Blue Monk

Made by Thelonius Monk.

Notes:

• The chorus template is (in order):
  1. 4 bar theme
  2. Variant
  3. Highly Syncopated with a lot of blue notes
     1. Still running off the main 4 bar theme though.
  4. 6 note cluster motif
     1. Using a lot of blobby motifs, with dissonance.
  5. Linear Blues line
  6. Spacious Variation
     1. There's entire measures of silence so that it acts as a break from the previous choruses
  7. Variation - repeat note
     1. Repeats chorus 2
  8. Flurry of Notes - repeated phrase
     1. Mainly runs like he's a sax player.
  9. Clashy improv notes, space
     1. Like two solos being played that want to go do different ideas.
  10. A lot of Art Blakey
      1. Here Thelonius Monk takes a backseat, but Blakey adds some rhythmic variation to his playing so the solo has to be a bit different.
  11. Rapid fire notes
      1. Almost like Trumpet Style, influenced by Earl Hines
  12. Sparse and dissonant
      1. The chords almost don't agree, but they largely do (mainly the 7th? that doesn't agree, it's like a major 7th)
  13. Dissonant
      1. Much like (12)
  14. Vaguely repeats the main theme
      1. It's more cut than anything, like there's parts of the melody that are forgotten.
  15. 4 note variant
      1. Continuing that line of thinking he is cutting more and more
  16. Empty
      1. ... until there is only a few notes left that die out ...
  17. Bass Solo (by Percy Heath)
      1. ... which sets up Percy's solo!
  18. (repeat Bass Solo)
  19. Drum Solo (3 choruses)
      1. A cool part is he is hitting the stick on the drum rim, but this is tightening the tension so that he can create a bend in the sound.
  20. (repeat Drum Solo)
  21. ...
  22. Theme again