Flamenco sketches ear training vs. sheet music
I'm trying to get Coltrane's solo on Flamenco Sketches from Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, and i think i'm missing out on what i read on the spread sheet.
This is the relevant part (the beginning of the solo):
It's in the key of D major, so far so good.
But the first note being played is clearly (to my ears) is a b followed by a c note (not sharpen) while the notes state it begins with a c# followed by a d, and it just sounds awful.
Am i reading the sheet wrong? (it's the official sheet by hal leonard)
Or am i missing some theory regarding these notes and how to read them?
(by the way, the last note should be d and not e#, same goes to that as well.
I'm trying to play this on a standard tuning electric guitar
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super old thread, but the answer is yes, it's a Bb flat sheet, you need to play it a step up.
For guitarists who can't be bothered to transpose just detune a tone and boom. D standard is great anyway.
option 1 : Your ears are wrong
option 2 : your PDF is wrong
My money is on Option 2,
When I was learning Donna Lee I noticed the part Jaco plays is slightly different than what Charlie Parker played, and even what Parker played is different than what was in my Realbook! Trust your ears! use a different PDF if you have to;) use transcribe software too!!!!!! it will slow the music down to an atomic speed so each of those 16th notes is about 3 seconds long ;)
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