Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby Sheet Music (Page 5 of 5) in pdf

Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby Sheet Music Page 5

last chorus to Coda

maj7

7/13

b9/b13

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maj7

7/b5

maj7

7/#9

6/9

for next chorus

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Coda

take 1, 1961

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slowly

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Editorial notes:

This transcription is based mainly on the recordings from "New Jazz Conceptions" (1956), the two takes from "Waltz

for Debby" (1961), and a BBC recording from 1965. My aim was to combine the best elements of these early recordings

in an idealized and well playable version. In order to make it playable for piano solo I have incorporated the bass into

the left hand. Small notes show variants or bass notes.

Bill Evans changed some characteristics of the primal version and kept them in all or most of the later versions.

It seems that he regarded these changes as improvements.

The most important changes are:

- In the oldest version the chord in m. 4 and m.52 is E7. In some of the later versions it is C9 instead. I have used both

possibilities.

- The passage m. 14-16: instead of the eighth notes of the primary version most later versions use quarter notes. This is

clearly superior, it provides more sereneness and consistency.

The chords in m.14 have changed completely and are consistent in most of the later versions.

- In m. 62-65 all versions differ strongly. I chose elements from various versions which appeared to me appropriate for

a printable edition.

th.mueller_hofheim@gmx.de

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