Jun 27, 2014 the first in my jazz education series. Take the a train duke ellington download free in pdf or midi. Duke has written many many hits in his day, including this one. All of our files are safe to download and saved as a pdf file. In our catalog, you can find duke ellington sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other instrument. This is a fun riff tune based on the changes toyou guessed it take the a train. Enjoy an unrivalled sheet music experience for ipadsheet music viewer, score library and music store all in one app. Download for free in pdf midi format, or print directly from our site. Take the a train full jazz band sheet music for piano. Thomas sheet music for voice and other instruments c click to view the.
At a swinging 152 bpm, the key is f and the vocal range is a below middle c to 3rd space c, treble clef. Its most famous version is frank sinatras 1964 version of the song. So my friend, robert opielski, asked me to transcribe the solo off of jwpepper for this song. This chord study features common shapes such as drop 2, drop 3 and 4th voicings. Weve shared the i remember clifford lead sheet pdf version of our real book. Check out our free piano lead sheets to download and print. Print and download in pdf or midi take the a train. Take the a train is a classic jazz old school jazz standard written by non other than duke ellington.
Sheet music arranged for easy piano in g major transposable. In order to provide an example of how you could apply common chord shapes and comping concepts to this tune, below you will find a onechorus chord study over the chord changes to take the a train. Its original name is in other words but it became more popular as fly me to the moon. Single transcriptions are always sent via email as pdf, shipping delivery is only for books. Print and download in pdf or midi take the atrain billy strayhorn. In a few cases, the membership card file does not indicate the month of original membership, and these members will renew in december. Take the a train download free sheet music and scores scorser. Musicians will often use these skeletons to improvise their own arrangements. Print and download take the a train sheet music by duke ellington arranged for. Take the a train was written in 1939 by billy strayhorn for the duke ellington orchestra. I remember clifford lead sheet pdf by benny golsen minedit. Take the a train is a jazz standard by billy strayhorn from 1939. If youre looking for the i remember clifford lead sheet, youve found it. Ella fitzgerald take the a train sheet music in c major.
The melody is written in modern western music notation, the lyric is written as text below the staff and the harmony is specified with chord symbols above the staff. It was written in 1954 by bart howard and first recorded that year by kaye ballard. Set in an uptempo swing style, it is a good chart to learn and blow over the changes to this ellington classic. Take the a train sheet music for piano, voice, bass. Stairway to the stars lead sheet download stride exercises part 1 stride. Jul 30, 2010 take the a train was written in 1939 by billy strayhorn for the duke ellington orchestra. Free sheet music pdf for piano download and print sheet music pdf. Print and download take the a train sheet music in pdf. Free piano sheet music pdf, pop, rock, movie soundtrack, musical, christmas, jazz. Ryan kisor take the a train live trumpet solo youtube. To help you work this chord study, here is a short backing track using only bass and srums that you can play this chord study with, as well as go over your take the a train chord and singlenote ideas in the practice room. Leadsheets typically only contain the lyrics, chord symbols and melody line of a song and are rarely more than one page in length. Sheet music fly me to the moon joytunes sheet music. Duke ellington take the a train sheet music, piano notes, chords.
Billy strayhorn take the a train sheet music pdf notes, chords. Take the a train sheet music print piano, pvg, vocal, guitar. Transpose, print or convert pdf and learn to play lead sheet fake book score in minutes. Free piano lead sheets free piano sheet music, lead sheets. Take the a train is a true classic in the standards repertoire.
Also, feel free to leave a comment and rating in the comment. Download and print take the a train sheet music for trumpet solo by duke ellington in the range of c4g5 from sheet music direct. Upon the pay pal notification, you will get instant download link by email. This is a beautiful bolero composed in 1955 by puerto rican composer, singer and bassist tito henriquez 1920 1992.
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If you have older versions of some of these solos check the updated date to see if a newer version has been posted since your last download. Learn how to play duke ellington songs for piano and bass online. Print and download take the a train sheet music by duke ellington arranged for piano. The original sheetmusic edition of take the a train was published by tempo music, the company ellington established to control his musical s.
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Strayhorn originally thought it sounded too much like a fletcher henderson arrangement. This piece of music was composed by billy strayhorn, nancy and randall faber, ella fitzgerald, duke ellington, oscar peterson, nikki yanofsky also known as nicole rachel, phillip keveren, ryan kisor. Print and download sheet music for take the a train by duke ellington. Click on the title for more info, or the cart logo for purchase. Contains printable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file. Jazz piano 101 take the a train lead sheet, chords youtube. Digital sheet music view online and print ondemand.
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