Giant Steps

Music: John Coltrane

(Tabbed by: evil_empire24-7

 

This blistering jazz tune (originally for tenor sax) is fully transcribed in the January 2001 issue of Guitar One.  EvilEmpire24-7 has made a great tab for guitar in standard tuning.

 

Burnin' quater note=290

  Bmaj7     D7   Gmaj7     Bb7   Ebmaj7    Am7    D7

                                   ++++           ++++

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|----------7--------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-----------------9---------------8--------9-----7------------------------|

A|-------------------------10----------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

  Gmaj7  Bb7  Ebmaj7  F#7  Bmaj7     Fm7   Bb7   Ebmaj7   Am7   D7  Gmaj7

                             ++++                  ++++               ++++

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-7------------------------------------------------------------------7----|

D|--------8----------------------------------------8-------9----7----------|

A|-------------10------6-----9-------10-----8------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

  C#m7  F#7  Bmaj7      Fm7  Bb7  Ebmaj7  C#m7   F#7

               ++++                 ++++

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------7-------7/8----8-----11-----7------7------------------------|

G|-8-----8-----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

                          (Chord Melody)

 Badd6add9     D13    Gmaj7    Bb13   Ebadd6add9     Am9    D9

                                          +++++

e|-14----------10-------------------------6-----------7-----5--------------|

B|-12----------12------10-------8---------6-----------5-----5--------------|

G|-15----------11------11-------7---------5-----------5-----5--------------|

D|-13----------10------12-------6---------5-----------5-----4--------------|

A|---------------------10--------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------6------------------------------------------|

 

 Gadd6add9    Bb13    Ebmaj7   Fb13   Badd6add9     Ebmaj7    Bb9 

                                          +++++ 

e|-10----------6--------------------------2--------------------------------|

B|-8-----------8--------8-------4---------2-----------8--------6-----------|

G|-11----------7--------7-------3---------1-----------8--------5-----------|

D|-9-----------6--------8-------2---------1-----------6--------6-----------|

A|----------------------6-----------------------------8--------5-----------|

E|-------------6----------------2------------------------------------------|

 


 Eadd6add9    Am9      D9     Gadd6add9     C#m9     F#13     Gadd6add9     

   +++++                         +++++                            +++++

e|-6-----------7-------5---------10----------11-------11----------13-------|

B|-4-----------5-------5---------8-----------9--------9-----------13-------|

G|-7-----------5-------5---------11----------9--------9-----------14-------|

D|-5-----------5-------4---------9-----------9--------8-----------14-------|

A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

  Fm9         Bb13    Eadd6add9     C#11    F#9

                         +++++

e|-15----------15--------18----------14-----14-----------------------------|

B|-13----------13--------18----------12-----11-----------------------------|

G|-13----------13--------17----------13-----13-----------------------------|

D|-13----------12--------17----------14-----14-----------------------------|

A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

 

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evil_empire24-7 also mentions these guitar covers of "Giant Steps":

vital tech tones - scott henderson , steve smith & victor wooten

virtuso #2 - joe pass

give & take - mike stern

also - jennifer batten , pat metheny & others.

 





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