Tower of Power charts

bradjonesbass · #1 05-31-2007, 07:46 AM

Does anybody know how to get ahold of some Tower of Power charts? Especially horn charts. Figuring out the changes isn't too bad and Rocco's pretty much playing stacatto 16th's on R-V lines, but the horns are killing me trying to chart them out for a horn section.

NJL · #2 05-31-2007, 09:35 AM

i think there's a forum at www.bumpcity.com... to my understanding, this was the ToP website..

Good Luck!

BassChuck · #3 05-31-2007, 10:17 AM

Another thing you might try if you or a friend has some sequencing software. Download the files from the internet. I did a Google for "Tower of Power MIDI" and got quite a few hits where most of the major hits could be downloaded in MIDI format. After that open them in any sequencing software and the track are separate. If there is a function to see the tracks in music notation, you've got the problem licked. There might be some rhythmic things you'll want to re-work, but most of it should be close enough that you'll save a whole lot of time from taking them down by ear.

Good luck.

bradjonesbass · #4 05-31-2007, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by BassChuck

Another thing you might try if you or a friend has some sequencing software. Download the files from the internet. I did a Google for "Tower of Power MIDI" and got quite a few hits where most of the major hits could be downloaded in MIDI format. After that open them in any sequencing software and the track are separate. If there is a function to see the tracks in music notation, you've got the problem licked. There might be some rhythmic things you'll want to re-work, but most of it should be close enough that you'll save a whole lot of time from taking them down by ear.

Good luck.

Good idea! Why didn't I think of that?