Charlie Parker for Guitar: Note-for-Note Transcriptions and Detailed Performance Notes for 18 Bebop Classics [Paperback]

Mark Voelpel (Author), Charlie Parker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2001

This fascinating new book will let you explore the music of one of the 20th century's most influential musicians. For the first time ever, saxophonist Charlie Parker's legendary "heads" and improvised solos have been meticulously adapted for the guitar in standard notation and tablature. Includes these Parker classics complete with detailed performance notes: Anthropology * Au Privave * Billie's Bounce (Bill's Bounce) * Bloomdido * Blues (Fast) * Blues for Alice * Cheryl * Confirmation * Donna Lee * K.C. Blues * Kim * Ko Ko * Moose the Mooche * Now's the Time * Ornithology * Parker's Mood * Scrapple from the Apple * Yardbird Suite.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (June 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793587476
• ISBN-13: 978-0793587476
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,849 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute must have, October 16, 2001

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Klas Johnson (Solna Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Charlie Parker for Guitar: Note-for-Note Transcriptions and Detailed Performance Notes for 18 Bebop Classics (Paperback)

I probably own a ton of instructional jazz-guitar books and the difference between any other book and this one, is that here you get up and running directly.

The author has really taken his time to figure out the optimum fingerings for the heads and solos. And to my suprise I hear my self running thru anthropology like a hot knife thru butter.

Belive me I experimented with other fingerings, but I hitherto have found the authors suggestions to be optimized.

Perhaps there are books that goes deeper into the theoretical aspect of Charlie Parkers music, but I personally think it's more fun to learn to play it first and only then analyse it.
Otherwise it's easy to get stuck ( and bored).

I cannot recommend this book enough. It's the best!
I hope and pray that the author will follow up with another one, (why not a book with Dizzy solos the next time?). When it comes I will definetly buy it. Until then, this book provides for plenty of magical moments.

Buy it and have fun.

Klas

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great coverage of some of "The Bird's" classics, July 20, 2008

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Bounty14 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Charlie Parker for Guitar: Note-for-Note Transcriptions and Detailed Performance Notes for 18 Bebop Classics (Paperback)

I have been working with this book for a few months now. If you're looking to rip some licks or to learn the heads of his tunes without being able to read standard notation then this book is for you. I definately recommend a more comprehensive study of Parker's tunes if you're interested in this book, The Charlie Parker Omni book.

3 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keep Working at all Costs!, November 9, 2006

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Richard Jarvis (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Charlie Parker for Guitar: Note-for-Note Transcriptions and Detailed Performance Notes for 18 Bebop Classics (Paperback)

My review is simply this, in all true knowledge something can be gained from it, if one views it in a positive manner. This book has knowledge in it and is the reflection of a devoted Artist. Negative opinions are a waste of time and energy. No single source of knowledge of music or any other subject is all one will ever need, so.... in light of this truth one must seek out knowledge and learn continuously if mastery is to be attained.