'Sly' playalong (Herbie Hancock Rhodes Solo)

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This has got to be one of the greatest jazz funk tracks ever created.
I've always wanted to break down exactly what Herbie was doing so I can get some of those diminished licks into my own playing - this video is a fair representation of what I can manage in a single take. Herbie's Rhodes solo is the exemplar for rhythmic and harmonic tension and release; it's also virtuosic and so very difficult to play (there are plenty of timing issues in this take!). I've never heard any band play Sly and properly nail the harmony of the original, so this video hopefully serves as a reference to all keys players about how to play the head. I've tried to keep the Rhodes level high enough that you can enjoy the track but hear the Rhodes voicings prominently over the rest of the band. Just like my 'Chameleon' video, the backing is taken from the Quadraphonic LP release of Headhunters and then EQ'd to give my Rhodes some space to sing. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this if you watch it all the way through - comments are always welcome!
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@tcgmd 9 лет назад

Oh, we desparately need a Sly "how to play" video -- when you can find the time. "Sly" has been my cell phone ring tone for years -- the first few bars are great for jolting awake a room full of sleepy committee meeting participants.

@Resolution88 4 года назад

Haha! I'll get to it - I'd forgotten whether I'd done this one or not...

@mancheungahyeung2104 2 года назад

certainly one of the best Herbie Hancock covers, beat by beat

@kitchen76 11 лет назад

What a dream setup!! Rhodes and a D6! Well executed!

@face. 13 лет назад

hey any chance you could post the transcription? i'd love to play this

@jakeglenzer-czenczek6854 2 года назад

I love this video! Its the perfect mixture of motivation, comedy, and education, that works great with any mood! No matter if I am feeling happy, down, stressed, excited, grieving, cheerful, romantic, or just vibing, I throw on some Ryan Miller Rides. You can't go wrong with a Ryan Miller Rides video!

@FelixStatik 5 лет назад

This tune was my whole world for a while..it's amazing that you can play along with it.

@vintagekeyboards 13 лет назад

I am seriously impressed, son. very well-done!!! your ear and skills are beyond top-notch..... keep 'em coming!!!

@lactatingbillhonkey 13 лет назад

great work man! I am currently trying to learn this piece. The timing on the head is so damn intricate. That part with 11/8 had me fooled for about an hour.

@05danwal 13 лет назад

Great effort mate! Sly - long one of my favourite tracks and you got it down man. There is some insane stuff in there and you're making it look simple just like Herbie and his guys did. Damn I wish I could afford a Rhodes. Once again, great job!

@mosswatson 13 лет назад

this is amazing! I'm not asking for the transcriptions, but could you please explain to me what sort of interval is involved in the trilly lick that happens 2:17, 2:34, 2:50, 3:19? It's a signature Herbie lick, and for the life of me I can't figure out what he's doing there. +

@torquesounds 12 лет назад

Perfect track! Could you please tell me the effect rack you are using? Is it software or hardware? I'm trying to reach that legendary sound on my MKI but I need good advices for a compressor and other effects! Unfortunately I have got the stage model so I cant enjoy this beautiful tremolo (using a Moog Ring Modulator on low frequency setup instead). Again, awesome work you did here!

@paulprocopolis 13 лет назад

Congratulations Tom - some of your best work! Thanks for uploading.

@isitgranite 8 лет назад

Hey man, you don't by any chance have the sheet music for this do you? Really would like to try and learn the first 20 seconds lol

@midwestguy42 12 лет назад

My piano is a suitcase model. It has threaded holes underneath the instrument to attach 4 stainless steel legs which are now lost and can't be found. I built a wooden stand to support my stage piano, so it's a good thing! The top hood can be removed for servicing and adjustment. A Philips screwdriver is used to adjust the tension of the strike bars and allow greater movement of the keys and hammers that hit copper wound heavy gauge resonance wires. Pretty neat stuff inside!

@tomogradymusic 12 лет назад

Hi there, if it has legs it is a stage model. If it sits on the amp cab like mine, it's a suitcase. Both models have the same internals in terms of the tonebars and tines. If your model has an active preamp but fittings for legs (and therefore a thicker ply base), then it is a stage model that was adapted for use with satellite speakers. If it only has volume and bass EQ controls, then it's the passive electronics associated with a stage model.

@mazetov 11 лет назад

Hello Tom, I just discovered your channel and I must say I am very impressed with your videos. I am a Herbie's fan, I saw the Headhunters in 1974 (or 75?) and I have always loved the Rhodes piano. I commend you for your talent, your musical ear and extraordinary rhythmic placement. (and your memory:-) ) Thank you for sharing this. Question: how do you record that? Do you cut some frequencies? To avoid hearing too Herbie on backing...? thx

@LostInFunk 13 лет назад

I'm a bassist but also a big fan of the Rhodes sound. I have a Mk 1 73 at home that I am going to dust off and start playing again. Really enjoying your Rhodes videos. I just ordered the two Loose Juice CDs, hope you keep up the good work.

@rillloudmother 6 лет назад

so cool to watch you play all these herbie tunes.

@tomogradymusic 13 лет назад

@05danwal Thanks man, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Seriously, save up for a Rhodes, do your research in advance so you know you're not buying a lemon and get one. It's well worth it - the sound and feel of a well set-up one is so inspiring to play. Cheers, Tom

@Paul_LV 12 лет назад

wonderful! have you considered doing "butterfly"? :)

@GeoTrioMusic 9 месяцев назад

great video. any chance you've got sheet music for this?

@drcool56 13 лет назад

Fantastic work! Can you just explain: is this a sequence, or are you dubbing Herbie and if yes, why cant' we hear herbie's original rhodes on the track? Perfection I suppose? Thanks for RSVP

@tomogradymusic 13 лет назад

@vintagekeyboards Thank you for the kind comment - I'm sorry that I haven't been able to film any videos from a high vantage point yet. I would really like to, to give a better view of what I'm playing. At the moment however, I film them using the camera in my Mac laptop and it's sat on my record player with the Apogee Duet plugged in via Firewire. If I can hook up my digital camera to film videos that are long enough and high enough quality, then I'll try that soon!

@j100xtra 7 лет назад

Great playing! You really nailed it. That Rhodes is a gem of an instrument.

@riketscience 5 лет назад

I wonder if anybody out there could point me towards a suitable amp for my Mark I Rhodes (Seventy Three) please? Not intending to gig so it would be just for fairly low level amplification at home to enjoy the beautiful sounds this baby can make. Hats off to Tim for this rendition, I can't imagine how much work was involved to get this nailed. *** Really nailed ***

@ontherhodes8088 4 года назад

Superb work Thomas.

@saanzacs 13 лет назад

Nice tone you've got there!

@JakePinto 3 года назад

Great Job Tom, was working on this one myself and find your vid! Have you given any thought to Herbie’s thought process in those first few lines before he arrives in E? I cant really wrap my head around it other than to think he’s just playing in Bb while the band is in E. Would be interested to hear if you had any discoveries.

@tomogradymusic 3 года назад

Hi Jake, yes, I guess there are two ways of looking at it - either he chose to start out a tritone away or to play in the minor a half-step above. It's not as obvious a trick as when he plays in the dominant altered and then resolves, but it's so cool. I'd love to hear any alternate takes to know whether he chose to start out that way each time or whether this was a one-off piece of inspiration!

@JakePinto 3 года назад

@@tomogradymusic oh man yeah that would be amazing to hear some alt takes! Thanks for your thoughts.

@ninovasev 12 лет назад

i am amazed by the sound, youve got into herbies soul....be good Your selection of songs that you play showed me that...Im not alone...heh

@Cus1d 9 лет назад

absolutely superb playing - great work sir

@mazetov 11 лет назад

Hi Tom and many thanks for answering. I really love all your vids, I listen to them all day long :-)) If you could play the Herbie's chorus on Butterfly ( lp "Flood" version) it would be a real gift to all your fans. Videos of your group (Unravelling, Doin it etc ...) deserve a better quality, Sincerely, Bernard

@midwestguy42 12 лет назад

I have the same Fender Rhodes Mark 88 Stage Piano! I love the sound it makes! And it's always a blast to play! The only drawback is the fact it weighs 185 pounds! I have to use a dolly to move it from one location to another!

@tomogradymusic 13 лет назад

@LostInFunk Thanks for the kind comment! I hope you enjoy the Loose Juice CDs aswell - I wasn't involved in the first one (there's no keys on that album) but I did play on the 'Blue Barn Sessions' CD and I contributed one composition - 'Brazilian Wax'... Good luck with your mk1 - hopefully I'll get to see some videos of you playing it when you've got it up and running?!

@tomogradymusic 13 лет назад

@mosswatson Hi Moss, That's a turnaround followed by an octave tremolo - one of the easiest to describe out of the licks at the times you mentioned, is (in note names) G Eb F G Ab Bb - C Eb (G G)

@tomogradymusic 12 лет назад

It's a heavenly sound, isn't it ?! Is yours a stage or a suitcase? Mine's the suitcase as you can see from the video - that means two, not just one, beast of a box to cart around! I've done some gigs with mine but it's a real effort doing it on your own, even with a trolley. I'm keeping mine for studio use now but I want to look for a second rhodes to use as a gigging instrument.

@tomogradymusic 13 лет назад

@drcool56 Thanks for the comment; in this video, I used the original quadraphonic mix version of 'Sly' from the LP, chopping out the sax solo section. It's by no means perfect because I screwed up some of the runs, but yes - all I'm doing is playing exactly what Herbie did, over the top of his playing! I kept my Rhodes high in the mix so you can hear what I'm doing, which helps to obscure Herbie's original Rhodes. I hope that helps, Thanks, Tom

@69angelico 10 лет назад

Nice playing! great sound I'm trying to figure out what is the voicing on the B section you play starting at 0.38 through 1min...

@tomogradymusic 10 лет назад

Hi there - I'll put up a 'how to play' video for this over the next month and it will have lit up keys showing the exact voicing, I hope that will answer the question! Many thanks, Tom

@69angelico 10 лет назад

Fantastic! thanks

@Lichfeldian--Suttonian 6 лет назад

Wow! This is great! You must have had hours of time to get that right.

@tomogradymusic 13 лет назад

@lactatingbillhonkey Thank you very much Bill. Yeah, the 11/8 is crazy isn't it! I got so much out of transcribing this - most people that hear this would never register the changing time signatures; just the damn funky syncopation! It is a true mark of genius that Herbie, Harvey and Paul could pull off complex stuff like that and make it sound so natural. Good luck with learning it - I'd love to see a video once you've finished!

@funkfize 12 лет назад

Excellent!!! Very groovyyy.. What a work to learn that - Great

@RyanRenteria 13 лет назад

@tomogradymusic please post the transcription of this.... for science!!

@christauchner 10 лет назад

Hey man, sweet rip! Sorry if you've been asked this before, but have you attacked Ostinato from Mwandishi?

@tomogradymusic 9 лет назад

Hi Chris - thanks for the comment - I haven't tackled that one yet but I can put it on my to-do list. I love the Mwandishi years but it's the Headhunters years that I'm into really deeply..

@JazzzPianist 13 лет назад

@womb0womb0 It's a hell of a job to get the notes, stand alone to write it down. I would pay a lot for this transcription, and every penny would be worth it. But, I think I will do it myself, that's how much I love Herbie Hancock, peace out!

@TheAcstdesnhorw 11 лет назад

wow..man your so talented,keep Reaching and we will support your work. Best Regards

@tomogradymusic 13 лет назад

@paulprocopolis PS Mum, Dad and I are going to watch Kissin play next Sunday - he's playing lots of Liszt including Vallee D'Obermann!

@staystilljason 13 лет назад

Could you post the transcription online?? I soo wanna learn this

@Zordo11 12 лет назад

Wow man your a beast!!! you music is on point aswell... speak your mind is fantastic!!!

@donrebic9979 7 лет назад

You sound great! Is there a transcription available

@silvernatedogg 11 месяцев назад

This is awesome!!!

@Kurtz1974 13 лет назад

Complimenti! YOu are great!

@ezwages 6 лет назад

freaking A+

@MegaHitchhiker 4 года назад

Great man!!

@Resolution88 4 года назад

Thanks!

@Fairous1 12 лет назад

Really impressive!

@tomogradymusic 13 лет назад

@xantone Hi there, thanks for your kind comment. It took quite a long period of practice with a metronome to get to the point where I could manage to play it, but I wasn't working on it consistently every day. My approach to breaking it down? Well, I'm fortunate enough to have perfect pitch but I have worked very hard on transcription, breaking down chord voicings into the individual notes by listening carefully. I use Audacity and play stuff at half speed if I need to. It just takes practice!

@tomogradymusic 13 лет назад

@djbelc01 Thanks very much! The middle section is very exhausting - my transcription is note perfect but my playing certainly isn't - you can hear my RH collapse during one of the runs later in the solo! I also love the final chord - I was very careful to switch the vibrato on and off at the correct times during the head.

@tomogradymusic 12 лет назад

@paulsasaris Hi Paul, thanks for the comment! Yes indeed, I love Butterfly, I'm sure I've learned it in the past (there's a Hal Leonard book with a transcription in but I wouldn't trust that, I'll do my own) - don't worry, it's on my list along with other classics like Actual Proof and Shiftless Shuffle. It's so sad that there's the original version of Butterfly with Harvey Mason on drums sitting in the vaults somewhere, unheard....

@freein2339 5 лет назад

Great job...Herbie's solo is very hard to play....

@pickinstone 13 лет назад

Nice... I love this Herbie track. It's interstellar.

@cianosbach 5 лет назад

Amazing!

@MathiasBjrnskov 13 лет назад

@mosswatson That's just octave vibrato, if that's what you're thinking of. Often he slides a bit doing these.

@tomogradymusic 12 лет назад

Haha, thanks - I'm just trying to learn from Herbie. He is a genius.

@mazetov 11 лет назад

Thank you Tom, very good quality indeed on soundcloud. Shiftless Shuffle or Actual Proof , it promises! Two terrific solos ... Good luck anyway :-)

@cmb_cworld 6 лет назад

Amazing

@ghdrum 12 лет назад

Yes Sir!! Keep 'em coming :)

@dankmacromusic 10 лет назад

Wow! You nailed this tune.

@tomogradymusic 10 лет назад

Ah, thanks Dan! I'm going to put up some 'how to play' videos for Sly as soon as I have time! Thanks, Tom

@tomogradymusic 11 лет назад

Hi Bernard - thanks for the comment - that must have been great, seeing the Headhunters back then at the height of their powers! In answer to your question regarding recording, it's mainly to do with trying to play in time as well as possible. I do EQ the original track a tiny bit if I feel it's necessary but sometimes I don't even do that. I also make sure my Rhodes is much higher in the mix than the original record. Thanks, Tom

@haniffsyukri4399 Год назад

Good content !!! Keep it up

@ClaviDuck 13 лет назад

Great video ! Love it !

@face. 13 лет назад

@tomogradymusic perfect! i've actually done a couple duke ellington transcriptions pretty much note for note and also a couple keith jarrett pieces. let me know if you're interested

@tomogradymusic 13 лет назад

@Ravivharshanee Richard, I'm always up for collaborating if it's music I'm into. I have Logic here so I can easily record my Rhodes etc. Thanks, Tom

@tomogradymusic 13 лет назад

@jcracker I want to do a few more videos before I post the transcriptions, they were an incredible amount of work so I prefer to trade transcriptions with people who have done some themselves too... Thanks, Tom

@petterilindholm4994 9 лет назад

Excellent job man!!! You almost beat the stuff that Herbie played with the Headhunters 2000's or whatever it was called (no feeling in that stuff). Maybe though sit down with a metronome with a really slow and really fast tempo and still try to make it tighter.

@tomogradymusic 9 лет назад

Hey Petteri, thanks man! Yeah - I'm working on timing - and trying to keep relaxed too, because I often tense up and it spoils my timing. It's a tough ask getting through an entire take of a track like this whilst staying in time but that's what I'm aspiring to ;)

@nagoyatriangle 13 лет назад

You're a champ.

@tomogradymusic 12 лет назад

Thanks!

@tomogradymusic 13 лет назад

@paulprocopolis Thanks Julian! The timing is very dodgy and I collapsed completely during one of the runs later on in the solo because my hand was tired despite my best efforts to relax my arms! When the video shakes, it's because I was really playing into the Rhodes and it was rocking the computer too! I'm still working on that Kapustin study and I just need to find a time to record it in school on a piano.

@tomogradymusic 12 лет назад

@ninovasev Thanks very much - yeah, you're not alone!

@samrushton5497 Год назад

How the hell did Herbie come up with this. great playing.

@blackstar514 12 лет назад

Yo that was the Funkiest ILLest shit I ever heard in my life! Wow it was just magnetic for the listening ear,

@Ravivharshanee 13 лет назад

Tom, You are sensational. I want you to play on my tracks please...Let me know if you are into collaborating. Richard

@tomogradymusic 11 лет назад

Hi Bernard - yes sorry about the sound quality of those videos. If you go to the soundcloud page, we have some live recording clips which are free to download - you just need to click on the soundcloud link here on my youtube channel homepage. I will stick that chorus from Flood on the 'to do' list! I still haven't done Shiftless Shuffle or Actual Proof yet...!

@Matiaz11 10 лет назад

MAESTRO

@tomogradymusic 10 лет назад

Thanks Matias! I will be doing a 'how to play' video for Sly in the coming months!

@Daniel777238 8 лет назад

+tomogradymusic Can I please have the link to the "how to play" video for sly? I couldn't find it on your channel

@juthru 10 лет назад

Bravo

@tomogradymusic 10 лет назад

Thanks! I will have to do a 'how to play' video for Sly soon.

@elad2486 10 лет назад

perfect! you should upload a tutorial for this video. by the way, very nice keyboards you have there

@tomogradymusic 10 лет назад

Hi Elad - thanks! I have a tutorial planned, it's just a case of finding time! I'll probably break this one down into three videos - head, solo and final head!

@ocelotlvazquez504 7 лет назад

Yeeees, a tutorial would be amazing, great job!

@tarzan2857 5 лет назад

Only I can say MAESTRO

@LeleMelo 13 лет назад

I almost shitted my pants!! Man!! Fucking brilliant!!

@musicmful 11 лет назад

Solid!!

@teodelfuego 4 года назад

How can you play so rapidly? It's amazingly delicious

@tomogradymusic 12 лет назад

hi there - there are no effects on this, the sound was straight out of the amp outputs, through an Apogee Duet, into Logic. I put a tiny amount of reverb on in Logic - that's it! The most important thing apart from playing style is the voicing of your Rhodes! Thanks, Tom