http://www.geocities.com/andyw129/mobley.html

 

Awesome, thanks a lot!

 

Does anybody know the exact changes to the song? I know its a concert Bb minor blues, but i am not sure exactly what the chord changes are.

 

Dig Hank

What a great performance that is! what timing and phrasing.

 

It's a regular blues.

Concert:
Bb7|Eb7|Bb7|Bb7
Eb7|Eb7|Bb7|G7b9
C-7|F7|Bb7|F7

I recently "rediscovered" this album and it's inspired me to check out some more of Mobley's "middle" period. So I've recently gotten "Roll Call", "Workout", and "No Room For Squares". "The Turnaround" comes from two sessions recorded two years apart and marks a change in approach and tone. 2 tracks are from the "middle" period. "Straight No Filter" was released in '86 after Mobley's death and is taken from 4 sessions from '63-'66 and 2 of those sessions were in his "middle" period. What's interesting is that the music recorded on one of the sessions was spit up over 3 albums ("No Room For Squares", "Turnaround", "Straight No Filter"). It's interesting to be able to listen to that particular session unedited.

 

Looking at the transcription of the sax part above, and then putting it with the chord changes- it doesn't fit, are you sure those changes are correct?

 

Looking at the transcription of the sax part above, and then putting it with the chord changes- it doesn't fit, are you sure those changes are correct?

The changes listed above are in concert key. You must transpose them up a whole step to be thinking in the tenor key -- in other words, it's a C blues for Hank. I have taught this solo a few times, and everything that he blows fits.

 

Thank you very much, Agent27. Just a week or so a few of us on the board were raving about this album. (Blakey is incredible and Wynton Kelly is sooo tasty!) I've got a few other transcriptions but always wanted "Dig Dis" -- made my day!

 

Yeah, those are concert changes. That's why I wrote "Concert" above them. Hank doesn't always stick strictly to the changes, but nobody does. On the I chords he frequently uses the Major 7 and usually follows it with a Major bebop scale and on the first stop chorus he uses a substitution on the V7 chord. At one point he emphasises the #11 over the IV7 chord. But it's all based off of standard blues.

 

Don't thank him.

Thank me.

--A--

(glad you're all still using my site.)

 

Thanks AndyW :cheers:

 

Agent 27. If you dig "Workout" check out "Another Workout" I like it even more.

 

Couple of things

1) This is definately a Bb blues. I'm not sure of the exact form ... I didn't lift that.
2) The transcription is ok, I would say worth 70% ... it's missing a lot rhythmically and melodically ... plus details like accents, slurs, drops, gliss ... etc. are missing. Though it's a good place to start if you haven't a clue what's going on.
3) If you are actually interested in learning something ... lift all on your own ... just you and your cd player ... and then when you got it down ... probably will take 3 months to really do it right ... then check the written transcription out. ... just an idea.

 

It's a regular blues.

That's not completely correct. The tenor solo is a major blues, but the two chorus piano intro and the two chorus tenor melody (the first two choruses of the linked-to transcription) are a B flat minor blues in the mode of "Birk's Work's", with the flat VI7 in place of the IV-7 in the 5th and 6th bars. The changes then for the first four choruses of the performance (and the last two) are:
Bb-7|Bb-7|Bb-7|Bb-7|
Gb7 |Gb7 |Bb-7|Bb-7|
C-7b5 or Gb7|F7 |Bb-7|F7 |

 

Uh - thanks...

I'm sure your second post here will be a link to your own
free site, containing 30 of your own 100% accurate transcriptions.

I'll wait here.

-A-

[my place : http://www.geocities.com/andyw129 ]

The transcription is ok, I would say worth 70% ... it's missing a lot rhythmically and melodically ...

 

Hmmm. Your 70% accuracy rating is about 90% better than mine! LOL

 

If there's anyone out there with a copy of Hank Mobley's Dig Dis transcription, it would be great if you could send it to me. Just send me a PM, or post on this thread and I'll send you a PM. Unfortunately the Geocities cite that had all of the great transcriptions is down since Yahoo! killed Geocities, and I can't seem to find them anywhere else!

 

http://www.andrewfrankhouse.com/PDF/HMDDBb.pdf