Wes Montgomery - Satin Doll Guitar Transcription | PDF

Satin Doll - Wes Montgomery guitar transcription in PDF (standard notation + TAB) and Guitar Pro format. This is a complete, note-for-note transcription of Wes Montgomery's solo on the Duke Ellington jazz standard "Satin Doll," including the melody, single-note lines, octaves, and block chords.

Satin Doll was written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1953). Wes Montgomery recorded it for his first album as a leader, The Wes Montgomery Trio (Riverside, 1959), with Melvin Rhyne on Hammond organ and Paul Parker on drums. The session was recorded on October 5-6, 1959.

Even on this early recording, Wes's famous sound is already there: a warm thumb-picked tone, clear melodic lines, smooth octaves, and rich block chord voicings. His playing on Satin Doll shows how a great jazz guitarist can swing hard with simple and beautiful ideas.

🎯 Who This Is For:

• Jazz guitar players at intermediate level and up

• Guitarists who want to learn the Wes Montgomery style and sound

• Students learning jazz standards and melodic improvisation

• Anyone looking for accurate Satin Doll guitar tab or sheet music

What you will study in this transcription:

• How Wes plays the melody of a jazz standard

• Single-note lines over ii-V-I progressions

• Wes Montgomery's octave technique and phrasing

• Block chord and chord melody ideas

• Swing feel and time in an organ trio setting

📦 What You Get:

• PDF Transcription (standard notation + TAB)
  

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