School of Syncopation - Jazz, Stride, Novelties & the Like

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For this Sunday morning I'd like to post a selection of popular song transcriptions by the great Billy Mayerl. All in all, there are many dozens (if not a few hundred) of Mayerl transcriptions of which I am aware, some of which were released by independent music publishers and many others which Mayerl himself published through his School of Syncopation. It will take months to scan them all, but they are indeed a valuable and very enjoyable group and I will attempt to keep a stream of these coming as time permits.

Happy sight reading!

Frank

Mayerl, Billy - Album Of Piano Transcriptions.pdf

Mayerl, Billy - All The Things You Are (Transcription).pdf

Mayerl, Billy - Da Capo (Transcription).pdf

Mayerl, Billy - Ev'ry Hour Of The Day (Transcription).pdf

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Mayerl, Billy - Fools Rush In (Transcription).pdf

Mayerl, Billy - Have You Forgotten- (Transcription).pdf

Mayerl, Billy - I Breathe On Windows (Transcription).pdf

Mayerl, Billy - I Love My Baby (Transcription).pdf

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Mayerl, Billy - Love In Bloom (Transcription).pdf

Mayerl, Billy - Peg O' My Heart (Transcription).pdf

Mayerl, Billy - Phil The Fluter's Ball (Transcription).pdf

Mayerl, Billy - Please Handle With Care (Transcription).pdf

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Mayerl, Billy - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Transcription).pdf

Mayerl, Billy - Thanks (Transcription).pdf

Mayerl, Billy - Theme From Swedish Rhapsody (Transcription).pdf

Mayerl, Billy -Sing You Sinners (Transcription).pdf

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Mayerl, Billy (editor) - Novelty Piano Solos Folio.pdf

Mayerl, Billy (editor) - Novelty Piano Solos Folio No. 2.pdf

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Moving on to the florid pianistics of Lee Sims...often called "The Liberace Of the 1920s" he was perhaps a bit overly fond of appegio embellishments....but he had a very substantial technique and could be a "hot" player, material warranting. Sims recorded extensively for Brunswick records, and was very popular on the radio during the 1930s along with his wife/vocalist Ilomay Bailey. Sims composed a number of novelty piano solos, a selection of which follows.

Sims, Lee - Autumn.pdf

Sims, Lee - Chatter.pdf

Sims, Lee - Contrasts.pdf

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Sims, Lee - Five Piano Rhapsodies.pdf

Sims, Lee - Improvisation.pdf

Sims, Lee - Meditation.pdf

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Sims, Lee - Royal Peacock.pdf

Sims, Lee - Similitude.pdf

Sims, Lee - Spontaneity.pdf

Sims, Lee - Tranquility.pdf

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Sims, Lee - Modern Transcriptions Folio No. 1.pdf

Sims, Lee - Modern Transcriptions Folio No. 2.pdf

Sims, Lee - Modern Transcriptions Folio No. 3.pdf

[JeffL]

Hi All,
I know that most people download stuff here without even aknowledging it most of the time. I usually belong to those- shame on me.

Some put occasional thanks here and there and it is certainly the thing to do, out of courtesy at the very least.

But I think that the amount of effort a few people put to offer so much to the "mass" should be recognized in a way. and this thread [ with Alfor's as well] is in my view an ongoing oustanding example, not just because of the quantity but also because most of the posted material [ if not all] come from personal collections and could barely be found otherwise..

So without discounting what other have done, are doing or will do .. I find this thread completely mind boggling in that respect even if "stride" is not my favorite style.. [ and i cannot even grab a 10'th with my hands anyway ]

So thanks a lot to Franck and all the other contributors...

JF