Take the a train, as a song and musical composition, would become the dukes signature piece. When ellington first met strayhorn, he wrote strayhorn directions to his office. Ellington wrote directions for strayhorn to get to his house by subway, directions that began, take the a train. Take the a train by duke ellington digital sheet music. Take the a train is a billy strayhorn compositions from 1939.
In our catalog, you can find duke ellington sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other instrument. Take the a train is a classic jazz old school jazz standard written by non other than duke ellington. Jazz standards songs and instrumentals take the a train. How ellington took the a train take the a train, the signature tune of the duke ellington orchestra, was recorded on this day in 1941. Buy the note for note transcription of take the a train by duke ellington, from the original recording. Download or print duke ellington take the a train sheet music notes, chords in minutes. In defense of giants have just been listening to some of the tunes on the elladuke songbook album. Take the a train full jazz band sheet music for piano. Duke ellington was one of the architects of the big band era and, as pianist, composer and bandleader, was one of the most vital musical figures in 20thcentury history. Duke has written many many hits in his day, including this one. Take the a train guitar tab by duke ellington with free online tab player.
Take the a train for clarinet solo, intermediate clarinet sheet music. Strayhorn originally thought it sounded too much like a fletcher henderson arrangement. Take the atrain published score sample lush life music. Check out take the a train by duke ellington on amazon music. Print and download in pdf or midi take the a train. Take the a train jazz piano strayhorn ellington duke ellington ending meduium swing assignment. You can print the sheet music, beautifully rendered by sibelius, up to three times. Take the a train, the a referring to a subway line in new york city, took the place of ellingtons previous signature tune sepia panorama. Take the a train by duke ellington on amazon music. You must take the a train to go to sugar hill way up in harlem if you miss the a train youll find you missed the quickest way to harlem hurry get on now it.
A pretty decent arrangement complete with sax soli, solo section and cool duke ellington fanfare opener. After stints with the duke ellington and earl hines bands, roche made it on her own with this bop version of the strayhorn classic. Music notes for piano solo sheet music by billy strayhorn billy strayhorn. Download for free in pdf midi format, or print directly from our site.
Take the a train national museum of american history. Written in 1941 for duke ellingtons orchestra, take the a train became the. He was later enrolled in the pittsburgh musical institution to study classical music. Take the a train jazz piano strayhornellington duke ellington ending meduium swing assignment. Duke ellington for piano solo 100 pieces pdf ragtime. Began playing piano as soon as he could reach the keys 2. Duke ellington was also in a romantic relationship with african american history, and he conceived of his profession as a musician as an opportunity to voiceat times subtly, other times overtly and dramaticallya love for african american people, be they black, brown, or beige. These familiar tunes will delight all members of the audience, both old and young alike. Transpose, print or convert, download jazz pdf and learn to play flute score in minutes. Words and music by billy strayhorn and the delta rhythm. Duke ellington tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including satin doll, dont get around much anymore, take the a train, in a sentimental mood, it dont mean. Duke ellington take the a train piano tutorial youtube.
Take the a train duke ellington full big band arrangement sheet music for piano, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone download free in pdf or midi. Chords in parentheses are only played when returning to the top of the tune. Duke ellington for piano solo 19251950 collection of 100 pieces for piano solo list of pieces 234 pages p. It was ellingtons sense of musical drama that made.
This solo piano version of take the a train i transcribed by myself was recorded in 1965 tv concert at ina, french national institute of. Ellingtons son, mercer, recalled that he found a train in the trash. Musicnotes pro plus members save 15% plus get pdfs included in every available key. You will be able to download the pdf as soon as the. Take the a train tab by duke ellington guit 1 electric. See new and popular duke ellington songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a community of musicians who love to write and play music. Take the a train duke ellington download free in pdf or midi. Duke ellington solo piano take the a train 1965 youtube. Browse and read the duke ellington real book fake book the duke ellington real book fake book dear readers, when you are hunting the new book collection to read this. Please follow the link to buy the complete sheet music for this piece if you would like a more complete score. Duke ellingtons famous theme song and possibly strayhorns greatest chart. While you listen, note the sound of the bass drum underneath the piano.
Duke ellington take the a train sheet music pdf notes. Heres how to play take the a train on piano the famous jazz standard written by billy strayhorn, and the signature song of duke ellington. Duke ellington take the a train c maj from the original recording of c. Billy strayhorn arranged these parts for saxophonist johnny hodges rab or rabbit and jimmy hamilton clarinet for take the a train, for the 1957 recording ella fitzgerald sings the duke ellington song book, in which she. Single transcriptions are always sent via email as pdf, shipping delivery is only for books. The title refers to the, at the time, new a train service in new york city. Ill take the big sound and the wonderful west coast groups every time. Duke ellington sheet music free download in pdf or midi on. The duke ellington version modulates to eb in the second chorus.
The composer and bandleader duke ellington 18991947 was a largely selftaught pianist who was influenced by jazz and ragtime performers. Resources resources home early years prek and kindergarten primary elementary middle school secondary high school whole school special educational needs blog. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. Download your take the a train chord melody, solo, and more pdf here. Billy began first grade where he met his first piano tutor, charlotte catlin. Click on one of the link below to set your shipping options. Take the a train, the a referring to a subway line in new york city, took the place of ellington s previous signature tune sepia panorama. Enjoy an unrivalled sheet music experience for ipadsheet music viewer, score library and music store all in one app. Hal leonard digital sheet music at sheet music plus. If you like this chart, we ask that you please leave a comment in the comment section down below andor a rating in our ranking system. The standard is in the key of c major and has an aaba structure. An essential part to every jazz musician and students education and experience. Duke ellington take the a train piano and bass partitions. The only reason you guys wont admit west coast is best is that you are here, and it woul d lessen your importance.
Dont let the instant audience recognition make you think that this is any less than a masterpiece. Complete standard transcriptions duke ellington songs. Take the a train by duke ellington piano sheet music. Take the a train was composed in 1939, after ellington offered strayhorn a job in his organization and gave him money to travel from pittsburgh to new york city.
Duke ellington take the a train sheet music notes and chords arranged for solo guitar tab. Ellington celebrated the narratives of a vast black. Take the a train pdf, by duke ellington blueblackjazz. You can either print the sheet music from our website, or from playgrounds mac and pc applications. It quickly became a signature tune of the duke ellington orchestra and is, to this day, one of the most famous compositions of the swing era. Ellington take the a train sheet music for clarinet solo. Students learn take the a train and how to scat, imitating. The opening piano solo by duke ellington is famousits practically a standard part of the tune. F d7 dm7 a 7 9 g9 g7 9 c e maj7 d7 5 dm7 a 7 9 g7 d 11 7 to coda c d.
Take the a train was written in 1939 by billy strayhorn for the duke ellington orchestra. Take the a train duke ellington full big band arrangement. Duke ellington from the duke plays ellington 1953 slowly, rubato 3 transcribed by thomas mueller 20161010 3 7 3 3 3 3 3 19 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 bowed bass. The music of duke ellington helped define jazz music in america, and this swingin medley brings the dukes magic to your concert stage.
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