Blue Rondo a la Turk

by Dave Brubeck Quartet · posted by Billy_Idle

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Listen to the song— a recording linked by the tab’s author

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Blue Rondo a la Turk / Dave Brubeck

Tabbed for C Chromatic (Key of C) so you can ...

Play Along With The Record!


A great exercise for chromatic harmonica while fun at the same time!

Don't worry about playing the song up to speed, it sounds great
at any tempo and you can slow the speed of the video
at the Youtube 'gear icon'

If you like the Dave Brubeck Quartet you might also like Take Five!

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Blue Rondo a la Turk

* 9/8 time breaks down into "1-2-1-2-1-2  1-2-3"
  and "1-2-3  1-2-3  1-2-3" as tabbed


[Play All Sections Twice]

 -7 -6 -7 -6 -7 -6   6 -6 7    -7 -6 -7 -6 -7 -6   -7* -7 7

 -7 -6 -7 -6 -7 -6   6 -6 7    -6 7 -7   7 -7 -7*   -7 -7* -8*


 8 -7 8 -7 8 -7   7* -7 -8     8 -7 8 -7 8 -7   -9 9 -8

 8 -7 8 -7 8 -7   7* -7 -8    -7 -8 8   -8 9 -9    9 -9 10


 -7 -6 -7 -6 -7 -6   6 -6 7    -7 -6 -7 -6 -7 -6   -7* -7 7

 -7 -6 -7 -6 -7 -6   6 -6 7    -6 7 -7   7 -7 -7*   -7 -7* -8*


 -7 8 -8 -9 9 10   -9 10 -10    10 9 -9 -8 8 -7   -8 -7 7*

 -7 8 -8 -9 9 10   -9 10 -10    10 -9 9   -9 9 -8    8 -8 -7


 -7 -6 -7 -6 -7 -6   6 -6 7    -7 -6 -7 -6 -7 -6   -7* -7 7

 -7 -6 -7 -6 -7 -6   6 -6 7    -6 7 -7   7 -7 -7*   -7 -7* -8*


 8 -7 8 -7 8 -7   7* -7 -8     8 -7 8 -7 8 -7   -9 9 -8

 8 -7 8 -7 8 -7   7* -7 -8    -7 -8 8   -8 9 -9    9 -9 10


 -7 -6 -7 -6 -7 -6   6 -6 7    -7 -6 -7 -6 -7 -6   -7* -7 7

 -7 -6 -7 -6 -7 -6   6 -6 7    -6 7 -7   7 -7 -7*   -7 -7* -8*


[Play Through - End Repeats]

 6  -7  7   -6 6 -5   6  5  -5   4 -4 -3 -3

 6  -7 10   -9 9 -8   8  -7  -8   -7 7 -6 6

-5  7  -6   6 -5 5   -5  -4  4   -4 -3 3 -2

 3  -3  -4   5 -5 6   -6  7  -7   -8 9 -9 10

 6  6  -5 6 -6   6  6  -5 5 -4     

 6  6  -5 6 -6   6 -5 5  -5 5 -4  4 -4 -3

 6  6  -5 6 -6   6  6  -5 5 -4     

 6  6  -5 6 -6   6 -5 5  -5 5 -4   4 -4 -3   6 -5 5

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