Giant Steps

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This is what John Coltrane's landmark tune and solo look like when they come to life on paper.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: January 3, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Author: dancohen

Length: 00:04:51
Rating: 4.91
Views: 382958

Tags: dancohen Animation Jazz John Coltrane Giant Steps Transcription Fast Famous Solo Saxophone Tommy Flanagan Piano

Video Comments:
AhYaOk (October 12, 2008 at 12:07 pm)
thats a lot of major and dominate 7ths!
bonesteve (October 11, 2008 at 7:25 pm)
how did this become jazz vs. classical? art is art no matter what formula is used to create or analyze it. this performance is beautiful just for the sounds (jazz soloing) and is illuminated by this video production (classical symbols).
Vayshen (October 11, 2008 at 12:51 pm)
I'm a jazz pianist. I appreciate classical music. But I can't stand the folks of classical music who bind rules to everything. It's not math for christs sake, it's an art.
If the 'rules' are so important to you then go hop back into your time machine and go back a few centuries.
Have some appreciation for evolution -_-.
saxophobe (October 11, 2008 at 8:04 am)
I don't know if anyone has brought this up, but why did this transcription start in concert pitch, then go to Bb? Were they too lazy to put the entire thing in one key?!?!?!
Staaanky (October 11, 2008 at 12:43 am)
this song is written with whole tone scale harmonised chords/melodies, nothing unworldly complicated, but very experimental and ahead of the time :) Or it might have been half/whole tone. I get confused my I was talking to my tutor about it. Did you know the pianist on the record get getting it wrong on the recordings? :)
RCV1963 (October 11, 2008 at 12:36 am)
What Instrument do you TRY to play, if any.

YOU ARE THE DUMBEST PERSON I EVER HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO TRY TO COMUNICATE WITH. PLEASE SHOVE ANY FRANK ZAPPA CD/ALBUM/TAPE UP YOUR ARES, THAT WAY WE WILL ALL KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING IN YOUR BODY THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.

THIS COMES FROM A JAZZ THEORY PRICK, A CLASSICAL THEORY PRICK. Dude Even Zappa is rolling around in his grave with your stupdity, you DB. Do us all a favor and run away little boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CaustiKJesuS (October 11, 2008 at 12:34 am)
mmm beeeeautiful!

Who ever made this, bless you!
borntodoit (October 10, 2008 at 9:07 pm)
damn, you're an asshole.

its just not typical of classical music to have a modulation in the third beat then again a measure later. the ambiguity created by the extensions makes it possibly to do these crazy modulations (up a minor third in giant steps) and use funny non-chord tones.

it also appears to me that i am not, as you implied, a jazz prick, but you sir, are very much a classical prick.
jgke (October 10, 2008 at 5:36 pm)
your explanation for it being far more than just extensions and substitutions is KEY CHANGES and MODULATION? woooow, ive never heard of those before..they must be part of this crazy advanced Jazz Harmony i've heard about?

The thing I love about jazz-theory-pricks, is that you guys defend shit like Coltrane Changes to the death..and I just laugh at the very real possibility that Trane himself CAME UP WITH IT using an ENIRELY DIFFERENT SYSTEM than jazz-theory-pricks analyze it with.
beelzabubba (October 10, 2008 at 9:58 am)
I love this. GIANT GREAT JOB DANCOHEN