock digital sheet music. Watermelon man sheet music for piano, soprano saxophone. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard afro blue, as performed by john coltrane among others. Van peebles wrote the music to watermelon man himself, in order to have creative control. This is the free watermelon man sheet music first page. Watermelon man was first released on pianist and bandleader herbie hancocks debut album, takin off it was so popular it even reached the top 100 of the pop charts at the time over the years this jazz standard has been recorded over 100 times, but my favorite version is still the groovy original recording featuring hancock along with solos from freddie hubbard and. If you enjoy this watermelon man guitar lesson, please share it with your. Watermelon man is a jazz standard and has been recorded many times by artists the world over.
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About the theme of herbie hancocks classic jazz standard from 1962. Herbie hancock watermelon man sheet music in c major. This is the melody of watermelon man, written by herbie hancock. Watermelon man text bass tab by herbie hancock songsterr. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading watermelon man sheet music pianovocalchords. Sheet music arranged for pianovocal guitar in c major. Watermelon man for piano solo, intermediate piano sheet music. Can be played on any harp but is in the key of f so you play it on a bb harp in second position. Here you can learn the form, the chords, the theme and some fill in tips for the jamsession blockbuster watermelon man by herbie. Anyone that knows me knows that a massive part of my life is playing the guitar, especially as a part of a band. Because the chord riff is so unique, you play the melody and then the riff and move back and forth until the c7bb7 section, where you harmonize the melody.
Chords for watermelon man chordu chords for any song. Fun, funky, hip, groovycall it what you want, this chart is excellent in every way. Watermelon man was written by herbie hancock, originally for his 1962 hit record takin off. How to play watermelon man on the bass guitar yt117 bass. Some one new to the guitar might struggle with some of the riffs but with some creativity you could work some simplified pieces in until your skill level comes up to speed.
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Watermelon man sheet music pianovocalchords kindle edition by hancock, herbie, herbie hancock, jon hendricks. The focus is on developing a chord solo to a section from the herbie hancocks watermelon man. Herbie hancock watermelon man sheet music piano solo in f. Herbie hancock watermelon man sheet music pdf notes. We may offer this composition for a number of different instruments. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. Fender guitar blues deville reissue rev b schematics in pdf. A soundtrack album was released in 1970, and love, thats america, a song from the film and soundtrack, was released as a single in the same year. Watermelon man archives bass guitar lessons online. You now mix the chords you just learned with the melody to watermelon man to explore a chord melody.
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Original key dont know tuning regular or low g tab notes in the fifth bar, the long melody note is impossible to hold as long as it should be dotted line. Takin off 1962 if youd like to support me you can do so at this l. Mongo santamaria watermelon man sheet music pdf notes. How to play watermelon man on the bass guitar yt117. How to play watermelon man on the guitar with score and tab. Watermelon man became a hit, and he would later record it with his head hunters band as well in. Original key dont know tuning regular tab notes nothing special. Watermelon man sheet music pianovocalchords kindle.
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Want to make watermelon man sound awesome on your harmonica. Watermelon man by herbie hancock chords, melody, and music. Herbie hancock watermelon man sheet music piano solo. Watermelon man became a hit, and he would later record it with his head hunters band as well in 1973. Jul 15, 2016 in the video lesson below, youre going to get a stepbystep breakdown of how to play the classic herbie hancock jazz standard, watermelon man, on guitar. Print and download watermelon man sheet music by herbie hancock. Watermelon man sheet music for piano, soprano saxophone, bass. Herbie hancock watermelon man text bass tab learn the song with the online tablature player artist.
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