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Wynton Marsalis Happy Birthday Improv

The document is a musical transcription of Wynton Marsalis playing an improvised version of "Happy Birthday". It contains musical notation including notes, rhythms, and chord changes played over the song's melody and harmony. The transcription spans 38 measures and documents Marsalis's jazz interpretation and improvisation of the well-known birthday tune.

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939 views4 pages

Wynton Marsalis Happy Birthday Improv

The document is a musical transcription of Wynton Marsalis playing an improvised version of "Happy Birthday". It contains musical notation including notes, rhythms, and chord changes played over the song's melody and harmony. The transcription spans 38 measures and documents Marsalis's jazz interpretation and improvisation of the well-known birthday tune.

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Happy

Birthday

  4   
Wynton Marsalis Playing Happy Birthday - transcription of the improvisation

Bb  4                
 = 140
Swing A A D A

 4       
Bb
 4
     

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Bb                  
   
6 A D

      
Bb 
   

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 G     
Bb                 

Gm

 
D


10 D

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Bb
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Bb                     
  
14
D A D A
3

       
Bb
  

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Bb          
      
18
B D A

      
   
3

Bb

       
Bb                      
22 A D

      
Bb
   

 
Bb           
   
               
G m


26 D D G

       
 
Bb 

                   
Bb           
D


30 A D A

       
Bb
  
   
Bb                      
C


34 D A

      
   
3

Bb

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Bb               
     

  
  
38 A D

      
Bb
   

 
Bb     
                  
 
G m

      
42 D  D G

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 
Bb 

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Bb             
46
D A D A

       
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Bb       
D


50 D A

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Bb
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54 A D

      
Bb 
   

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                  
58 D D G G m

       
 
Bb 

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Bb 
  
D

 
62
3 A

       
Bb 
  

2
         
Bb              
E
66 D A

      
Bb
   

                         
Bb      
70 A D

      
Bb
   

  
Bb                       
G m

       
74 D D G

       
 
Bb


   
Bb                          
78
D A D A

       
Bb
  

   
Bb          
    
 

  

  
F
82 D A

      
Bb
   

           
Bb                   

86 A D

      
   
3

Bb

         
             
Bb        
D G m


90 D G

       
 
Bb 
3 3




          
        
D


94 A D A


Bb

        
Bb 
 

3
 
                   
  
Bb 
          
98 D A

      
Bb 
   

    
Bb   
102 A D

      
Bb
   

        
Bb           
G m


106 D D G

       
 
Bb


    
Bb   
110
D A D A

       
Bb
  

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