Passion Dance piano solo transcription (The Real McCoy) by Jonathan Turgeon

McCoy is an all time favorite of mine and had a big influence on my play style. Here is my transcription of Passion Dance taken from the legendary album ''The Real McCoy'' (1967). It's not perfect but after many months of work it's time for me to move on! If you enjoy please like and subscribe for more transcriptions/original compositions.
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[@NavyLeaguer]

McCoy's "Passion Dance" was one of many cues to give up piano. I could never separate my left hand and right hand in such a manner and decided it was time to listen, rather than play. Jonathan, quite an undertaking! Glad you survived it.

[@richiebeirach3671]

good thinking

[@NavyLeaguer]

@@richiebeirach3671 Thanks, Richie! This is Bill Schultz, from back in the day.

[@Stemma3]

Man... I'm sweating bullets just to watch this. You should wear a tshirt saying "I survived Passion Dance". Amazing job.

[@JonTkeys]

Thank you very much! Took me long enough, I should indeed get a t-shirt haha.

[@saimarboston6209]

Хорошая мелодия,весь день напеваю)

[@UkuleleAversion]

One of the greatest piano solos of all time. I was absolutely floored by this album the first time I listened to it front to back on my stereo.

[@mattf9076]

Even to this day, it is still fresh. It is damn near a fusion album

[@ChromaticHarp]

Wow!! Killer Transcription and Killer performance of the Transcription!!! Thanks for posting this!!! One of my all time favorite McCoy tunes and solos!

[@JonTkeys]

Thanks for listening!

[@agniaftonadiyoga4481]

For me, it would takes more than 100 years to make it perfect

[@JonTkeys]

Thanks! Lot of work on my part for sure!

[@PlayBetterJazz]

That is some dedication man! Great job!! So cool to see this solo visually on the keyboard. Well done.

[@christophegaudissart6551]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!

[@geraldstephens16]

This is great. I’ve been working on this myself, but only 3 pages in and about 3/4 tempo so far. Really good.

[@UkuleleAversion]

I just started working on McCoy Tyner's solo on But Not For Me from Coltrane's "My Favourite Things" album. I'm one chorus in but I haven't done the left hand yet.

[@cameliabennaceur6184]

What a great work you did !!! Thank you so much for having shared the transcription and having played it for us !!! Happy 2024 and greetings from the Pyrenees Mountains ! 🍀🌺🎶☀️🥂🥳

[@JonTkeys]

Thanks so much!

[@timechopper]

Amazing. Makes the genius of the solo more palpable. I'd love to hear the right hand in isolation.

[@jpm65]

Wow, bravo!

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Great demo! Well done mate.

[@gitarmats]

Amazing job!

[@curiouscurious6558]

REALLY WELL PLAYED! AND my goodness how long did the transcription take you??!!

[@JonTkeys]

Thank you! The actual writing out the notes about a month... playing the whole thing and recording it? 2-3 months maybe?

[@devindoherty184]

great work!

[@Lot2learn]

Nice work!!

[@jeanlucchapelon]

Beautiful job and great Brain to mémorise that !!

Yeah!!!

[@MrGauthier11]

Great work!

[@JonTkeys]

Merci!

[@roburjean]

Fantastic work ! Bravo ❤

[@JonTkeys]

Merci!

[@FunkiGLoungeCafe]

wow - great work!

[@JonTkeys]

Thanks!

[@garygapinski5442]

Nicely done!

[@JonTkeys]

Thanks!😀

[@JohnBaileyVIDS]

Very well done! Lush at times, driven all the way through.

[@JonTkeys]

Thank you very much!

[@jazzvent]

Wow !!! Amazing playing ! Could I please get a PDF copy?

[@JonTkeys]

Hello, thank you for the kind words! Send me an e-mail at [e-mail] and I'll send you the pdf.

[@leticiabraun2909]

Nailed it! How long did it take you ?

[@JonTkeys]

Thanks! ‘Bout 2 weeks for transcribing and then 2 months of practicing and recording

[@drummerboy6358]

Dude!!!!! So Killer!!! Amazing Job

[@JonTkeys]

Thank you!

[@ronaldkubis8912]

amazing playing man! could send me a pdf copy of this solo? thanks!

[@GeoProgulakis]

Great work Jonathan! I wanted to do this transcription, but when I saw you had already done it I decided to do something else from uncle McCoy :) subbed!

[@JonTkeys]

Thank you let me know what you end up transcribing!

[@GeoProgulakis]

@@JonTkeys Hey thanks for asking! I ended up transcribing this killer solo :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/j37QmIV5gKaMga8

[@JonTkeys]

@@GeoProgulakis very nice!

[@Edy_hdz]

Id like to make transcriptions like this in the future, but I am really struggling with transcribing the chord voicings used. How do you come about that? It’d be really helpful. Thank you

[@JonTkeys]

Hello, it helps if you have a little bit of knowledge on who you are transcribing! In this case I knew mccoy used a lot of 4th voicing so it helped finding which ones. Otherwise you can slow it down a lot, use your ears and elimination process and many hours!

[@ericsutz8026]

Amazing work Jonathan!! Were you able to slow down the recording and still keep the original pitch?

[@JonTkeys]

Thanks! Yes back then i did it with the app Transcribe but you can do it with any DAW or even with youtube

[@UkuleleAversion]

How long did it take you to learn this? I’ve been transcribing a McCoy Tyner solo myself (But Not For Me) and it’s almost been a month and I’m close to finishing transcribing the left hand.

[@JonTkeys]

Hey! For the writing of it, I think it took me about a week. For the playing I spent a bit more than a month on it!

[@HernanGnesutta]

Jonathan!!!! Awesome!!!! May I ask how much time did it take to you to learn to play it?

[@JonTkeys]

Thanks! Hard to say but I would say maybe a year with 3 intense months pre recording? The first 80% is fast but the last 20% of the work (details) takes the longest!

[@HernanGnesutta]

@@JonTkeys thank you very much for your feedback ☺️☺️

[@mathieutarlo]

Malade jo

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Do you have a PDF copy, please? Thanks, Paul

[@JonTkeys]

Send me an e-mail at [e-mail] and I will send you the pdf for this!

[@richiebeirach3671]

i dont get it ,,why would anybody want to hear this guy play ALONG with one of mcoys greatest IMPROVISED solos ??

[@JonTkeys]

To me recording a solo is a learning tool, being satisfied with a full take is a long process and tells me I’ve worked enough on it. I can’t speak for others but maybe they like seeing how the solo looks in action along with the music sheet. I do agree it is one of McCoy’s greatest solo!

[@ChromaticHarp]

Amazing! Thanks for putting in the work so that we can share your incredible effort! I’ve always loved this solo and the entire real McCoy album!

[@richiebeirach3671]

ok !! whatever @@JonTkeys

[@stillnessflowing9480]

Great work!!! If you can transcribe Tyner, and Bill Evans you're the man. When I used to play a bit I preferred working to transcribe Red Garland, and Horace Silver as both are easier for me to hear, and Garland has the most amazing finesse.

[@JonTkeys]

Yes I worked heavily on Bill too! Started with Red Garland too with the Miles 5tet