{"id":36580,"date":"2016-05-12T14:12:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T19:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?p=36580"},"modified":"2021-11-23T13:54:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T18:54:07","slug":"wes-montgomerys-round-midnight-transcription-for-tenor-sax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/wes-montgomerys-round-midnight-transcription-for-tenor-sax\/","title":{"rendered":"Wes Montgomery&#8217;s Round Midnight Transcription for Tenor Sax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A friend of mine emailed me a link to the youtube video below and I have been listening to it all week long. \u00a0I love the way Wes Montgomery plays the melody on Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk. It&#8217;s got a great bluesy feel to it that I don&#8217;t hear with any of the sax versions I have. Check it out!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MOm17yw__6U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wes Montgomery-Round Midnight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\u00a0found a transcription online of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/forum\/improvisation\/16374-wes-montgomery-round-midnight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">whole Round Midnight solo in C <\/a>\u00a0on this jazz guitar site. (you have to sign in to the site to download it&#8230;&#8230;..) \u00a0 The transcriber isn&#8217;t mentioned on the transcription but he did a great job on it. \u00a0 I liked what Wes Montgomery did with the melody so much that I decided to transpose it for Bb instruments. \u00a0 I did end up making a few changes as I\u00a0worked on the transcription and played along with the recording. \u00a0Mostly just minor changes and a couple octave adjustments so the lines would work for the saxophone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d1av9c1o38t6ow.cloudfront.net\/2016\/Wes.jpeg\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Working on transcriptions from other instruments can be really cool because of the stylistic differences between instruments. \u00a0Using this transcription as an example, I found my self playing many lines and ideas\u00a0that I never would have discovered while \u00a0listening to sax players.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">The other cool thing is that while working on a melody like this you can pick up a ton of cool ideas to use for yourself over Round Midnight. \u00a0I\u00a0love how bluesy Wes makes this version and the video is so cool to watch because Wes looks so laid back and relaxed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Take a listen and try to play along&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;I think you&#8217;ll like it! \u00a0I know I do! \u00a0Next time I play Round Midnight, \u00a0I intend to blues it up Wes Montgomery style&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1av9c1o38t6ow.cloudfront.net\/2016\/Round Midnight-Wes Montgomery Melody.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Round Midnight-Wes Montgomery Melody<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 12px; background-color: #f0b646; line-height: 1.4;\"><em>*If you would like to support me here at neffmusic.com, you can do so\u00a0on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/product-category\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support page of my store<\/a> by debit or credit card. \u00a0 Any support is appreciated and will go towards keeping this site running, saxophone reeds, mouthpiece patches, coffee, and towards justifying the many hours I spend on providing free transcriptions to the saxophone community!\u00a0 Thanks,\u00a0 \u00a0Steve<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of mine emailed me a link to the youtube video below and I have been listening to it all week long. \u00a0I love the way Wes Montgomery plays the melody on Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk. 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