Patrick Bartley ASCENDS over “Top Of My Head” | Solo Transcription (Eb)

Surprising that this solo from his early days at Emmet’s Place hasn’t been transcribed yet. It’s filled to the brim with soulful and melodic swing/bop vocabulary. Patrick is one of those rare players knows how to make every line sing and soar through the listeners ears, and this rendition over Roy Hargrove’s tune is more proof of his technical proficiency and his experience as a musician.
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[@UkuleleAversion]

The Fmaj13#11 should be F13#11. Haven't heard the original recording of the tune, but in this performance Emmet and Russell treat it as a dominant IV chord with a #11.

[@ballzuru5983]

@@UkuleleAversion thanks for clarifying lol. In the head (of the og recording and this rendition) they use that maj13#11, but both recordings actually do flatten the 7th for the solos. Originally I thought it was interchangeable but it’s true form and intended harmony was the maj7, but now I know they primarily use the dom7 for that chord in the solos always (idk how I didn’t realize it before lol they emphasized it constantly)

[@UkuleleAversion]

@@ballzuru5983 Ah, I see. Honestly, then, it could go either way. Fmaj13#11 isn't strictly wrong then if that's what is played during the heads. I had the same problem when transcribing an Emmet Cohen solo over People Will Say We're In Love. On that performance, the changes are super different to the original song (from "Oklahoma") and the bassist and Emmet often sub in changes like the bIImaj7 for the V7 chord. So, I had to take a kind of average of all the chord changes played for each chorus.

[@samucaeosmano9207]

Absolutely mind blowing what this guys does, you can hear the love he has for music in each note

[@lxxwj]

so glad ur shedding light on this solo, this performance is one of my favorites from emmet's place

[@connorsobieri245]

Got to love a high quality transcription.

[@airier-c1458]

0:54 wait how did this happen? how did the band know to accent those 4 beats? or like was it called upon by a previous phrase? it just felt so locked in almost out of nowhere woow!

[@Parkerpraysandplays]

Damn

[@parkerpolen]

YEAH!!!!

[@jeffmill]

0:24 - the new licc? (Seriously, awesome modern quote)

[@DaltonBell-pr1ts]

He’s quoting all night long by the Mary Jane girls for folks who may not be familiar. Such a cool thing to quote

[@isaackelly8166]

@@DaltonBell-pr1ts lmao I knew I had heard that lick before 😂

[@gdludus]

Is “ghost tongue” just doodle (or deeden) tonguing? Like holding the tongue on the reed?

[@ballzuru5983]

@@gdludus yup same definition lol