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Funky Chicken
06-30-2003, 07:25 PM
Anybody knows what are the changes for this tune?
I find it difficult to find the changes for his tunes..
any suggestions or a link to a website?
pepper
07-03-2003, 12:19 AM
you can find Monk songbooks in most decent music stores, or on the net. might have to transpose from concert pitch, but worth checking out.
ErEr
07-03-2003, 04:47 PM
Post your mailaddress to jnd276b@tninet.se and I will mail a sheet to you.

Regards / Eric
Ritchie
07-04-2003, 04:56 PM
In concert key:

|Bb |Eb |Bb |F7 |
|Bb7 | |Bb7(b5) | |
|Bb |Eb |Bb |F7 |
|Bb7 |Bb7 |Bb7(b5) | |
|D7 | |G7 | |
|C7(b5)| |F7(b5) | |
|Bb |Eb |Bb |F7 |
|Bb7 |Bb7 |Bb7(b5) | |
hgiles
10-06-2005, 03:39 PM
Hmmm, I always thought they were the same changes as I GOT RHYTHM.
BlueNote
10-06-2005, 04:48 PM
Rhythm-a-Ning is just rhythm changes, man. If you can play Oleo or Cottontail or whatever, then you should easily play this. And the melody is pretty easy, too.
Docax
10-09-2005, 05:36 AM
The harmony (straight rhythm changes) and melody are very easy, but playing the rhythms just like the original is a bitch. Enough so that geat musicians, including Art Blakey (!) , have simplified it (slightly) to play it easier.

....but yes the changes are quite generic...
BlueNote
10-11-2005, 04:36 AM
Docax,

I assume the end of the bridge was the trickiest part originally?
Docax
10-14-2005, 08:24 PM
Yes. End of bridge was/is probably the hardest, but the second part of the A section, and points of entry for phrases all over can be difficult. Funny thing I think this is a rare song where not counting and being completely "aware" of the down/upbeats, and just listening to the recording and then "feeling" the rhythmn makes it much easier.
...but most people I guess would disagree w/ that...bigtime.
Leon
10-30-2005, 10:33 PM
I thought it was rhythm changes too, but the melody is tricky. I always have trouble with it if I don't shed it first.