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Print and download lead sheets for watermelon man by herbie hancock in f major transposable. Telecharger 99 des partitions gratuites watermelon man, partitions, composition musicale. Watermelon man chord progression backing track no piano backingtracks jazz. Airegin chord chart free jazz real book over 1,300 chord charts of jazz standards available that can be transposed to any key. Watermelon man funky backing track herbie hancock youtube. There is a book on every sister and they are all unique and brilliant in their own way. Watermelon man by herbie hancock chords, melody, and music. Jul 06, 2017 the family that feature in the book are amazing and watermelon focuses on one of the five sisters in the family. Hancock wrote this tune with the intention of marketing his record, and was the first tune he composed for commercial reasons.
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Watermelon man is a 1970 american comedy film directed by melvin van peebles and starring godfrey cambridge, estelle parsons, howard caine, durville martin, kay kimberley, mantan moreland, and erin moran. Watermelon man telecharger des partitions gratuites scorser. Watermelon man became a hit, and he would later record it with his head hunters band as well in. Chords, melody, and music theory analysis of watermelon man by herbie hancock. Jan 15, 2014 watermelon man was written by herbie hancock, originally for his 1962 hit record takin off. The strong melody, bluesbased structure and catchy piano riff make watermelon man extremely adaptable to other styles of music santamaria himself returned to it in 1979 with a disco. Watermelon man was written by herbie hancock, originally for his 1962 hit record takin off. Written in 1970 a year before the summer of 42, it chronicles the life of this incredible. Mongo santamaria watermelon man sheet music notes, chords for piano.
Learn how to play the watermelon man guitar chords, a chord melody arrangement, and. Mar 08, 20 this is my play along version of watermelon man by herbie hancock, made for improvisation in any kind of instrument. Watermelon man lead sheet pdf by herbie hancock minedit. You will not find all the jazz standards fully analyzed anywhere else. Many of your real book favorites can be found here ready to be transposed into any key that you need. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Watermelon man chord progression jazz backing track play along. Large jazz group arrangement of herbie hancocks watermelon man. Ive never seen the movie and im not sure i want to, since i love the book so much. A popular postcard portrayed an elderly black man carrying a watermelon in each arm only to happen upon a stray chicken. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Watermelon man is melvin van peebles 1970 comedic satire about the state of race relations in america.
Transcription of watermelon man by herbie hancock as played by yohan kim. I, only to discover that three of the tunes youll be playing arent in it they are in vol. This amazing collection is unique in the jazz world. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Weve indexed all the songs from 26 volumes of real books. Our partners will collect data and use cookies for ad personalization and measurement. Herbie hancock watermelon man sheet music in f major. Accenttchuate the positive after you after youve gone. 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. How watermelons became a racist trope the atlantic. Watermelon man is a jazz standard written by herbie hancock, first released on his debut album, takin off 1962, in a grooving hard bop version that featured improvisations by freddie hubbard and dexter gordon. Were going to use this as an opportunity to work out some arpeggio shapes up and down the fretboard, and some other cool tricks you can use to spice up your soloing.
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