Days Of Wine And Roses Transcription [patched] | Oscar Peterson

Put hands together at half tempo. Use a metronome on beats 2 and 3 (not on every beat). This mimics the swing feel. Beyond the Notes: What Oscar Teaches Us The ultimate goal of any Oscar Peterson Days of Wine and Roses transcription is not to play a perfect copy for a recital. It is to learn why he chose those notes.

Notice how he uses —playing a half-step below a chord tone before landing on it. Notice how his right hand often plays a simple melody while his left hand plays a countermelody. This is “stride waltz.” oscar peterson days of wine and roses transcription

Scan the improvisation section for short, 4-note or 5-note patterns. Extract these “licks.” Transpose them into all 12 keys. This is how you steal Peterson’s vocabulary. Put hands together at half tempo

Take the A-section melody (the first 8 bars). Practice the right-hand block chords at a glacial tempo. Voice lead the top note—that is the melody. Beyond the Notes: What Oscar Teaches Us The