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Peter B. 08-17-2014 10:55 AM

"The Fat Man" (Fats Domino) - a transcription
 
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After reading “Blue Monday” and unable to find a transcription of “The Fat Man” on the net I created this one (probably the only transcription I'm actually proud of) using various recordings and videos - played up to speed I can't stop rocking to it and find it great fun to play and sing along to.

btw the book was a real eyeopener - I had no idea just how powerful Fats Domino's influence was and still is on modern music – “The Fat Man”:- one of the first rock 'n' roll records. “Be My Guest”:- one of, if not the first, ska record.

rrayner 08-18-2014 02:52 AM

Re: "The Fat Man" (Fats Domino) - a transcription
 
WOW!! I was in High School when Fats first made himself known in New England, and I have heard a lot of his stuff, but this one is not familiar to me.

That being said, you have done a marvelous job of capturing the Fat Man's style. I can easily see him rockin' and rollin' on the piano bench as he belted this one out.

Great job!!

Ralph

herbert 08-18-2014 07:38 AM

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Hi Peter,

You have every reason to be proud of your transcription. Very well done. Most enjoyable. I remember the name from when I was in early high school, but was not particularly a fan of Fats Domino at the time.

Cheers,

Herbert

Peter B. 08-18-2014 11:30 AM

Re: "The Fat Man" (Fats Domino) - a transcription
 
Thanks for the kind comments - good to know someone else enjoy's it too.
Since Fats' energy is infectious, I've always wondered why the track's never had more airplay.

Ralph - here's Fats rockin' to it on youtube:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45qz2k5UeFE

Interesting to compare the original to a transcription by a classical pianist,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnSnmY3gaMM

btw anyone know why when the file is saved to midi the notation gets all messed up?

dj 08-18-2014 02:03 PM

Re: "The Fat Man" (Fats Domino) - a transcription
 
Hi, Peter:

Tried to post some comments on this yesterday but was having connection difficulties.

Very nice transcription. I was especially interested to see your inclusion of fingering marks, done in Free Text, which must have taken some painstaking work getting them placed just right.

My son was downstairs playing some barrel-house blues on the piano while I was looking at it, so I printed it out and he had some fun with it before heading off to work. He passes his congratulations to you.

Differences between your .not file and a .mid save (and re-load) could be in part due to your Transcription Options settings in the Setup menu. However, there will be some small changes when Composer re-transcribes a piece, due to judgement calls it makes with things like triplets and so on.

Keep 'em coming!

David

Reinhold H. 08-18-2014 04:07 PM

Re: "The Fat Man" (Fats Domino) - a transcription
 
Hi Peter,

there is also a very fast version of this song on YouTube. Please see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeWmMJ-J45c

I took the liberty and changed the speed from your 128 to 148 of that video. :)

What a great arrangement of a Rock 'n Roll song.

Congratulation and thanks for sharing.

Reinhold

Peter B. 08-21-2014 01:57 PM

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One for the purists...
After getting into the swing of playing the piece have made a couple of changes to improve the flow in the right hand and it to roll more easily:- one note omitted in bar 9 (and in same phrase throughout) and altered the chord in bar 81.
Final pdf attached for those who're interested.

mgj32 08-23-2014 08:22 AM

Re: "The Fat Man" (Fats Domino) - a transcription
 
Hi Peter,
I don't remember if I ever heard this one, but it is typically Fats--"great fun."
My first hearing was on a juke box at an after-school hangout. I think I put in a couple of quarters of my own after that. It was a day later that I first heard the Gershwin piano concerto (radio) and Rachmaninoff's Paganini Variations. So they make an interesting trio to remember a half century plus a decade, or so, later.
Good work on the transcription.
All best, mgj


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