Customer Reviews for Transcribed Scores - Volume 1
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Zach
Location: from Ventura, CA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
August 19, 2011
Incredible!!
This book is absolutely perfect! Every little thing in the recording is here in standard notation. If you love Chicago (Which i do), then this book is perfect for you.
7 of 16 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
April 4, 2009
Perfect
These scores are exactly as you hear them on the record. A fantastic volume. My only complaint is the guitar part is written in normal music notation, but that separates the men from the boys I guess. Very helpful, keep up the good work!
11 of 22 people found this review helpful.
Roge Crandon
Location: from Wichita, Kansas
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
February 23, 2009
nicely done
These scores are well written and the details of the solos are well done.
18 of 30 people found this review helpful.
Kharellion
Location: from Odessa, Tx
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
December 11, 2008
Chicago transcribed scores
Great volume. Music was exactly like you have heard it in the past. Some of the solos would have been very difficult to transcribe by ear only, with this volume there was no guess work.
15 of 31 people found this review helpful.
Phil
Location: from Inland Empire, Ca.
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
July 25, 2008
Good.....but not quite there..
This is a great effort and work with the horn parts transcribed to their respective keys, however there ARE some mistaken rythmns and voicings here and there. For example "25 or 6 to 4" the 13th bar has trumpet playing an 8th- quarter figure when in actuality it's either a quarter triplet or straight 8ths with a tie in the middle. I have "90's" video of Chicago seemingly playing the triplet but the recording sounds like straight 8ths and of course the old 70's book has straight 8ths written. Some of this latter Chicago video shows they also have added horn riffs/licks that aren't on the original recordings either, which of course is their perogative. Bob was/is right about the concert pitch sketch scores from the 70's(which I have)are probably more correct, but even THEY have mistakes and omitted sections here/there too. Both book sets are a good "guide" but don't blindly just accept them as gospel. One still needs to verify everything with the recordings as best you can.
14 of 24 people found this review helpful.
Bill Condiff
Location: from Philadelphia Pa
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
November 12, 2007
Its what It Is
These books are exactly what they are intended to be, "A Sketch Score". Being a professional orchestrator I often get sketches of piano works with the composer's ideas sketched within the piano score. Its the job of the orchestrator to realize the sketched intentions and interpret the setting for orchestra. On the other hand, the arranger is more often concerned with the individual parts within the music and how the overall tonality and dynamics are realized. There is a vast difference between these two creative endeavors. One is not more important that the other, just different. Therefore; these books are what they are. Nothing more and nothing less than very good transcriptions in sketch format.
14 of 23 people found this review helpful.
Mike Dezavelle
Location: from New Mexico
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
October 26, 2007
Just as Advertised
You will enjoy this book if you are a MIDI nut as I am and have the patience to sit down and program the drums and horns as written. You'll be amazed at how real it sounds and will have a blast adding the live stuff like bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals, etc. It really is all there as far as I can tell!
5 of 10 people found this review helpful.
Rummy
Location: from St. John Indiana
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
April 6, 2006
Great Books For Cover Bands
My band and I used this book for the talent show at our school and played the song 25 or 6 to 4 and it was perfect. The book wasnt hard to read because its laid out just like a score for a wind ensemble piece. I would highly recommend this item for any aspiring chicago player. BTW the trombone parts in all the songs are amazing and really fun to play.( Im a the trombone player)
5 of 10 people found this review helpful.
stuhawk
Location: from Thousand Oaks, CA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
July 7, 2003
Well done!
I found the "Chicago: Transcribed Scores" (volumes 1 & 2) to be quite accurate and easy to follow. I did not find the faults that were noted by some of the other more negative reviews of this product. It was exactly what I was looking for.
5 of 11 people found this review helpful.
Ken Jones
Location: from Litchfield, CT
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
July 26, 2002
Horn parts difficult to follows
The layout of this book is most different. Someone who can read music will find themselves lost trying to follow the course of the song. Otherwise, a good complete song book.
4 of 9 people found this review helpful.
Ryan Cupp
Location: from Ludington, MI
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
August 3, 2001
Long live Chicago!
If you are looking for a great collection of music without the "traditional" piano/voice/chord arrangements, this book is for you. The parts are excellently done, and the sound is almost exactly like the band sounded in the 70s. Whoever did these books is to be commended and should continue to punch these out.
5 of 17 people found this review helpful.
Bob Baader
Location: from Chicago, Illinois
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
March 8, 2001
incomplete at best
The people who put the two volumes of "transcribed" scores together slapped it together or don't have experience with horns. There are unison lines where all three horns are playing, but only one or two parts are notated. GET REAL! The Blood Sweat & Tears book of similar content had horn parts separated on their own pages for performance. Not the Chicago books. The Chicago books are, at best, a reference. Otherwise, they were a letdown. The Chicago sketch score books of the 1970's were more specific on the horn lines. If you find them on ebay, buy them instead or wait until they re-edit these books and do the job correctly.
13 of 25 people found this review helpful.