tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089926376300913992.post3013425911956299539..comments2024-03-14T12:56:21.674-07:00Comments on Peter Spitzer Music Blog: Review: Hal Leonard Real Book Vol. 4Peter Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09732697738104648204noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089926376300913992.post-46604672470813364832015-06-29T11:22:11.156-07:002015-06-29T11:22:11.156-07:00I have no personal experience with this, but if yo...I have no personal experience with this, but if you Google "convert kindle to pdf," you'll find links to apps that will do it for you.Peter Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09732697738104648204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089926376300913992.post-12582031940860902352015-06-29T11:00:37.175-07:002015-06-29T11:00:37.175-07:00I am curious whether the "Kindle" format...I am curious whether the "Kindle" format (offered by Amazon) for RB4 allows for PDF reading or merely with the (free) Kindle App. Scanning and digitizing over 500 pages is a drag (my scanner is single page only).Skyscrapersaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15694638771360514137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089926376300913992.post-343357403901490932013-03-19T15:27:51.665-07:002013-03-19T15:27:51.665-07:00gk - Thanks for the comment. I'm sure you know...gk - Thanks for the comment. I'm sure you know this tune far better than I do. About the two spots in the tune that you mention - some fake books notate melody-note extensions like b9 and #11 into the chord, others do not. Sher tends to include melody-note extensions in the chord symbol, so it's a little surprising when one of his charts doesn't do this (as in your example, the Gmaj7). <br /><br />The real question would be, does the performer/composer play the chord that way when comping for a solo, or not?<br /><br />Looking at the Hal Leonard vol. 4 chart for this tune: it does not include the 8-bar intro shown in Sher; it does show F#7b9 in m4, where the melody is on the b9; it shows just Gmaj7 in bar 6, where the melody is on the #11. So, HL's approach may not be consistent. But again, you'd have to listen to the recording to decide on these fine points.<br />Peter Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09732697738104648204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089926376300913992.post-88901677135446556842013-03-13T04:06:26.838-07:002013-03-13T04:06:26.838-07:00I found your review searching on Chick Corea's...I found your review searching on Chick Corea's "You're Everything", which appears in this volume.<br /><br />I tried to transcribe this myself, along with Inner Space, at the age of 15, when Light As a Feather came out, and Chick actually corresponded with me and was very encouraging.<br /><br />I was really groping at trying to understand this tune, as a young man, with little training in theory, but I did my best.<br /><br />Now we have this song included in Chuck Sher's New Real Book, Vol. 2 and also in Chick Corea - Chick Corea for Piano Solo, Vol. 1 (Schott).<br /><br />I would be curious to know if Hal Leonard has improved on either of these, both of which I find to have some deficiencies, though I would not say 'errors'.<br /><br />Things like, Schott writes 'F#7' (in meas. 7) instead of 'F#7b9' when the b9 is the melody, on the downbeat. Sher writes Gmaj7 (meas. 9) instead of Gmaj7#11 (which Schott gets right), when the #11 is strongly in the melody, on the downbeat.<br /><br />I probably wouldn't buy this book for this chart, since I already have made my own corrections - but I would regard it as a sort of litmus test. Especially since Chick has said that he regards it as the best example of his writing in "song/lyric" form.<br /><br />Thanks very much for your review!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com