Once again Youtube’s basic compression can’t handle Bird’s 16th notes. Watch it at 720p for a better experience. Charlie hits some hilariously good phrases i…
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For your amusement: Charlie Parker notation in real time.
very cool idea!
very cool : )
57 years ago, Charlie “Bird” Parker left us with a big laugh
I just happened to be in the mood for some Bird, and then, for some reason,
I looked him up on Wikipedia and saw that he died 57 years ago today. RIP
to a great genius!
“Animated sheet music.”
Bird Lives
anybody else notice it’s from the Bb omnibook?
I think that those notes are the actual notes that he’s playing. (I mean
that if you wanna play it with an Alto you have to transpose C to Eb ecc..)
i think he does to encourage you to buy the book. and also i think someone
who can transcribe this probably knows how people read music. so why dont
you troll somewhere else
The point isn’t 16th notes. The point is 16th notes full of expression.
this is out of the Bb omnibook for tenor and trumpet, the real book has the
correct key
who thinks drugs make u better as music? that was a BLATANT joke
Despite this being music notation, I think anyone can watch this and enjoy
it 🙂
Animated Sheet Music: “Confirmation” by Charlie Parker
Good but an octave low.
it would be nice if the video came earlyer ( like one bar or so ) then the
audio…
This is tremendous.
I got Miles but couldn’t see Bird (Confirmation)..It’s quite an experience
watching the actual notes come to life.
But why is the sheet music in G? I’d like to study the original solo, in F,
but it’s nowhere to be found T.T
Whoever creates these needs to realize that people do not read music (or
words!) in such a compressed visual area. I mean we need to see MORE of the
notes (or words if we are reading text) in a glance in order to fully
‘read’ it. We do not read one note (or letter) at a time but rather in
GROUPS. Hopefully the author of these little things will read this message
and correct the next ones he does to make for a much more enjoyable
experience
I agree with Syd. This would be more valuable to musicians if you could
see, say four bars at at time. Musicians don’t sight read right on the edge
like that — or if they do, they get in trouble really fast.
Amazing…Animated Sheet Music: “Confirmation” by Charlie Parker:
It’s cool that you keep the focus on one spot. You see what you are hearing
right at that moment without the eye having to track the music as a
musician does when reading. One simple thing you might try for the
musicians who have a hard time with it is to offset the music so that it is
just behind the visuals. Musicians always have to be reading ahead. These
things must be a bear to create, though.. Hat’s off to your hard work!!
Bird’s intro to Confirmation, animated by Dan Cohen…
I like this animation. I feel like I am seeing the sounds coming out as
Bird plays. I understand what people are saying when it is moving to fast,
but I feel as if this is meant more to show the viewer what is coming out
in the moment. Just like the Synesthetic classical pieces with the colors.