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: 4.90
Views: 315263

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

Video Comments:
misanthrope3 (July 5, 2008 at 6:02 am)
Awesome :D
SXLUVR (July 4, 2008 at 10:29 pm)
wait
the solo is in b flat but not he head?

anyway I thought that this was the cutest thing I had ever heard;

jalonalexander23 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide

i do a pretty good job of the head on my clarinet but when i try to play that solo i get messed up this is from a 4 year clarinet player


than you are mortal jalonalexander23
but if you are going to learn it
do it by ear PLEASE
or you wont get anything out of it
SXLUVR (July 4, 2008 at 10:20 pm)
coolio
fun idea
not in b flat
all of you guitar/piano players
are doing all the transcribing work
I should be
but instead I sit in my room and play altissimo
I know
I am stupid
a gimmicky little tenor wiener
PeartLifesonLee (July 4, 2008 at 4:45 am)
Could anyone who plays sax or is familiar with the instrument shed some light on how difficult this song is to master technically? THANKS :)
shenzo2000 (July 4, 2008 at 2:42 am)
that's odd cause further back in the comments he mentions that it took about a week????
gsco82 (July 4, 2008 at 2:02 am)
Wow1 It's impressive and quite entertaining to see the notes on the staff appear as they are played. It confirms, at least for those of us who play sax, the great talent which Coltrane had. Thanks for posting this.
Spaghettisaus (July 3, 2008 at 10:24 pm)
he needed 4 years to make this : )
quite a lot actually = )
metaknight4212 (July 3, 2008 at 9:46 am)
Oui ! Ceci est le morceau le plus beau d'art qui est sorti de quelqu'un bouche. Personne pourrait recréer un chef-d'oeuvre comme John Coltrane. †John Coltrane, le repos dans la paix.
shenzo2000 (July 3, 2008 at 5:33 am)
how many hours to create this? truly amazing, would be great if someone made a program that could do this to any piece of music, such a great way of learning it...bravo
PervisJohnson (July 2, 2008 at 3:46 pm)
This is really great. I was classically trained as a child, so to see a chart of this is amusing. Very good. :)