![]() ![]() ![]() The rest of the chords are pretty straight forward. I think it’s a matter of finding the right voicing to fit with the other chords. Brecker’s lines are definitely outlining a minor ii-V so that is what I first thought that measure was but when I play it on the piano it doesn’t sound right to me. Measure 6 is a minor ii-V which surprised me. Brecker does seem to be gravitating to an F lydian sound on this 2nd measure so that would make sense. I basically hear that chord as D#GABD concert key. I would usually think this is a chord with D# in the bass because of that but I still hear the bass playing lots of BC#D# on that chord. The sheet music says it is still a E-7sus chord but in the piano part there is a D# as the left hand bass note. The 2nd chord is still baffling me though. Where ever there is a minor sus chord in the tune I call it a minor 11 chord in the transcription. ![]() My Finale program wouldn’t let me put in a minor suspended notation so I labeled that chord as a E-11 chord (which I think of as having the same notes). The first chord is labeled as E-7sus which makes sense as at the 8 minute mark I hear Mike Mainieri comping a suspended sound on the vibes. This is what Don Grolnick’s original lead sheet states for the chords on the solo section: ![]() I ended up buying the Don Grolnick Collection because a few of these chords were driving me insane. I hope to share them when they are ready.Īddition: I’m adding this a week after the original post. I actually started putting all 3 transcriptions together on a 3 stave version of the solo to compare them and work through the lines. There are a ton of great lines and licks in this solo and what actually spurred this on was that Rick Margitza shared two other bootleg transcriptions of “Four Chords” on Facebook which are awesome too. This is as close as I could get……….If any of you can hear the chords easily I would love to hear from you if you hear something different than what I have. I was driving myself crazy trying to figure out the exact chords and inversions on the piano and finally I couldn’t take it anymore. I believe these chords are close to what is being played although I am not 100% certain. I was having a rough time and Charlie told me he has had some students that had such good ears that he could play 13 random notes on the piano at the same time and the students could name all of them by ear (He did tell me that those students were a rare exception though……which made me feel better) I remember taking lessons with Charlie Banacos and I was working hard trying to hear two notes at once and being able to name them by ear. I always wished I was one of the guys that had perfect pitch and could hear every single note and what inversions the chords were in but alas………I was not born with that gift. Figuring out the chord progressions on some of these tunes can be rough. I’ve been been working on this solo for the past few weeks. The Paradox album is one of the many Steps Ahead albums that I purchased back in the 80’s when I first heard about Michael Brecker and Steps Ahead. This is young Michael Brecker tearing it up with some high energy classic “Brecker” lines. This is Michael Brecker’s 5 chorus solo over the tune “Four Chords” from the album Paradox by Steps Ahead. Here’s another new transcription I have been working on. ![]()
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