Chameleon Changes

WJGreer · #1 01-09-2006, 07:39 AM

Does anyone have some sheet music with the changes for Herbie Hancock's Chameleon? Obviously most of the tune sits on B flat-E flat, but I need to pick out the changes to the weird 6/8 part towards the end. Help appreciated.

paintandsk8 · #2 01-09-2006, 08:16 PM

I have it at home, but not at school with me, I'll try to remember take a look at it next time I'm home.

WJGreer · #3 01-09-2006, 08:42 PM

Thanks.

bobbykokinos · #4 01-10-2006, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by WJGreer

Does anyone have some sheet music with the changes for Herbie Hancock's Chameleon? Obviously most of the tune sits on B flat-E flat, but I need to pick out the changes to the weird 6/8 part towards the end. Help appreciated.

The whole song is Bbmi7 and Eb7. There isnt any part in 6/8 according to my fake book

GrooveWarrior · #5 01-10-2006, 03:34 PM

Be careful. The last time I posted a thread about Chameleon it got hi-jacked all to he!! and then shut down!

paintandsk8 · #6 01-10-2006, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by bobbykokinos

The whole song is Bbmi7 and Eb7. There isnt any part in 6/8 according to my fake book

I think I know the part he is talking about, the time signature doesn't actually change, but there is a significan't change in feel and groove for a small section near the end of the song.

Bruce Lindfield · #7 01-11-2006, 03:36 AM

On the album version there is a long section with "real" bass and a great e-piano solo by Herbie - one of the truly great moments in Jazz fusion - Paul Jackson's bass line is really funky at that point!!!

WJGreer · #8 01-11-2006, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by paintandsk8

I think I know the part he is talking about, the time signature doesn't actually change, but there is a significan't change in feel and groove for a small section near the end of the song.

Exactly. I'm not sure it's technically a meter change, but the chord changes are certainly different in that spot. It's not on the fake book sheet - someone was nice enough to make that available to me.

Bruce Lindfield · #9 01-11-2006, 08:53 AM

OK so the tune is 15" 40' long on the album.

For about 7 mins it keeps to the same funky two chord vamp thing - then it start going into a change - descending figure.

Then all stop at 7"40' when it's just drums changing the feel completely, bass enters with a more urgent feel...

Then at 8"40' Herbie starts his piano solo and there are more Jazzy chords and a more relaxed feel - this carries on to 11"50' when the descending chord chages break it up - back to piano solos a few time - alternating feels a few times with chromatic chords - then stop at 13" 15' and back to the original figure, Sax solo and fade out.. !! Phew!!

So... which part are we talking about!!

narud · #10 01-17-2006, 01:41 PM

dont know if you still need this but heres something i wrote out a while ago. its kind of hard to read because i had to shrink it to fit as an attachment. the road map might be a little weird but if you listen along youll understand what i was getting at.

WJGreer · #11 01-18-2006, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by narud

dont know if you still need this but heres something i wrote out a while ago. its kind of hard to read because i had to shrink it to fit as an attachment. the road map might be a little weird but if you listen along youll understand what i was getting at.

Awesome. This looks to be very useful. Thanks very much.