if stank face was a person.

[@TimothyGondola]

Happy 2024 everyone! This first transcription of the year was quite challenging, took me a while. As with all my transcriptions, done entirely by ear. Enjoy and if you'd like the PDF, here's the link: tinyurl.com/bdhpnndb Today's sheet music trivia (first to answer correctly gets PDF): spot a measure with only triads (one hand).

[@victorcamelomusic]

Measure 21!

[@chriskayler2615]

M. 176

[@chriskayler2615]

…right hand :)

[@bjarnifrimannbjarnason2297]

This is incredible. I love the level of musical understanding that shines through your every transcription.

[@menorcomsetima]

So true@@bjarnifrimannbjarnason2297

[@n1ira]

I've shook this man's right hand, and I think about that when I play sometimes.

[@Jamienewman0]

He's sort of become the Stevie Wonder of the 21st century. Thanks for the reliably brilliant transcription. And thanks to the audience for keeping the tempo steady.

[@Snitsie]

Is that why he's got the shades he's gone blind too?

[@amann3161]

@@Snitsiehe’s not blind mate haha

[@TheRedJacket1]

I'm not able to find it now, maybe it got deleted, but there was another version of him playing this song where he did this weird interpolation of the Star Spangled Banner while playing that bass riff, in a totally different key and just all over the place. It was hilarious and supposed to be kinda goofy, but it also highlights one of my favorite things about Cory's playing where he just seems like a kid discovering the keys for the first time even after playing for so many years. Like he's just willing to explore every idea, and I think that's a lot of what makes him so damn creative.

[@Mignuke]

I have a recording of it. He did it in his live show in LA in 2023. Unfortunately it’s only audio, but good enough quality for me to transcribe so definitely it’s good enough for someone much more skilled than me to transcribe

[@TimothyGondola]

I heard that version too, Cory’s incredible!

[@sunset412]

Link please

[@MelodicEgghead]

I think they can't find it or it got deleted, so they don't have the link@@sunset412

[@gamergator]

He did the same thing in Minneapolis over the summer, played the national anthem way out for a minute then brought it back perfectly into the "Switch" groove. Cory is beyond talented, and also a super nice guy

[@halcyo]

I’ve seen him play in tons of videos and with Snarky Puppy, but I honestly had no idea he sang (at least as a performer, at this level of skill) until just now.

[@DanielBarberMusic]

He actually sings a fair amount, and yeah, he's got a great voice and super soulful delivery.

[@sammoreton]

Check out Cory Henry and the Funk Apostles gigs

[@eliasgitterman6266]

It's just fun to watch someone having so much fun playing their instrument

[@johndoeh7695]

Maaaaaan stop iiiittttt!!!!!! Got the spirits moving and GROOVIN BABY!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@Newambientmusic]

Cory Henry is a amazing genius

[@maramazone]

Great job Timothy, see you put a lot of work into this! Incredible!

[@TimothyGondola]

Thanks a ton!

[@maramazone]

@@TimothyGondola anytime bro! 🙏❤️

[@HeavyZeppelin68]

Awesome talent and so fun to follow-along on the transcription. Great job! Thank you!

[@TimothyGondola]

Glad you liked it!

[@alainmarchandise3078]

Très haut niveau, super !!!, merci beaucoup pour ce talent !!!

[@RobertaDAngeloufficiale]

Genio, eleganza, cultura, grandissima tecnica pianistica, beato totale, che gode del proprio talento ! Quanti super artisti si scoprono sul tuo canale KZbin ❤❤❤😊

[@AndersTornqvistsvedbergh]

Oh thanks for that transcription. The piano part seems super easy, I just might have to work on the singing part a little😀

[@silver1788]

I think the hard part is not hitting the notes but getting this groove jeez its sooo good Edit: the solo is also really hard just to play that fast actually now that i listen to it again lmao

[@AndersTornqvistsvedbergh]

yes, fluent impro groove on even one 1000ths of Corys level is indeed hard , I was just making a joke@@silver1788

[@AndersTornqvistsvedbergh]

On the positive side, I can use his chord ideas to simply get my grooves better, the improvisations/solo parts are actually not necessary

[@silver1788]

@@AndersTornqvistsvedbergh fair

[@orneant2015]

C'est incroyable le travail que vous faites !!

[@arneperschel]

Hats off to the audience for tight claps. So often you hear claps spread out over almost half a second between the early claps and the late claps. Not this audience, though! Also the piano man did a good job :)

[@toonwijnands]

Great transcript btw!

[@jackoconnor555]

Incredible performance

[@KbIPbIL0]

wow this sounds insane

[@camtaylormusic]

This is so damn groovy

[@drip7547]

the beginning and the outfit together are so steve kuhn inspired xd

[@Pickle_Dave]

duuuude. you were speaking fairy for a bit. 🧚‍♀️

[@vanofono3296]

Incredible!!! 🤩🤩 thanks

[@ElsGemaal]

Oh my, oh my. Are you playing anywhere in the Netherlands any time soon? Would love to experience your soul in person!

[@nedaari1]

But how does one's brain have these different ideas going on in different hands, all coordinating at the same time?

[@bluecheeseboy4566]

making me ascend fr

[@musicality8425]

Cry'east that's groovy as fuuuh @ 1:36

[@mariuscarre5137]

Your job is so fucking incredible ! But please, with all my heart, give us the transcription of "no guns" on this same record

[@Chris-px2gf]

Honestly, might be an unpopular opinion but I just want to put it out there. Cory is definitely not the same as he used to be. If there are any new viewers, you have no idea what Cory was doing on the keyboard 8-10-15 years ago. He was insanely creative. Modulations, progressions, voicings like you've never heard before. After Snarky Puppy, to me personally, his music has become way more generic and watered down. I always go back to his old stuff as I just don't get the kick from his recent recordings. I still cry from the stank when I listen to his old improv or covers, absolute genius. Would love to hear him play like that again.

[@teenagegringo393]

he just went into a different direction into more soul, I don't think one's worse than the other necessarily, he's developed his voice and songwriting quite a bit, but I get your point and miss him as well pushing the limits of harmony and rhythm in improvisation

[@teenagegringo393]

He sometimes does go back a little for ex . he did those jams with Jesus Molina

[@Chris-px2gf]

Exactly, I think the last time I heard him play like he used to was at his, I believe was called, "The Revival" show with B. Slade, during the pandemic. B. Slade is an incredible musician as well, so if you haven't watched that, highly recommend it. It's a 26 min video.@@teenagegringo393

[@stuarthenry3157]

I have never related to a comment more in my life. I miss those early days of Snarky Puppy so bad. think it has to be an economically driven move that many revered jazz musicians like Cory end up making. Sacrifice the traits that set them apart for a more poppy appeal, which would lead to more money maybe? Idk. And as much as I love him, and literally regard this man as my favorite jazz pianist of all time, Robert Glasper has sort of gone in a similar direction. His early trio albums just blow me away. If you haven’t seen it already, look up his Bridgestone concert from 2009. It was just music on a completely different level. And it wasn’t his departure from straight ahead jazz imo: Black Radio and stuff with The Experiment are fire. I just wish he allowed his dope soloing style and lush chord progressions to shine more in his newer stuff. The last few times I saw him live: Stanford w/ Dinner Party and then during Blue Note Residency he also like barely played and just was sort of chilling the whole time… 🙃 It’s like all these artists are eliminating the most inventive and unique parts about them that made us like listening to them in the first place.

[@MusicByTomas]

Could you link some of that old material that you really like?

[@mrquick6775]

Wow! Cory Henry has gotten even better!! Wow😮 Stone cold beast!

[@orenohouse4384]

カッコイイ

[@bleupiano]

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@josenoventa6852]

12-bar Scriabin

[@outrun9354]

Facts was thinking the same thing 💯🤩, i think cory been listening to some romantic music cuz he's really improved his articulation and dynamics

[@zirbsssss]

How does he make the base/kick drum sound?

[@jamesonrichards5105]

ray charles, maybe stevie wonder

[@plebcrabslayer]

4:22 So... maybe I'm late to the party, but he says 👏 on the 2 and the 4, but the notation has us clapping on the 3 and the 3 (and the 3 and the 3...)... Did I miss something?

[@bodhibeats8257]

Corey is thinking in double speed compared to the notation. Clapping on every three is going at half speed from clapping on two and four. I would guess this has been notated at half speed simply for readability. It’s easier to read eighth and sixteenth notes than it is to read 16th and 32nds.

[@CorbanArthur]

How is he playing like "ghost notes" on piano?

[@BrunoNeureiter]

Dynamics 😮

[@PianoStudioNancy-ChrisAmbroise]

hello timothy, impossible to find the pdf with your link, and this tittle is not in your cory henry'transcription list...

[@PianoStudioNancy-ChrisAmbroise]

hello timothy, can't find this pdf on your site... very difficult

[@TimothyGondola]

Hi Nancy, here’s the link: gondolamusic.com/shop/p/cory-henry/switch

[@PianoStudioNancy-ChrisAmbroise]

ok thanks timothy, I didn't see the tittle "switch"... was searching your tittle "if stank face was a person."@@TimothyGondola

[@Olegojazz]

🔥🔥🔥❤️

[@abillionjivebars9888]

Lol why do those two random chords have fingering

[@kohubo6opohe803]

"Если бы вонючее лицо было человеком" ?!

[@Yakushii]

I guess it doesn't translate well 😅

[@toonwijnands]

163

[@cooperg4428]

Thought that was diddy lol

[@sonicmuse]

You can tell he’s watched the movie La La Land enough times to finally get a sense of what white people have been trying for decades to explain about jazz to black people. 🤣🤣🤣