Barry Galbraith Original
Chord Melody Arrangements
Transcribed from his handwritten charts
Barry Galbraith 's legacy is a tremendous body of jazz guitar works. Here is a piece of knowledge that can't be found in publications : original chord melodies that he gave to his students.
This section of the website host many original (and unrealeased) chord melody arrangements by the late Barry Galbraith.
The original *handwritten* charts can be found here. Many thanks to Andy Polon for posting them on the web in the first place.
On JazzGuitarLessons.net you will find cleaner PDF versions of the same arrangements (yes note for note) that have been inputed into a music software. Enjoy!
Each link below will open a new window in your browser, showing you the PDF of the Galbraith arrangement for jazz standard you selected. Have fun! Let me know if you have questions / comments or if you'd like to mention typos you found from the originals.
Songs
Alone Together (2)
As Time Goes By
Autumn in New York
Bad and the Beautiful
Blues
Born to be Blue
Dancing on the Ceiling
Darn That Dream
Dolphin Dance
Easy Living
Embraceable You
Have You Met Miss Jones ?
I Should Care
My Romance
The Duke
When Sunny Gets Blue
Books
Some of the best jazz guitar books on the market were written by Barry Galbraith. See my review of his "Jazz Guitar Study Serie" here ...
Few More Tips and Tricks
If you work through the above chord melodies, you'll surely come across many obstacles. The first difficulty is fingerings : you're on your own there. Find where it's optimal to play one chord (or a series of chords) and play it the same way every time. You can even take notes on the chart itself.
The second problem is that of chord names. Simply as a gymnastic, you should be able to spell out the changes from what's written. You can (perhaps) also write this down in pencil on your Barry Galbraith charts. You'll be amazed : discovering new chord shapes has never been so easy! (-:
Lastly, there might be some typos in the scores. I tried to copy the chords note-by-note from photocopies... some illegible copies even. If you find anything that just *does not fit*, please contact me, it might be a mistake or an un-readable part of the original score.
Have fun! (-:
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Jazz Guitar Chords and Jazz Harmony
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