‘Maiden Voyage’ (Herbie Hancock) – jazz piano lesson

'Maiden Voyage' - jazz piano lesson. You will probably need to view this in high quality to see the transcription - youtube.com A very clear copy of the video, and the annotated midi file, with LH and RH bass/treble split, is available (free) on my website at www.bushgrafts.com This was one of the first compositions that required 'modal' playing - it had sections in 4 key centres - each 4 measures long before changing key. Usually the chord quality for each is a dominant 7th with suspended ...

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  1. jcrump6 says:

    wow. very impressive.

  2. patrickwaltersguitar says:

    Beautiful improv! Thanks so much Doug…

  3. robertmazzo says:

    Doug is so generous ! Thank you a million times over , Doug ! -Bob

  4. 7notemode says:

    Wow. You topped yourself with this one. This is my new favorite jazz2511 post. *****

  5. nethyphenvordotnet says:

    I love you!

  6. elettrofisa says:

    beautiful.

  7. martin2288 says:

    beautiful harmonies! :D

  8. Lot2learn says:

    What a treat Doug! The solo intro has a very loose and ethereal quality along with the seventh b9 parallel harmonies – perfect for this song. Then the trio section maintains this loose feel throughout the time section. Really great.

‘Maiden Voyage’ (Herbie Hancock) – jazz piano lesson

'Maiden Voyage' - jazz piano lesson.
You will probably need to view this in high quality to see the transcription - http://youtube.com/watch?v=S8R29eAfQ0k&fmt=18
A very clear copy of the video, and the annotated midi file, with LH and RH bass/treble split, is available (free) on my website at

http://www.bushgrafts.com

This was one of the first compositions that required 'modal' playing - it had sections in 4 key centres - each 4 measures long before changing key. Usually the chord quality for each is a dominant 7th with suspended 4th (D7sus,F7sus, Eb7sus, Db7sus) and unusually (for its time) the suspended chords were not resolved in the usual way.

At the start, , I used another chord quality on each 4 bar key centre - using Major 7th #5 chords instead.

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8 Comments

  1. patrickwaltersguitar says:

    Beautiful improv! Thanks so much Doug…

  2. robertmazzo says:

    Doug is so generous ! Thank you a million times over , Doug ! -Bob

  3. 7notemode says:

    Wow. You topped yourself with this one. This is my new favorite jazz2511 post. *****

  4. nethyphenvordotnet says:

    I love you!

  5. elettrofisa says:

    beautiful.

  6. martin2288 says:

    beautiful harmonies! :D

  7. ankhaton says:

    You all in this “threat” are so good,
    I almost don’t dare to give my reaction even.
    Anyway, . .
    What a Master Piece – literally
    And Then at 3:53 you start swinging grooving even only for a few seconds ( gave goose bumps)
    -
    Can’t you go on for 30 minutes
    eventually on video.google°com
    -
    Or Please give a whole concert of this stuff !

  8. Lot2learn says:

    What a treat Doug! The solo intro has a very loose and ethereal quality along with the seventh b9 parallel harmonies – perfect for this song. Then the trio section maintains this loose feel throughout the time section. Really great.