Michel Petrucciani Take The A Train — Transcription !new!

Petrucciani rarely plays every beat of the stride. He leaves holes. In a transcription, these rests are crucial. Many amateur transcribers fill in the silence with quarter notes, ruining the groove. The transcription must show where he doesn't play. His left hand often "falls up the stairs"—a glissando effect that is impossible to notate perfectly. Most professional transcriptions mark this as a squiggly line with "sim."

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