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I have started to transcribe a soprano solo by Budd Johnson - it's a wonderful version of Summertime that he recorded with Earl Hines, and I wanted to try to play it for this month's recording thread. I can't find this track to link to on YouTube, but do search it out as it's excellent.
The tempo starts at about 64 bpm for the head and then it goes into double time - the rhythm section are playing eight quaver beats to the bar and the sax is playing lots of demi-semi quavers.
I am using Transcribe! software and Sibelius for the notation. I have started out transcribing it as normal, but there is lots and lots of black ink and it will be quite complex to read in terms of rests, beats and subdivision.
I guess that there are no rules about how to do this, but what do you think would be best ? Maybe I could carry on as I am, or I could double the number of bars or I could have bars of 8/4 at 128 bpm.
Rhys
PS I would also like to make a backing track with Band in a Box that goes into double time for a couple of choruses, but have no idea how to do that, or if it is even possible.
The tempo starts at about 64 bpm for the head and then it goes into double time - the rhythm section are playing eight quaver beats to the bar and the sax is playing lots of demi-semi quavers.
I am using Transcribe! software and Sibelius for the notation. I have started out transcribing it as normal, but there is lots and lots of black ink and it will be quite complex to read in terms of rests, beats and subdivision.
I guess that there are no rules about how to do this, but what do you think would be best ? Maybe I could carry on as I am, or I could double the number of bars or I could have bars of 8/4 at 128 bpm.
Rhys
PS I would also like to make a backing track with Band in a Box that goes into double time for a couple of choruses, but have no idea how to do that, or if it is even possible.