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Tune:RomaineComposer:im Hal lTranscription:tartsat 0'59";ends at 2'25"Tempo: alfnote= 112From healbum: imHall n Berlin:t 'sNiceTo BeWithYou

Leader f the session:imHallRecorded:une27128, 969;TeldecStudios, erlin,Germany

CD:MPS843035-2

This s my favorite im Hall album,perhaps ecauset was my firstexposureo hisplaying. Hallperformsn a trio sett ingwith bassist immyWoodeand drummer

DanielHumair. As the linernotesby producer oachimBerendt tateHallplayswith". . .c lar i ty,pur i ty,sensibi l i ty,aste"; ruer wordswere neverwri t ten.

"Romaine"is oneof Hall 'smost ecognizableunes, nd t is oftenplayed s a bal lad.

But in this recording, al lplays Romaine"with a 212samba eel. This soloclearly

il lustrates all 'suse of smallmelodicmotifs o builda solo. Observe is frequentemploymentf a dotted uarter ote ollowed y an eighth ote. Seehow he

melodicdeas n measures - 4 areechoedn measures 7 - 20.

Listen losely o the numerous lissandosmployedo obtainhis unique pick-less"

timbre. Hallonce old me that he strivedo makehis guitar inessound ike enor

saxophonistenWebster.An examples bar 12,beat4, wherehe slideshis efthand

finger rom B to C to C# instead f usinga separateinger or eachnote.

Measures 7 - 40,and measures 7 - 80 are nterestings Halldrones penstrings

whi leplaying melodicineon other t r ings.Thissame echniques used or hissoloon "Up,Up,andAway" rom hesamealbum.

Measure 5, beat 1 is Hall 'smost requently sedchordvoicing. Constructedf two

fourths nd a major hirdon top, his voicing ervesmanypurposes;n this case, t

serves s a Dm11 hord. Dependingn the bassnote, hisversatileoicing anbe

heardas Bbmaj13, b6/9+11,r G9sus4.Measure 4,beat4, (A13-9)s another

favorite hordvoicingof Hall.

Like all jazz transcriptions,he writtennotation annotprecisely ocumenthemany hythmic nd melodic ubtl eties f Jim Hall 's olo.Be ce rtain o listen o the

recording hen studyinghis transcription.

Transcribedy MichaelPettersenrevised anuary 005)

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MichaelPettersens a jazz guitarist esidingn Evanston,l l inois.Currently e is on

the playing oster f f ive big bands n the Chicago rea, ncludinghe ArtsCenter

JazzEnsemble ndChicago azzOrchestra.He has a BA in Music rom he Universitof l l l inois t Urbana herehe played uitar nd banjo n the U of I JazzBand,directed y JohnGarvey,rom 1970 o 1975.

Michaels the co-foundernd editorof an educationalebsitehat honorsBasie

guitar istFreddieGreen:http: / /www.freddiegreen.org

Michael'sirstexposureo Jim Hallwas in 1970whenhe purchasedhe album lt 's

Nice o Be WithYou:Jim Hall n Berlin"; e became n instantan. ln 1972and n

1973, im Hallvisited he Urbana ampuso playconcerts ith he U of I JazzBand.Not onlydid Michael et to meetand hearHall,he also receivedwo guitar essons

from Jim that quicklymproved ll aspects f his playing.

ln 2004,Michael's ife,Jamie,presented im with a SadowskyJimHall"guitaras a

fifteenth edding nniversaryift . With his new guitar,Michael ow is able o playjazz solosequal o any soloof Jim Hall....asongas Jim firstcreateshe soloso thatMichael an transcribet!

Thankyou,Jim Hall, or manyyearsof inspirationnd superbazz.

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ROMAINE Jim Hal l

CD : MPS 843 035-2

Dm7

3ocm6 C m + 5

Dm7

Am7

G pedal tone

droneopenD and G with octaveson @@.

c6G pedaltone

c+5



G7

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Am6

6 3G m 6

67 Gm6

Cm+5

Bm 7- 5 E7

Am7

G 6

G m + 5

Gm +5

C m + 5 Cm6

droneopenG withmelody n 4th string

G m + 5

G m + 5

G pedal one

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