This is my first time transcribing the great Papa Jo Jones. The performance is from The Nat King Cole Show that was broadcasted October 15, 1957. I've seen someone's video with transcribed sheet wh...
2024-08-04 17:53:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I was really going to only transcribe the splash phrase at first but I realised I've transcribed too far so I'm posting this for this month. It's very fast tune, so it really helps me to learn how ...
2024-07-30 02:46:19 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the transcription i made long time ago on my notebook and recently I made it into PDF.
This Donna Lee is from 1974 album. (the small group one with Kenny Barron)
The tempo is v...
2024-07-25 19:07:38 +0000 UTC View Post
This whole album is one of my favourite of all Buddy Rich's works. There we can enjoy listening his powerful swing, dynamics, and exploding techniques. Everything.
Anyway, this song is especi...
2024-07-15 06:47:14 +0000 UTC View Post
This may be the first funk type drum solo of Buddy Rich I share with you here. This "Paul's Tune" is pretty rare chart that only 3 takes can be found on the internet and only two of them have drum ...
2024-07-05 06:38:38 +0000 UTC View Post
I had a request of transcribing Ruth so I start with this one. This is the only take with live footage and others are only sound clips.
The video can be watched on this link below.
Especially difficult points: Triplets with double(so fast), kick with left hand stroke(hard to make tight and crisp sound with good timing), pounding on ride cymbal while doing left hand stroke(too...
2024-06-20 18:53:10 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the one from "This One's for Basie."
This solo from 9:20 Special is a great solo to start with especially if you are interested in Buddy's drum solo. If you can play this, you c...
2024-06-20 18:13:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally the last parts of this solo were finished transcribing!
At this point, what he is playing is mostly the licks that are frequently used on many other solos since it is the climax of th...
2024-05-30 03:15:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Compared to the previous sheet, there are more phrases with 16th notes especially on the 3rd pages. These phrases give the solo more faster feeling. Note that the most phrases are not just the bun...
2024-05-26 14:34:17 +0000 UTC View Post
This is something I was gonna do. I was trying to do this but it took about 2 years to actually start. I had copied some of the phrases some years ago but this is my first time to try to transcribe...
2024-05-01 19:00:52 +0000 UTC View Post
From this part, Buddy goes faster and faster, and on the latter half it gets the fastest tempo on this solo.
It's very fast but also the highlight of the solo. RLRRLLRL is one of the most fr...
2024-04-30 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I think this solo is one of the best demonstration of Buddy's middle tempo swing drum solo.
The use of 16 notes and 5 strokes in the middle of triplets are as usual. It mostly goes LRRL or LL...
2024-04-30 14:56:42 +0000 UTC View Post
I actually played it. Sticking order is only can be seen on the Patreon post here.
以前上げたNow's the Timeのソロを実際に演奏してみました。
Let's take a look at Love For Sale's drum part I wrote and study what Buddy is doing on his left hand. On this sheet, I omitted the obvious Ring-dinga-ding on the right hand and boom-boom on the fo...
2024-04-25 18:37:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Body and Soul was played by Gene Krupa Trio which starts as ballad but it gets faster in the middle. Gene uses brush all the way through to the drum solo.
The first 4 bars are supposed to be ...
2024-04-24 21:17:43 +0000 UTC View Post
It's April. April Fools. People are bullshitting everywhere but this is real deal.
Finally, one of my project has come to the end. This is the final part of the solo. THE SINGLE STROKES. Ther...
2024-03-31 16:27:58 +0000 UTC View Post
The tempo on this solo changes several times. That 6 strokes and 16 notes with triplets are especially the hard part to play. Also there are many short buzz rolls that needs to be played clearly. B...
2024-03-29 03:06:27 +0000 UTC View Post
It's from that album from the performance in Chicago 1964. This was the only take that had Buddy's drum solo as far as I know.
I want to transcribe the whole song for someday but now, here's ...
2024-03-07 20:08:21 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the start of kind of a big project. The drum solo of Two O'Clock Jump from the concert in Tokyo 1964 is one of the most famous Buddy Rich solo that you can find on Youtube.
The first ...
2024-02-29 13:17:57 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the fastest part I guess. Those snare and bass drum combination is probably the hardest one to play. The last bar is where Buddy gets heart attack, maybe some of you already know.
The...
2024-02-29 13:02:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The take is from the TV show of Harry James big band performance that was broadcasted in 1965. It can be found on Youtube and man that Buddy's solo at last was like an hurricane.
There are to...
2024-02-22 03:11:31 +0000 UTC View Post
This is something very practical drum solo played by Buddy Rich on the chart "Richcraft."
This chart is middle swing and drum solo will be played with the form that I attached with the sheet ...
2024-02-21 16:06:16 +0000 UTC View Post
The part where he plays those cymbals. It's hard to imagine how you are supposed to move from the sheet but the sticking order itself is not really special.
The part where he plays triplets w...
2024-01-31 12:50:33 +0000 UTC View Post
The one from the film that ends middle of the last riff. As you know, Gene's drum solo is usually very simple, very easy to understand what he's trying to do.
Though it's simple, the st...
2024-01-25 09:16:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the drum solo from Shawnee that I transcribed years ago. I didn't make a proper sheet that time and I've written it and found out there were some notes I didn't notice.
このソロは...
2024-01-25 08:30:29 +0000 UTC View Post
The last one in 2023! This is the hi hat part! Now you can see what Buddy was doing. The hard part is when you need to play double stroke on the left hand while you are holding the stick as Buddy d...
2023-12-31 12:47:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Just have noticed how exciting this Max Roach's drum solo in Gerkin for Perkin. Especially the 4 bars phrase from 7th bar is my personal favourite. I might play this sometime.
2023-12-29 15:17:07 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the Time Being solo I transcribed about a year ago. It's very fast and played like it is drum n' bass type of drumming. Especially the hard thing is those closed rolls. It's played shortly ...
2023-12-19 11:21:59 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the most representative trading 4th played by Buddy Rich in the Now's the Time. Buddy generally played pretty soft on this one. Especially 3rd and 5th one are difficult to play softly but cl...
2023-12-15 10:09:34 +0000 UTC View Post