Round Midnight Thelonious Monk
Subject: m/thelonious_monk/round_midnight.crd
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 15:34:22 +0100 (BST)
Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
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arranged by Howard Wright
H.Wright@astro.cf.ac.uk
I worked out these chords by listening to two versions of the song
I've got - one with Monk playing solo at the piano, and another with
him and drums, bass, horns etc.
The two versions aren't exactly the same - but I've tried to find
the common ground between them to get a 'basic' arrangement.
You can play around with the chords, jazzing them up a bit, but the ones
I'll give at the start are the 'basics'.
Within the versions I've got, there's a lot of variation in the chords.
Especially Monk's playing at the piano - he seems to love adding flat
5ths to every other chord !!!
In fact, if you want to increase the 'Monk factor', instead of playing
straight 7ths, play 7-5 chords instead.
E.g in the intro chords instead of : Am7-5 D7 Gm7-5 C7 etc
You could play : Am7-5 D7-5 Gm7-5 C7-5
Intro :
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[Am7-5] [D7] [Gm7-5] [C7]
E---------8------8-------------------------6------6------------| B---4-6-8----8-6----8-6-7------------2-4-6----6-4---6-4-5------| G--------------------------------------------------------------| D--------------------------------------------------------------| A--------------------------------------------------------------| E--------------------------------------------------------------|
[Fm7-5] [Bb7]
E--------4------4-------------------------------------------------------| B--0-2-4----4-2----4-2-3------------------------------------------------| G-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 :
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[Ebm] [Ebm/D] [Ebm/Db] [Cm6] [Abm7] [Db7] [Ebm6] [Bm7] [E7] [Bbm7] [Eb7]
E----------6-----------------6--------------6--9--8-------------------------| B--------6---7--------------------9-------7----------------10---9---9----8--| G------8---------------8----------------8---------------8-------------------| D----8--------------8-------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Abm7 Db9 Ebm* Ab7-5 Cm7-5 F7 Bb7-5
E--------11---14---13----------------------------------------------| B-----12---------------14---11-------------------------------------| G--13--------------------------------------11---10----8h9----------| D------------------------------------------------------------------| A------------------------------------------------------------------| E------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2 :
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Almost exactly the same - but play Gbmaj7 in the 3rd line
instead of Ebm*
[Ebm] [Ebm/D] [Ebm/Db] [Cm6] [Abm7] [Db7]
[Ebm6] [Bm7] [E7] [Bbm7] [Eb7]
[Abm7] [Db9] [Gbmaj7] [Ab7-5]
[Cm7-5] [F7] [Bb7-5]
One small variation you can try is on the second line of chords.
Instead of staying on Ebm6 then going to Bm7, you could try this :
[Ebm6] [Ab7] [Bm7] [E7] [Bbm7] [Eb7]
The rest of the song repeats these chord changes - but breaks them up a bit
and varies them as the solos go over the top.
Chord Shapes :
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These are just suggested shapes - you could try others.
Note - I've included two alternatives for these chords : Bm7, Bbm7, E7, Eb7
[EADGBE]5x554x [EADGBE]x5453x [EADGBE]3x332x [EADGBE]x3231x [EADGBE]1x110x [EADGBE]6x676x
[Am7-5] [D7] [Gm7-5] [C7] [Fm7-5] [Bb7]
[E]11 [A]9 [D]8 [G]x [B]x [E]x [E]10 [A]9 [D]8 [G]x [B]x [E]x [EADGBE]998xxx [EADGBE]8x78xx [EADGBE]464444
[Ebm] [Ebm/D] [Ebm/Db] [Cm6] [Abm7]
[EADGBE]x4342x [EADGBE]x6x576 [EADGBE]757xxx [EADGBE]056xxx [EADGBE]646xxx [EADGBE]x6564x
[Db7] [Ebm6] [Bm7] [E7] [Bbm7] [Eb7]
[EADGBE]x43444 [EADGBE]x68876 [EADGBE]4x453x [EADGBE]8x887x [EADGBE]x8786x [EADGBE]6x675x
Db9 Ebm* Ab7-5 Cm7-5 F7 Bb7-5
[EADGBE]2x332x [EADGBE]4x454x [EADGBE]797777 [EADGBE]076750 [EADGBE]686666 [EADGBE]x6564x
[Gbmaj7] [Ab7] [Bm7] [E7] [Bbm7] [Eb7]
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