Discovering McCoy Tyner: My Favorite Things Transcription
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- Using Mr. Tyner's playing from "My Favorite Things," this video looks at what a tempered, patient, calculated player he can be, and at the same time invent timeless melodies and demonstrate amazing technical prowess. I hope this video makes you an even bigger fan than you already were!
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Thank you Aimee!! Love McCoy and your insights :) Great!
Beato!
Rick Beato Wow, love to see you here, Rick. Even more just after seeing your lesson about Giant Steps.
pchew
You have just been beat off
instablaster.
The dude was like 23 when he recorded this.
I saw him at the Boulder Theatre in 2000 (I think). First row. Looking right up at his hands as he played. Absolutely transcendent. One of the best shows I’ve ever seen.
I'm not a pianist (I'm a drummer), but McCoy might be my favorite musician of all time... along with Elvin jones and coltrane (hell the whole classic quartet).. the live rendition of chim chimeree on "john coltrane quartet plays" is probably the heaviest stuff I've ever heard. Yes, heavy. Rad video!!
matthew britt agree!! Thanks 🙏🏼
Yeahiee nobody remembered the bass player
Wow what a lesson !
Mc Coy in this case is a sort of Debussy or Satie lent to Jazz Music but with a huge blue note soul.
An amazing solo. One of the best pages of Jazz ever. Classical Jazz ? Probably Yes !
Thank You very much
First of all, this is probably my favorite McCoy Tyner solo ever! His solo is like something that John Adams would do in a orchestral setting....takes you on a dreamy ride. He keeps the theme throughout. Love your detail info and analysis. Side note: I purchased this album (yes, album), back in the 70's and to this day, it still sounds fresh. I also heard that "F" natural and it has never bothered me! Great video! I will email you to purchase a copy of this transcription!
Pepper Williams thank you very much, pepper. I appreciate that. You are right on!
Aimee Nolte Music Do I just need to go to your website and buy a copy of your transcription?
@@mrbeandip2356 and he didn't score it out - a few set patterns, his, but most all, improvised.
Not a typist. a creator
this solo is one of the most beautiful things ever played on a piano, thank you for the video!
I'll be so bold as to say it is *the* most extraordinarily, ineffably beautiful phrasing for any piano solo in any piece of music I have ever heard in any piece of music in any genre.
The only rival I can readily think of is the second movement of Beethoven's fourth piano concerto.
At 11' you talk about this mistake, :) the melody is referencing Gymnopedie, I think. It's all Satie. That's how sophisticated those musicians, McCoy, Trane, Shorter and Hancock where. Every bit as sophisticated as the swing guys in the thirties and the beboppers in the fourties, but on a higher level. The things you said about his pacing, the space he creates while listening to the rhythm section, the warm glow of the melody, his Debussy-like flurries of notes... it is SO true. The astonishing intelligence of these musicians, the otherworldly depth of their understanding of the music... it doesn't stop to amaze me. Thanks for sharing your deep love and admiration for this music.
Jan Ghijselen I am not aware of that piece but I will go and look it up. I love it when people realize things that I never knew! Thanks so much for your nice comment.
Aimee Nolte if you're interested in french impresionnism in jazz, go check out Debussy's Les Son et les Parfums tournent dans l'aire du soir, and La Cathedrale engloutie, harmonically speaking these compositions had a huuuuge influence on .. off the top of my head... McCoy Tyner's Naima and George Shearing's My Ship.
Aimee Nolte ooh and as Jan noticed Gymnopedie, Bill Evans has his own version of Gymnopedie 2, on his nirvana album with herbie mann.
Interesting!
Yep I think you're right - never noticed that
This is the best piano lesson on youtube! Coltrane/Tyner are my all times favorites.. I think that this is the most iconic piece of music they ever played. I love this lesson and this music! Aimee you are the best! Thanks!
Marco Oselini 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙏🏼
I found that Atlantic album "The Best of John Coltrane" when I was 15, and it moved all of the furniture around in my head. Every track is brilliant.
My Favorite Things
Naima
Equinox
Giant Steps
Cousin Mary
Central Park West
All of the tracks were cut in 1959 and 1960, but Atlantic didn't release it until 1970.
It was my first deep dive into jazz. I'd heard it all my life, my Dad and my Grandpa were avid enthusiasts, but this was the first one that went "all the way in" it resonates to this day. It's a masterpiece.
Wow. What a treat to find. I've listened to this track a thousand and three times, and never tire of it. The bit where you sing along makes it so beautifully haunting!
Beautifully done. Really, really excellent. I enjoyed this so much.
Lot2learn oh cool. Thanks for letting me know!
Wow, AMAZING analysis! I'm a guitarist, just discovered you and this was great. I love your "use the metronome", "slow it down" comments with your encouraging tone. The guitar picks that I had made to give to my students have "The metronome is your friend" printed on them. Great teacher you are!
friend, it's my worst enemy
OMG I love this kind of analysis,especially with that sweet voice of yours, please keep them coming~ much love
po-cheng Shih 🙌🏼
Yes, she is smart in analysing and understanding/explaining complex concepts in a rather easy way....and she is super charmy too!!!
Master piece lyrics/ muzik. May his soul live in peace. Al-Fatihah.
I first heard John Coltrains version of My Favorite Things in the late 60`s. Its been my favorite jazz record ever since. The McCoy Tyner solo has been my favorite piece of piano music ever since also. Thank you very much for this. Maybe I can attempt it now.
Just fantastic. I have loved McCoy Tyner instinctively for decades. So happy to hear the musical analysis of his greatness
Thank you Aimee! McCoy Tyner is an amazing pianist, and so are you. Your videos have been most helpful for me. Thank you for spreading music and educating music enthusiasts all over the globe in the art of jazz and blues. The tutorials are very insightful and beneficial. :)
Vikramjit Kundu what a nice thing to say. 🙏🏼
If time could be rewound, and that one bum note fixed, would anyone want it to be? I doubt it. Not only is it a passing moment of haunting beauty, but a reminder of how deeply human the performance of music is.
Great point...
I'm crying to have landed on that. Thank you so, so much
I like the way you patiently explain the layered mechanics of the piece so that it all makes sense, both musically and structurally in terms of craftsmanship.
fassnacht and I like the way you took your time to write such a nice comment. :-) Thank you.
Walking through this door of sorrow is hard. Listening to this analysis of Tyner's magnificent playing magnifies his loss even more. "It came right from McCoy Tyner's heart . . . "
Okay...Aimee, I have to say it again, chica...Iam soooooo ABSOLUTELY super stoked I found your channel...My metronome and I will be binge watching your videos this weekend 😁...Let's gooooooo
M Turner lol that's awesome
Tyner's alleged "bum note" reminds me of the first law of jazz soloing: you're never more than a semitone away from the right note.
So if you play a bum note, treat it as an appoggiatura and then play the note a semitone below it.
Thanks for the advice.
11:00 I had the video paused right before you talked about the Most Famous Mistake in Jazz. I went to go listen to his solo when I heard that mistake the first time but not second time. I wondered if it was a mistake since he didn't repeat it... To my surprise, you mentioned it.
Eric Hanaway that's awesome
By the way, you also have patience. One of the things I appreciate about your approach is your delving into the details of the music and showing us what makes each artist unique. That is special. Thank you.
Brenda Martin ❤
Thankyou Aimee. Your attention to detail and explanation makes Tyner's classic work suddenly accessible. Dig this so hard.
John Harris, Jr. I appreciate that, John! Thanks!
Awesome vid! I am NOT a musician, but I LOVE McCoy Tyner. I've seen him live 4 times, most recently at the Blue Note with Stanley Clarke and Billy Cobham. My absolute favorite musician.
Aimee, this is just so very pleasant. I learned the solo years ago from a now-deceased friend who had a fellowship at Cal Arts, but I've since forgotten it -- and can't get back. I wish you'd lead us through the intro and one verse -- I do understand why you probably won't, but I can dream, can't I? Anyway, I very much enjoy checking in with you and your channel.
Aimee Nolte: At the video time of 0:19 seconds: I am impressed: This is all the music I need, expressed in classic deep sophisticated poetry. A somber sorry situation with jazz, in general, is that its jam cannot be translated into meaningful music with melodic lyrics and poetry with a page from your book.
I'm not a piano player, but this is marvellous.
Cheers 🍺
It sounds so natural and calm and simple, but below the surface there is a huge calculated tension and so much complexity in this execution! I'm really happy to have a glimpse into the mind of this amazing artist with your help. Thanks for this class.
Rodrigo:: The stock trading schools teach patience and depth also, for obvious reasons. When the schools fleece one with their teaching alluringness, the student realizes he is making no progress, the trading teacher tells him to be patient. How long can one do this before his patience, time and resources run dry? This is where the tension comes in.
@@eddyvideostar So in order to enjoy this music, we have to master our impatience. I like your insight.
Love your patience and depth in explaining this!
Alexa Weber Morales thanks so much!
Alexa: The stock trading schools teach patience and depth also, for obvious reasons. When the school's fleece one with their teaching alluringness, the student realizes he is making no progress. The trading teacher tells him to be patient. How long can one do this before his patience, time and resources run dry?
Thank you! Now I'm a fan! I will work with this and follow you. I love your transcription and methodology. McCoy's accompaniment to Coltrane's My Favorite Things is one of my favorite things. I've been fascinated by this piece since my girlfriend revealed the recording to me in college. Later, while working in Japan as a broadcast journalist I had the honour of interviewing McCoy, then joining him and his son for dinner between sets he performed in Yokohama. I saw him again in La Jolla a few years ago. He will remain a giant of the Pantheon. I'd love to see you do a tutorial of another favorite, Herbie's Dolphin Dance.
What a great teacher you are. I found you and Rick Beato a few days ago, what a goldmine. Lovely people.
OzzyOwlis I'm so glad! Thanks so much!
I'M really glad that there are others who think this Solo is beautiful and Magical!
About the F natural, just remember the D natural played on Giant Steps coltrane's solo over the first chord of second chorus ( Bmaj7). Quite similar feeling.
You're the only musical educator who brings me to tears every now and again on one of these videos. It's gift.
I love how you teach! I learn from your mind; you help me THINK! 💡And from your smooth playing. You are a really cool and fun teacher!
@ 12:32
That part of McCoy Tyner's solo:
H E A V E N!!!!!
THANK YOU for breakin' this down; it was therapy.
(However, I hear triplets there, myself.)
McCoy Tyner is the unsung hero of Coltrane's MFT.
If anyone knows of a link where McCoy, himself, is breaking down this epic classic solo, please let me know!
FIVE MINUTES after writing this, I re-listened to it, and now I think YOU ARE RIGHT! At times, I can barely hear the additional notes!
I think!!
Still not sure.., I've never been so beautifully confused as I am now.., and I still LOVE IT!!!
Thank YOU!
thanks for this analysis. I love McCoy's playing on this tune, "bum note" and all, lol.
I just LOVE this Video. The interesting thing to me is that you don't even mention fourths, which I thought was a big McCoy Tyner thing. But he does so much more!
Also, I've seen him many times, starting in 1977. Every time, it's an amazing eye opening religious experience just to hear him tune up. i ask him once as he walked by if he was a lefty. He said yes, to which I replied, I can tell. (based on his later playing)
Thank you so much I'm a Tenor saxophonist and I've always wanted to play this and have it sound right on piano and this video is perfect I'm having alot of fun !!!
This is an amazing breakdown of one of my favorite tunes. I listen repeatedly. Thank you so much!!
Juste un grand merci pour votre analyse fine et émouvante de ce chef-d’œuvre d'improvisation pianistique que nous aimons tellement. Vous révélez quelque chose de la magie de ce solo rêveur et magnétique et pourtant la magie persiste ! Je me suis abonné et vais maintenant écouter vos vidéos sur Bill Evans, un autre de mes pianistes préférés. Just few words to thank you for your fine and emotionnal insight of this pianistic master piece (or master peace, maybe !) : you reveal something of the magic beauty of this dreamy and magentic solo yet magic is still here and even improved... Now that I have subscribed, I will listen and watch to your other videos, starting with another genius on piano : Bill Evans. I think that something about the influence of Debussy should be done one time... Thanks again for this enlightning insight. Au revoir !
This is incredible, and what a tribute to McCoy Tyner.
One of my all time favorite recordings
I never really appreciated Tyner until now. I just subscribed and will pray for a tutorial on Fred Hersch.
One of my favorite piano pieces! Thanks for breaking down the rhythms. They always throws me off.
i think you're right. that tough part sounds like triplets to me. you sound great!
This might be my favorite video on youtube
Thanks Aimee...just discovered your channel. Nice breakdown. I
how much is a suggested donation for a turorial?
You have a wonderful voice for teaching-- it's so soothing.
ThankYouAimee Very Very Good
Wonderful presentation! Love the way you decompose the piece. You're very deliberate and pedagogic in your exposition. Thank you.
Glad. You took the time to transcribe MT ! A beautiful job well done! You are an amazing piano teacher btw. Hope you make more vids like this
Checked your website Aimee, was there a PDF availbel for this lesson can you tell me please? (apologies If I missed it ,did a search already nothing came up)
Email me aimeenolte@yahoo.com
Brilliant musicology redux of "One of my Favorite Tunes.:) "
R.I.P Respect
I am a guitar player but this has always been my favorite piano solo. To me there is nothing more lovingly crafted, spacious, emotionally intelligent, rhythmically rich, thematically coherent and well-developed, and YES, patient and just plain beautiful than what McCoy does on the iconic recording of this song.
Absolutely perfect understanding of this musical genius
Maybe favourite piece of Jazz. To get the level of detail in there explanation here where even a junior like me can appreciate every single piece of information is just out of this world. Thank you!
There's a great deal of great music in the world, but the list of pieces _this_ extraordinarily profound and beautiful is very short.
I mean this is _right_ up there with Bach's B minor mass.
Thx so much Aimee you’re funny and impressing you’ve already helped so much even though I’ve seen like 2sec
Thank you thank you thank you
Dear Aimee Thanks so much for your brilliant analysis of one of the most beautiful piano solos of music history. Thank you so much for the clear insight. Greetings from Germany.
jazzenthusiast you are very welcome! Thank you for your nice comment.
Loved that! That was one of the first jazz albums I listened to over and over…probably because I'd just learned to drive and I took the CD with me in the car :-) I saw him play in the Jazz Cafe in London with my sister around the same time you saw him…early 00s. Looking forward to watching more of your videos :-)
Jay Wilson that's great, J! Thanks for sharing that!
Wow, thank you for your insights, and really helpful approach! I'm working on it now :) also I became a member of the Aimee Nolte subscribers family ! Have you heard of brad mehldau version? Is pretty cool too although quite a different style.
11:25 "I mean, he's still alive". Commenting on August 16 2020, that hurt.
His son reached out to me after this video. That was a sweet moment.❤️😔
@@AimeeNolte thank you for taking the time to answer 🎶
Did you have the final word following your interrogation? Someone in the comments suspected a Satie moment if I recollect well.
the quality of my transcription into guitar of Mccoy Tyner's lines has improved thank to you...mostly through copying what notes you were playing and writing them down :0 Still' its a great lesson. Thank you. One of the best ways to learn a track, or any musician's playing, is by transcribing what they are playing.
!WoW! and one more once....!!WoW!!. Always thought Mr.Tyner's playing was totally unreachable, no way to analyze it!! But You did it!! A Big Bravo, tip of the hat, a kneel plus a yellow rose... Being a drummer, had the chance to meet Elvin Jones and Aaron Scott, who by are two of my favorite drummers. Thanks again! Met Mr. Scott when My.Tyner had the big band.... AWESOME!! Aaron pushed that band Beyond the limits. Must add Billy Cobham(the album "Fly With Wind"- another fav!!
Is very important the african rhythm feeling natural, technics as hemiola, polyrhythm, circolar movimient, etc good approach thanks for you ¡
Aimee - I cannot tell you how thankful I am for this amazing video. I've resolved to finally learn jazz and improve on the piano after 20 years as a prog/metal guitarist - and your videos have been some of the most illuminating, engaging, and helpful resources I've found. This video in particular has laid out the incredible beauty and intricacy of McCoy Tyner's playing so clearly and in such an insightful way. Thank you - so, so much!
Also - I love that little moment @27:16 when you crack yourself up over saying "... everybody goes slow at first"... hahaha... don't think we didn't notice :)
I imagine McCoy Tyner voicings and punctuating rhythms as the nomenclature of the joyful noise unto our spiritual surround..., thanks for bringing to light his contributions. Long be heard minor elevens, #9,5ths and 13s.🙏👍
Couldn't understand a word of this, but I was still rivetted for the whole 28 minutes. So great to hear/see elements of McCoy's playing I'd never fully seen/heard before. Thanks for sharing.
Can you please do Naima ?? 😊
Great video - an homage to a classic solo through analysis. Thank you. One of the alluring and mesmerizing aspects of this solo, to me, is that it is a calm oasis between Coltrane's two furious storms. It just floats... I wonder if he thought, "This needs the adagio movement in the middle..."
This is so great. Thank you!
Heard him at Blues Alley 1985, trio. Astounding - RIP McCoy Tyner, Grazie Amy keeping the fire and keepin it beautiful
Hypnotic music and great lesson!! Thank you very much Aimee! Rip McCoy. I will study on this.
thank you.
Guitar Players. I get so much out of these lessons, more than I ever got from most guitar teachers. She is amazing. However, some things are just tough moving from piano to guitar. I thought the triplet/16th note would be voiced best by a finger picked arpeggio. However, thanks to my early VH/Satrini days, it became clear that you can do this riff easily (even at 170BPM) with two hand tapping. I use the b string and can even sneak in the bass notes with my right finger. I started with a drone low E, but with some work you can add the F# bass etc... I still can't get the actual exact McCoy timing that she has, but it's close. AND, I played this out and the 1 person that was actually listening was blown away that this is possible. Who knew that Surfing with the Alien would pay off in My Favorite Things. For the Soprano sax, you can use a similar two-handed technique, but use the open E string like Joe does in SWTA (though he uses the B). I'm sure others have done this but it made (for me) an impossible series of parts much easier.
+julian keenan thanks for watching, Julian! 🙌🏼
Indeed, from one guitarist to another tapping is definitely the way to go when it comes to that section of this particular solo. Much love ✌✌✌
I am not a pianist, but I love this tune. I watched the whole video and could have watched another 20 minutes, this was awesome.
Loved hearing of your joy at meeting Tyner. That was lovely.
i don’t even play the piano but i keep coming to this beautifull video. Thank you for giving the world this delicate and respectful microscope view to this amazing moment of the song.
rest in peace tyner
EDIT: Years later, having listened to a lot more modern musicians I've actually come to appreciate the b9 on maj7 sound so the F natural no longer sounds bad to me
Had never thought of his solo that way. Very insightful observations, he was very calculative and patient on that recording. Not sure about that minor 9th (F natural) though, sounds pretty out of place to me.
Tom Parker 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Someone from the Polyphonic channel sent me over her, and I am so glad they did! I am not a musician but have been wondering what Tyner is doing on this song ever since I first heard it 30 years ago. Those bars where he is repeating his phrases have mesmerized me. They are magic, and even now when you play them they practically bring tears to my eyes. If he had never composed anything else in his life, this still would have been more than enough. Thank you for breaking it down!
Wow, just found your site. Your analysis is just spectacular!
amazing video :) Thanks for that work !!
Wow beautiful
Thanks Aimee.
very cool.. Thx Aimee!! I love love love mccoy tyner!! Great transcription
IT'S AMAZINGLY HYPNOTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS JOURNEY.
I absolutely love McCoy's solo in this song, it so understated and innocent, I get instant nostalgia every time I hear it. I don't play the piano, but I really enjoyed this video - especially the explanation about the 'mistake'. thanks!
I have a question about your transcription of the left hand at 3:56 in your video. While I do think yours is correct (G# B D#, A C# E), I have seen other transcriptions/videos that are different. For example, in musescore web site transcription, it adds a note on the bottom (at 3:43 "major vamp 3"), making the left hand at that point E, G# B D#, F# A C# E. Then there is a TH-cam video from Thembelihle Dunjana (at 2:38) which instead adds a note at the top, making it G# B D# F#, A C# E G#.) Any thoughts on these variations? Thanks!
mccoy syncopas here sound like almost salsa clave 2-3 with right hand and a syncopated latin bass with the left
Just doing it for 5 string fretless bass, quite a challenge ufff.. Loving it thanks helps a lot.
So much fun listening to you teach Aimee 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wow; I didn’t watch the whole thing yet, but will try it later at the piano. But I always heard that he voiced his chords in fourths. Just those simple triads and he got that majestic sound. As far as the “mistake,” I don’t know. I transcribed a Monk solo once and it was full of notes that didn’t fit into conventional scale or harmony, but sounded great. Maybe McCoy just heard the note and was neither deliberately going outside the chord nor having an accident when trying to stay within it. Maybe he just played a note he heard. When you improvise, can you hear “outside” notes. Not me. Eric Dolphy must have been able to. I could only figure out what Monk was playing by slowing it down to one note at a time (which was a lot harder on a record player in 1980 - no “Transcribe” software then with 0.5 second loop at .7 speed with no pitch change).
Women are often better to make you understand and cutting things...i think. Et puis..Aimée ...ça c'est un prénom!!Je veux la meme prof!...another thing..thks Aimée i try to adapt it on the guitar.
You're very, very good both as a player and instructor because you really understand the music
Between quartal voicings and Coletrain changes, this band's contribution to jazz is beyond measure. I just don't enjoy listening to it - not enough tension/release interplay to hold my interest. Even so, I got a lot out of this analysis that I look forward to incorporating in to my own playing. Thanks, Aimee.