Naima (Niema) by John Coltrane Piano Solo - Digital Sheet Music

By John Coltrane

This is my arrangement of Naima written by John Coltrane in 1959 and dedicated to his then-wife, Juanita Naima GrubbsIt has a 20 bar AABA structure with the first A being 4 bars long and repeated twice for 8 bars. The B section is 8 bars long and the final A section is again 4 bars.It has an unusual set of chord changes. An Eb pedal note is played underneath a set of major and minor seven chords for the A section. As this song has been played in many different ways and is unique in it's harmony, many people disagree on how to play it. The A major 7 and G major 7 chords could include the #11 extension if you like here.

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Instrument:
Piano Solo
Genres:
Jazz
Composers:
John Coltrane
Publishers:
Will Rowsell
Series:
ArrangeMe Music of Black Composers and Artists
Format:
Score
Item types:
Digital
Level:
Intermediate
Artist:
John Coltrane
Usages:
School and Community
Number of Pages:
2

Piano, Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1567433

By John Coltrane. By John Coltrane. Arranged by Will Rowsell. This edition: pdf, streaming. Jazz. Score. 2 pages. Will Rowsell #1139539. Published by Will Rowsell (A0.1567433).

This is my arrangement of Naima written by John Coltrane in 1959 and dedicated to his then-wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs

It has a 20 bar AABA structure with the first A being 4 bars long and repeated twice for 8 bars. The B section
is 8 bars long and the final A section is again 4 bars.

It has an unusual set of chord changes. An Eb pedal note is played underneath a set of major and minor seven chords for the A section. As this song has been played in many different ways and is unique in it's harmony, many people disagree on how to play it. The A major 7 and G major 7 chords could include the #11 extension if you like here.

A Bb pedal note is sustained for the B section while the chords shift between B major and Bb altered dominant chords. The final chord of the B section here is Eb7sus/Bb while it could also be played as Emaj7#11/Bb.

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