chick corea humpty dumpty [Archive] - Music & Musician Forums

dragonzmad

12-24-2005, 03:10 AM

I have been trying to hours to figure out the into on my bass. I cannot seem to recognize the notes and the intro isn't even all that fast. I am watching\listening to the '92 Tokyo blue note performace where he performed Humpty Dumpty with the akoustik band. I'd appreciate if anyone could show me the chords and the intro. I can't even sing. when I try and sing the intro I mix a note or two somewhere and it ends up leading everything after into the wrong direction.

this is soo frustrating. This intro is not that difficult but I know I am playing it wrong because I am ending on the wrong note. I know what the right note is but cannot seem to interpret the notes in between that smoothly lead to the last note
(maybe I need to go to bed, it is 1:10am...)

Brainsplash

12-24-2005, 05:00 PM

First of all this isn't an easy song at all, so you shouldn't feel bad for not beeing able to transcribe it by ear (I learned it from notes).

I made a tab of the melody the way I play it, not sure if it's exactly the same as the live version though. Sorry for the high resolution, couldn't keep the 13 and 10 apart any other way. Also the chord's may not be perfect in timing (But hopefully pretty darn close :thumb:)

Eb maj________________________D maj
|------------8---7---8-------7---6-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------7-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

F# maj________________________F maj
|----------------13--10------13--9-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------10------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------12--8---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

A7 alt________________________Bb maj
|--------------------------------------------------------5---8---|
|------------------------------------------------6---------------|
|--------------------------------------------8-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Bbm7
|------------6---8---6---5-------6---5-------6---5---------------|
|----------------------------7-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------8-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------5---6-------|
|--------------------------------------------6---8-----------8---|
|------------------------------------6---9-----------------------|

Dm7_________________________Bbm7
|------------------------5---7---9-----------6-------------------|
|5-------------------5-------------------------------------------|
|------------8---7-------------------------------------------7---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Abm7_________________________________Fm7
|--------6-------------------------------------------------------|
|7---9---------------8---------4-----------8---------------------|
|--------------------------------------6-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Abm7________________________Gb maj
|--------3---1---------------------------------------------------|
|----3-----------3---1-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------4---1-------------------------------|
|------------------------4---------------------------------------|

Hope it helps. Good Luck!

BTW, if you like Chick Corea and want a speed challenge, I recomend "Got a Match" (BPM=302). Ouch!