Popular Post Falstaft 2,132 Posted May 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2023 Inspired by the gorgeous La La Land release of Sabrina, I put together a lead sheet of "Moonlight" that some of you may enjoy. The version I transcribed this from is the Sting one in A major. Initially, I attempted to precisely capture his melodic syncopations--which are pervasive, and essential to the effect of the song in that performance. But pretty quickly I decided for a very rhythmically simplified rendering, the kind typical of an actual lead sheet. The chord symbols and transcription of the intro vamp are true to what we hear in the recording though, I think. If anyone spots any errors, which I'm sure there are some, point them out. Enjoy! michael_grig, That_Bloke, BrotherSound and 5 others 2 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Sítrónu 494 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 great, thanks!! GerateWohl and Falstaft 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConorPower 148 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Awesome! Thanks for sharing it. Falstaft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post QuartalHarmony 543 Posted May 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2023 Very nice - good job. It's not an error in your version, but the published sheet music (available for download from various sites, though you can often only preview the first page) notates more or less the whole melody in straight crotchets (quarter notes) - no triplets anywhere. In the absence of a leak, whether or not that's what JW provided for Dees and Sting to sing in the studio is anyone's guess! Oh, and I'd normally 'spell' Dmaj7(add9) as Dmaj9... unless you're intending the 9th (E) to function as a 2nd... in which case I'd call it Dmaj7(add2)... at which point one is well and truly down a rabbit hole... Mark BrotherSound, Falstaft and That_Bloke 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falstaft 2,132 Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 11 minutes ago, QuartalHarmony said: It's not an error in your version, but the published sheet music (available for download from various sites, though you can often only preview the first page) notates more or less the whole melody in straight crotchets (quarter notes) - no triplets anywhere. In the absence of a leak, whether or not that's what JW provided for Dees and Sting to sing in the studio is anyone's guess! Interesting! I refrained from looking up any existing sheet music because most of the fun for me is doing it by ear. Sounds like it's even more rhythmically ironed-out than what I transcribed. My initial pass really did try to reflect the nuances of Sting's performance, but I felt I was hitting diminishing returns pretty quickly. 11 minutes ago, QuartalHarmony said: Oh, and I'd normally 'spell' Dmaj7(add9) as Dmaj9... unless you're intending the 9th (E) to function as a 2nd... in which case I'd call it Dmaj7(add2)... at which point one is well and truly down a rabbit hole... I find chord symbol nomenclature endlessly fascinating. You're quite right, the better symbol for that chord would be Dmaj9. Though listening more closely, I wonder if it might actually be a D6/9 chord instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post QuartalHarmony 543 Posted May 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2023 Ooh, D6/9. Yeah, that too. If you ever need to distract a roomful of jazz pianists for a few hours, just ask them this sort of question. Mark BrotherSound, That_Bloke and Falstaft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That_Bloke 115 Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 15 hours ago, QuartalHarmony said: Ooh, D6/9. Yeah, that too. If you ever need to distract a roomful of jazz pianists for a few hours, just ask them this sort of question. Mark Wouldn't D6/9 also be D13, or D13(no 7), or G9/D? Falstaft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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