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Topic: Thelonious Monk's "Pannonica" on lap steel |
Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 23 Mar 2011 9:26 am |
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I've always loved this song and got a wild hair to play it recently, so last night I sat down and worked out the melody. Today, I created the drum loop, recorded the bass and guitar. I haven't worked on blowing over the tune yet, but that will come in time. I basically read down the chord chart when I took the guitar solo, so that's exactly what it sounds like.
I love the tune, Pannonica, written for baroness Pannonica, who was a jazz enthusiast who actually bought a beautiful house in Weehawkin, NJ overlooking the Manhattan skyline. Monk lived there for a while.
Here's the tune--it has a lot of changes in it, and I had to try to decipher Monk's playing to write it down.
Pannonica
Thanks for listening!
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Last edited by Mike Neer on 23 Mar 2011 6:18 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Rob MacKillop
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Posted 23 Mar 2011 9:47 am
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| Gorgeous. Great tone and phrasing. Sounds like it was written by a lap steel player. I like this style a lot. |
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Rich Sullivan
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Nelson, NH 03457
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Posted 23 Mar 2011 11:49 am
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Mike,
That is absolutely beautiful. Kudos to you.
Rich |
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CrowBear Schmitt
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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 23 Mar 2011 12:10 pm
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Good one Mike 
i love Melodious Thunk |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 23 Mar 2011 6:07 pm
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Thanks, guys, I appreciate the compliment. It's just beautiful music. I've always thought of that DbMaj7#11 chord (the last chord of the A sections) as the "Monk" chord. The first version I ever heard of this was by McCoy Tyner and I fell in love with the tune. Never played it until yesterday (except for that chord).
I had to play this with bare fingers in order to block properly.
I like that, Crowbear--how about Felonious Monk? By the way, Monk had the coolest middle name ever: Sphere.
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Steve Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, GA
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ebb
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nj
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Posted 23 Mar 2011 6:16 pm
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| love it! |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 23 Mar 2011 6:17 pm
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Steve, it is C6/A7 tuning.
Duh, I called her "princess"--that's obviously not the case. She was the Baroness.
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John Morton
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2011 6:22 pm
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Good job on a good tune, Mike. There is something very steel-ish about Monk's chord movements, but it's hard to see how you managed to find the essentials of each chord. Awesome.
I hope you get around to Ask Me Now and Ruby My Dear, other ballads in a similar vein.
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Rob MacKillop
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Scotland, UK
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Posted 23 Mar 2011 11:23 pm
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Mike, what do you play for that DbMaj7#11 chord? A Cm triad (the enharmonic upper structure) or what?
Let's see, the notes of the chord are
Db F Ab C Eb G
Probably not a good idea to have the 5th (Ab) in there, clashing with the G. I'm just curious how to play these extended chords on the lap steel.
Rob |
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Rick Winfield
From:
Pickin' beneath the Palmettos
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Posted 24 Mar 2011 2:49 am Imho
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Hannah Rothschild, wrote and produced a film,
"the Jazz Baroness", telling a tale of 'Nica & Monk.
"Pannonica" is more than just another tune. There is both Hell and Beauty in Genius, that composed that piece
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Jeff Spencer
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Queensland, Australia
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Posted 24 Mar 2011 3:18 am
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Well done sir, well done!!
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2011 3:53 am
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Thanks Mike! Just beautiful! Thanks for making me aware of this tune too.  |
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Rose Sinclair
From:
Austin, TX, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2011 6:37 am
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| Very cool. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 24 Mar 2011 10:11 am
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| Rob MacKillop wrote: |
Mike, what do you play for that DbMaj7#11 chord? A Cm triad (the enharmonic upper structure) or what?
Let's see, the notes of the chord are
Db F Ab C Eb G
Probably not a good idea to have the 5th (Ab) in there, clashing with the G. I'm just curious how to play these extended chords on the lap steel.
Rob |
I use the 3 note chord Db G C (1 #11 7) (which are all open strings). If I was tuned to C6, I'd play this: x x 1 1 0 x 0 x, but it would require me to strum the bottom 3 notes with my thumb while I pluck string 2, not an easy task.
My guitar comping is only 2 note skeleton voicings--mostly the 3rd and 7th, sometimes 6th--Jim Hall-ish, which I was going for.
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Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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Robert Stewart Johnson
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Birmingham/United Kingdom
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Posted 24 Mar 2011 10:59 am
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| This is beautiful Mike! |
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