Which Key Horrace plays this is D-flat, which is a little tricky to read, but sounds good on saxophone because the riff fits right down on the bottom register, hitting the low B-flat. Robben Ford's version is in the key of C, so the b-flat instruments need an "A" note on the riff and playing a register higher can feel harsh. Suggestion prepare the soprano to play low B-flat fairly easily and try the concert D-flat key of the original version. The diminished V sub run will then be based on B-diminished on saxophone.
G bars 6-7 BOOM! TWO THREE FOUR | ONE TWO THREE BOOM |
C bars 8-9 BOOM TWO THREE FOUR | ONE TWO THREE BOOM ....|
a pair = 6 beats + two rests = two exact bars. So Robbens version does not Walk over the 4/4 time.
- The riff repeats a 3-beat pattern 4 times across 4/4 time. 4x3 = 12beats = 3 bars!!!
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The effect is that the riff
shifts it's starting beat within the 4/4 measures.
1st Beat 2 of bar 1 2nd Beat 1 of bar 2 3rd Beat 4 of bar 2 4th Beat 3 of bar 3
Robben Ford's Version
Similar 3-beat riff but This time, instead of playing 4 of these consecutively, he plays two and leaves 2 beats rest (drumbeat + stab organ chord) before the next 2. This puts all the riff pairs on the same start beat 2.
Turn around Diminished substitute chord for V7 - the last four bars 9-12 play an ascending diminished scale landing on the 5th and settling on the I major root. To land on the 5th , start the dim scale one semi-tone above the lower 5th (Flat 6th or sharpened 5th) , because the Dim scales stretch one semi-tone short of a full octave. This is a relatively modern Dim SUB for a V7 chord. Another is to start ON the 5th but after just 6 eight notes , hit an inversion of the I major triad. Eg Key = D - 5th a A A B C D Eb F# A D
diminishedabc-doodlin'
X: 1
T: Doodlin' on 12-Bars - Tenor Sax
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R:
K: Concert C
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||: "[Ax2] D7"z2 (3c1/2d1/2c1/2A ^cd-d2\
| (3c1/2d1/2c1/2A ^cd-d2 (3c1/2d1/2c1/2A\
|^cd-d2 (3c1/2d1/2c1/2A ^cd\
|-d2 z2 z4|
||"G7"z2 (3f1/2g1/2f1/2d ^fg-g2\
| (3f1/2g1/2f1/2d ^fg-g2 (3c1/2d1/2c1/2A\
|"D7" ^cd-d2 (3c1/2d1/2c1/2A ^cd\
| -d2 z2 z4|
|"Bb dim"_B=c ^c_e =e^f =g^g\
|"A7" a2 d'a =g=f A2\
|"D7"d8|z8:||
||"[B] D7"zg f2d2 c2\
|d8 | zg f2d2 B2 | d8 |
|"D7" zc' _b2g2 f2\
|g8 |"D7" zg f2d2 c2 |d8 |
|"Bb dim" z2 _B=c {f}g_e _B=G-G2\
|-G8|"D7" zg f2d2 c2 \
|"Repeat [A]" d8 |
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