SONG BOOK IN DIFFERENT KEYS


1. WHY TRANSPOSING?

  1. Different instruments read in different keys, as annoying as it may sound: trumpet, soprano sax and tenor sax are in B\(\flat\), alto sax and baritone sax are in E\(\flat\). It means that when a tenor sax sees a C on a score, he actually plays a B\(\flat\). If we want to play a given tune with this type of character, we need to provide them with a transposed score.
  2. Being a Tele player, I love to tune my guitar down a half step (E\(\flat\) standard) or even a whole step (D standard). It happens to be easier to transpose the tunes rather than learning the new notes on the neck. Thus, when I play in E\(\flat\) standard tuning, I read scores for B instruments, and in D standard, I read B\(\flat\) scores.

The scores below have been automatically transposed from a single lilypond file per song. I have a quite complicated set-up in bash looping over tunes and keys and calling lilypond, LaTeX, ImageMagick and emacs-org. It takes a few minutes to run for the whole repertoire, but it is easy to update.


2. BUNDLE PDF FILE

All the tunes in one booklet.

  • For C instruments: PDF.
  • For B instruments: PDF.
  • For B\(\flat\) instruments: PDF.
  • For E\(\flat\) instruments: PDF.

3. INDIVIDUAL TUNES

Title Composer C B B\(\flat\) E\(\flat\)
Afro Blue Mongo SANTAMARIA HTML HTML HTML HTML
Alfie's Theme Sonny ROLLINS HTML HTML HTML HTML
All Blues Miles DAVIS HTML HTML HTML HTML
All Night Long Kenny BURRELL HTML HTML HTML HTML
All the Things You Are Oscar HAMMERSTEIN & Jerome KERN HTML HTML HTML HTML
Les Amoureux des Bancs Publics Georges BRASSENS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Amsterdam Jacques BREL HTML HTML HTML HTML
Au Privave Charlie PARKER HTML HTML HTML HTML
Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) Jacques PRÉVERT & Joseph KOSMA HTML HTML HTML HTML
Awa Henri TEXIER HTML HTML HTML HTML
Beatrice Sam RIVERS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Bernie'sTune Bernie MILLER HTML HTML HTML HTML
Billie's Bounce Charlie PARKER HTML HTML HTML HTML
Birk's Works Dizzy GILLESPIE HTML HTML HTML HTML
Blackbird John LENNON & Paul McCARTNEY HTML HTML HTML HTML
Black Hole Sun Chris CORNELL HTML HTML HTML HTML
Black Narcissus Joe HENDERSON HTML HTML HTML HTML
Black Orpheus (Manhã de Carnaval) Luiz BONFÁ & Antonio MARIA HTML HTML HTML HTML
Blue Bossa Kenny DORHAM HTML HTML HTML HTML
Blue in Green Miles DAVIS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Blue Monk Thelonious MONK HTML HTML HTML HTML
Blues for Alice Charlie PARKER HTML HTML HTML HTML
Body and Soul Johnny GREEN HTML HTML HTML HTML
Bright Size Life Pat METHENY HTML HTML HTML HTML
Cantaloupe Island Herbie HANCOCK HTML HTML HTML HTML
Caravan Duke ELLINGTON HTML HTML HTML HTML
Chameleon Herbie HANCOCK HTML HTML HTML HTML
Cherokee Ray NOBLE HTML HTML HTML HTML
The Chicken Pee Wee ELLIS HTML HTML HTML HTML
C Jam Blues Duke ELLINGTON HTML HTML HTML HTML
Cold Duck Time Eddie HARRIS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Crazy Race Roy HARGROVE HTML HTML HTML HTML
D Natural Blues Wes MONTGOMERY HTML HTML HTML HTML
The Days of Wine and Roses Henry MANCINI HTML HTML HTML HTML
Delilah Jay LIVINGSTON, Victor YOUNG & Raymond B. EVANS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Django John LEWIS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Donna Lee Charlie PARKER (or maybe Miles DAVIS, no one really knows) HTML HTML HTML HTML
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? Eddie DE LANGE & Louis ALTER HTML HTML HTML HTML
Equinox John COLTRANE HTML HTML HTML HTML
Falling Grace Steve SWALLOW HTML HTML HTML HTML
Fly Me to the Moon Bart HOWARD HTML HTML HTML HTML
Four on Six Wes MONTGOMERY HTML HTML HTML HTML
Freddie the Freeloader Miles DAVIS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Full House Wes MONTGOMERY HTML HTML HTML HTML
Georgia on my Mind Hoagy CARMICHAEL & Stuart GORRELL HTML HTML HTML HTML
Giant Steps John COLTRANE HTML HTML HTML HTML
Girl Talk Neil HEFTI HTML HTML HTML HTML
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles MINGUS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Green Dolphin Street Bronisław KAPER & Ned WASHINGTON HTML HTML HTML HTML
Hallelujah Leonard COHEN HTML HTML HTML HTML
Happy Birthday Patty & Mildred HILL HTML HTML HTML HTML
Heart-Shaped Box Kurt COBAIN HTML HTML HTML HTML
The House of the Rising Sun Alan PRICE HTML HTML HTML HTML
Idle Moments Duke PEARSON HTML HTML HTML HTML
I Got Rhythm George & Ira GERSHWIN HTML HTML HTML HTML
Impressions John COLTRANE HTML HTML HTML HTML
Isn't She Lovely Stevie WONDER HTML HTML HTML HTML
La Javanaise Serge GAINSBOURG HTML HTML HTML HTML
Jean-Pierre Miles DAVIS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Jordu Duke JORDAN HTML HTML HTML HTML
Joy Spring Clifford BROWN HTML HTML HTML HTML
Just Friends John KLENNER & Sam LEWIS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Lady Bird Tadd DAMERON HTML HTML HTML HTML
La Mer Charles TRENET & Albert LASRY HTML HTML HTML HTML
Mercy Mercy Mercy Joe ZAWINUL HTML HTML HTML HTML
Minor Swing Django REINHARDT & Stéphane GRAPPELLI HTML HTML HTML HTML
Moanin' Bobby TIMMONS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Mr. P. C. John COLTRANE HTML HTML HTML HTML
My Favorite Things Richard RODGERS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Nardis Miles DAVIS HTML HTML HTML HTML
A Night in Tunisia Dizzy GILLESPIE HTML HTML HTML HTML
Nuages Django REINHARDT HTML HTML HTML HTML
Oleo Sonny ROLLINS HTML HTML HTML HTML
One by One Wayne SHORTER HTML HTML HTML HTML
Pata Pata Miriam MAKÉBA HTML HTML HTML HTML
Pent-Up House Sonny ROLLINS HTML HTML HTML HTML
The Pink Panther Henry MANCINI HTML HTML HTML HTML
Relaxin' at Camarillo Charlie PARKER HTML HTML HTML HTML
Road Song Wes MONTGOMERY HTML HTML HTML HTML
Saint James Infirmary Don REDMAN & Irving MILLS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Saint Thomas Sonny ROLLINS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Sandu Clifford BROWN HTML HTML HTML HTML
Satin Doll Duke ELLINGTON HTML HTML HTML HTML
Seven Steps to Heaven Miles DAVIS & Victor FELDMAN HTML HTML HTML HTML
Sister Sadie Horace SILVER HTML HTML HTML HTML
Smells Like Teen Spirit Kurt COBAIN HTML HTML HTML HTML
Solar Miles DAVIS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Someday my Prince Will Come Frank CHURCHILL & Larry MOREY HTML HTML HTML HTML
Song for my Father Horace SILVER HTML HTML HTML HTML
Soulful Roy HARGROVE HTML HTML HTML HTML
So What Miles DAVIS HTML HTML HTML HTML
Spain Chick COREA HTML HTML HTML HTML
Spiritual Josh HADEN HTML HTML HTML HTML
Stella by Starlight Ned WASHINGTON & Victor YOUNG HTML HTML HTML HTML
Stolen Moments Oliver NELSON HTML HTML HTML HTML
Stompin' at the Savoy Benny GOODMAN, Chick WEBB & Edgar SAMPSON HTML HTML HTML HTML
Straight, no Chaser Thelonious MONK HTML HTML HTML HTML
Strasbourg St Denis Roy HARGROVE HTML HTML HTML HTML
Summertime George & Ira GERSHWIN HTML HTML HTML HTML
Sunny Bobby HEBB HTML HTML HTML HTML
Take the A Train Duke ELLINGTON HTML HTML HTML HTML
There Will Never Be Another You Harry WARREN & Mack GORDON HTML HTML HTML HTML
Things Ain't What They Used to Be Duke ELLINGTON HTML HTML HTML HTML
Time After Time Cyndi LAUPER & Robert HYMAN HTML HTML HTML HTML
Tune Up Miles DAVIS HTML HTML HTML HTML
La Vie en Rose LOUIGUY, Marguerite MONNOT & Edith PIAF HTML HTML HTML HTML
Whisper Not Benny GOLSON HTML HTML HTML HTML
Yardbird Suite Charlie PARKER HTML HTML HTML HTML
Yesterday John LENNON & Paul McCARTNEY HTML HTML HTML HTML
You and the Night and the Music Howard DIETZ & Arthur SCHWARTZ HTML HTML HTML HTML

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Author: F. Galliano
Last update: 07 juin 2024