This wes montgomery guitar lesson is breaking down parts of the. Btw, if you were wondering what the meaning of the song title four on six is, it refers to a 4 4. Wes montgomery wes montgomery with riverside coincided with an artistic growth spurt for wes montgomery, who went besame mucho. Heres a video of wes montgomery performing four on six. Montgomery recorded signature tunes four on six and west coast blues for riverside. Four on six is one of best known and most often covered composition by legendary jazz guitarist wes mongomery. The l7 was loaned to him by kenny burrell, together with a fender deluxe amp.
Free the elements of style strunk and white best of wes montgomery pdf. E maj7 fm7 f 7 e maj9g b m7 e 7 a maj7 gm7 fm7 gm7 a m7 d 11 7 e maj7 f m7 b7 fm7 b 11 e maj7 1. Octaves are playing the same note on two strings usually one octave apart. John leslie wes montgomery march 6, 1923 june 15, 1968 was an american jazz guitarist. Wes montgomery four on six i know this thread has cooled, but is there a tab for standard part of the song, including mandolin chords. When wes montgomery introduced octaves in his playing that sweet sound gained him immediate attention. Includes guitar recorded versions with tab for guitar in g minor.
My transcription of wes montgomerys solo over four on six from smokin at the half note. Provided to youtube by universal music group four on six pat martino remember tribute to wes montgomery. Music notes for leadsheet melodychords only sheet music by wes montgomery. Wes montgomery unit 7 sheet music in c major download. Transcription of four on six live by wes montgomery. Montgomery four on six sheet music for guitar tablature. Watch the video, get the download or listen to wes montgomery caravan for freeplay guitar. Wes montgomery tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including four on six, days of wine and roses, in your own sweet way, far wes, bumpin. Four on six by wes montgomery digital sheet music for. If you run up this chordscale, you will quickly hear a sound which harkens the chord solos of wes montgomery. On acoustics album, he merges different genres like jazz, bluegrass and folk, which would become later on known as new acoustic music. Keep on file card number we do not keep any of your sensitive credit card information on file with us unless you ask us to after this purchase is complete.
Wes montgomery guitar tab guitar pro guitar chords. Album was recorded soon after rice left david grisman quintet to pursue his own music. Includes west coast blues, canadian sunset, fried pies, sundown, angel eyes, besame mucha, cariba, days of wine and roses, four on six, freddie freeloader, tear it down, and others. Wes montgomery four on six the incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly.
Wes montgomery four on six chords learn the song with the online tablature player. Get wes montgomery four on six sheet music notes, chords. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. This is a direct transcription of the real book sheet version. The transcription package comes in a 34 pages pdf file with notation and tab plus a code for the course on. Other guitars wes montgomery played a gibson l7 on the recordings of the wes montgomery trio 1959. Hal leonard digital sheet music at sheet music plus. Wes montgomery s octave solos are perhaps the most distinctive part of his sound, but nearly all of his solos were like a three act play. In 1960, wes montgomery s album the incredible jazz guitar was released with on it two of his most famous compositions, west coast blues and four on six. It was covered by jeff goldblum and the mildred snitzer orchestra featuring anna calvi, dave cliff phil degreg, rolf jardemark, mimi fox and other artists. Print and download in pdf or midi four on six wes montgomery. Inspired by this article of dave liebman i decided not only transcribe and learn to play it but to make more detailed analysis. Pdf the reception and impact of wes montgomerys music. A7 blues from acoustic blues guitar essentials bookcd.
Four on six written by wes montgomery secondhandsongs. Certain key signatures, techniques and chord inversions work idiomatically, more suitably and widely appropriated for jazz blues. I have always enjoyed reading and looking at the transcriptions in downbeat magazine over the years. Four on six is a great song to play and your audience will love it. File type icon file name description size revision time user. The reception and impact of wes montgomery s music. Acoustics is an album by american guitarist tony rice, released originally on november 30, 1978. Efour on six as recorded by wes montgomery from the 1960 album the incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery.
The song four on six was written by wes montgomery and was first recorded and released by wes montgomery with tommy flanagan, percy heath, albert heath in 1960. Music notes for guitar tab sheet music by wes montgomery. Besame mucho by wes montgomery discover this songs samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Tommy flanagan, percy heath and albert heath artist wes montgomery. I have compiled a collection of 26 solos featuring jazz greats herbie hancock, booker little, max roach, grant green, stan getz, slide hampton, thelonious monk, jackie mclean, cuong vu, clifford brown, roy haynes, woody. This is a fun, uptempo, hooky song that every jazz guitarist should know. If four on six can be called wes montgomery s most famous selfpenned tune although he wrote a few other great ones west coast blues jumps to mind, then his solo on smokin at the half note is almost certainly his most famous solo on the tune. In 1960, wes montgomerys album the incredible jazz guitar was released with on it two of his most famous compositions, west coast blues and four on. Transpose printable folk composition or download, save as pdf. Wes montgomery four on six sheet music notes and chords arranged for guitar tab. Wes montgomery four on six live transcription youtube. Support me on patreon and get all pdf files for the normal price of one. Four on six is a great song to play and your audience. Gibson made 3 custom guitars for wes montgomery, but they only had 2 differences compared to standard l5s.
Four on six for guitar solo, intermediate guitar sheet music. First, he started with single lines, then he moved to octaves, finally he moved to chords. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as django reinhardt and charlie christian and influencing countless others, including george benson, kenny burrell, royce campbell, grant green, jimi hendrix, steve howe, russell. Here you can find more about the best web sites that offer free and paid solo transcriptions. Four on six for guitar tablature, intermediate sheet music. Your highresolution pdf file will be ready to download in the original. Four on six tab by wes montgomery songsterr tabs with rhythm. Theres never been a guitarist better than wes montgomery. Four on six guitar tab by wes montgomery with free online tab player. White learn guitar free fingerstyle guitar tabs pdf design and analysis of. Four on six, wes montgomery, smokin at the half note 1965 four on six montgomery.
It was first released on 1960 incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery album recorded with tommy flanagan, bassist percy heath and drummer albert tootie heath. Four on six sheet music for guitar download free in pdf. Wes montgomery four on six the incredible jazz guitar. Fm9 e7 9 e maj7 6 fim b 7 5 solo break 1 four miles davis. Wes montgomery four on six guitar tab in g minor download. I hope you will enjoy it and pdf with tabsnotation is ready here for you so no excuses. Wes montgomery four on six sheet music notes, chords. If you are looking for a specific solo that you cant find here or in these other sites,please do not ask me if i know where you can find it,because i. Four on six is to me the wes montgomery piece, and it is also the one that i have learned the most solos with the 3 different versions. Wes montgomery four on six sheet music pdf notes, chords. This page lists 476 guitar solo transcriptions that are available somewhere on the internet. Check out besame mucho album version by wes montgomery on amazon music. Four on six sheet music composed by wes montgomery 1 of 1 pages. Album the incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery with tommy flanaga.
Print and download wes montgomery four on six guitar recorded versions with tab. Includes four lessons, the head, 2 solos and improv insights. You can see the sheet music in realtime, listen to the audio, slow down the music, view the live fretboard and much more. In fact, more than a few big band arrangements of four on six use bits and pieces of his solo in different locations. Full house is a song by wes montgomery from the album full house. This is a relatively easy song and learning it will give a lot of goodies. In 1960 wes montgomery s album the incredible jazz guitar was released with on it two of his most famous compositions, west coast blues and four on six. Rich will show you up close, slowly and in detail 16 different wes montgomery style jazz octave licks in these video lessons.
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