Cantaloupe Island

Cantaloupe Island

Herbie Hancock  lesson by Willie Myette

F-7 

   

 

                                                                          



   



   



   

 

 



 

 

   

 

D¨7 









D-7 

        

     

   



                                                         





        

     

                                                          







        

        

     

     

               

FORM:

©3/11/11 ©3/11/11 - PianoWithWillie.com From the lesson: "Cantaloupe Island"  Find more lessons at: http://www.pianowithwillie.com/

F-7 for 8 measures Db7 for 4 measures D-7 with hits for 4 measures

   

   

2

Herbie's

Willie's

F-7 

                                               



 

 

 

Constant Cross staff groove





F-7 



 



  

  





  

  



Different Ghost Note

D¨7 



     

   

   







  



Moving Ghost Note



D¨7 

                          



©3/11/11 - PianoWithWillie.com From the lesson: "Cantaloupe Island"  Find more lessons at: http://www.pianowithwillie.com/

3

Apply Melody to Groove

F-7 

                  



                                                                                                                                                                        

 

   



 

 

 





 

 

D¨7 

 

 



 



D-7 

      





 

   





     

        

       

                   

     

 

©3/11/11 - PianoWithWillie.com From the lesson: "Cantaloupe Island"  Find more lessons at: http://www.pianowithwillie.com/



       

        

       

       

        

       

4

Melody



F-7     





  

                        



 

D¨7 



 

D-7 

       



        

           

   

©3/11/11 - PianoWithWillie.com From the lesson: "Cantaloupe Island"  Find more lessons at: http://www.pianowithwillie.com/

5

Improvisation Scales

F minor Pentatonic

 



Ab Major Pentatonic

                   F-7 

   

Check out the different voicings

   

Db Altered D¨7 

               



D-7 

F Major Pentatonic ... watch the video!

       

D¨^7#11

D Dorian

D¨7#11

Db Lydian b7

           

D Natural Minor 

                        



©3/11/11 - PianoWithWillie.com From the lesson: "Cantaloupe Island"  Find more lessons at: http://www.pianowithwillie.com/

6 Improvisation Groupings

          F-7 

 





     

             

F-7 



            

F-7 

D¨7 

 

Quartals with ghost note

                                       



Using constant structure triads

                   



              ©3/11/11 - PianoWithWillie.com From the lesson: "Cantaloupe Island"  Find more lessons at: http://www.pianowithwillie.com/