If anyone has done Pat Metheny's Song for Bilbao it would be a big help to me right now! Thanks!
If anyone has done Pat Metheny's Song for Bilbao it would be a big help to me right now! Thanks!
Last edited by pdxdjazz; 12-17-2015 at 03:30 PM.
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Song For Bilbao
)BOB
Thanks Bob - I'll have to check that out in the morning - I've got to play and solo on that tomorrow night for a concert.
Don't have time to iRB it, but thought I'd drop you a quick line since you need the changes quick.
The version (to my mind a lot hipper than what you find in RB2) on Tales from the Hudson goes like this:
A:
4/4 ||: C7sus | % | % | % |
| CPhryg | % | C7sus | % :||
B:
6/8 || F Bb | Eb F | Db Eb | F G ||
rpt A
It's all about pentatonics and triad-pair hexatonic scales, quite a modern NYish sound. You can choose to think of the C Phryg chord as:
Gbmaj7#4/C
Abmaj7/C
perhaps even
Ghalfdim/C
or
Eb7/C
The B section really focuses on the pure triads (or pentatonic scales closest to them) - sort of like power chords. They do all the work you need. Particularly if you're playing with a pickup band it makes a lot of sense to stick really close to the melody each time you reach the B - gives everyone something to lock onto to keep the form. And the B section is so hip that an audience never gets tired of it.
Enjoy the gig.
Thanks Impromptu - those are the chords in the arrangement I've got for the concert - I really appreciate your comments et al.
So more like this?
Song For Bilbao 1
)BOB
Song For Bilbao - Pat Metheny
I hope this is Song for Bilbao by Pat Metheny. When in play mode, after the first time through it repeats section A 3 times. Does any body know why this is?
Last edited by Gizmeister; 09-22-2012 at 01:43 PM.
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