Transcription: One Armed Bandit

Composer: Ray Brown
Transcription starts at 1'13"; ends at 1'48"
From the album: Super Bass
Leaders of the session: Ray Brown and John Clayton
Recorded: circa1986; Hollywood and San Francisco
CD: Capri Records 74018-2

This tune primarily consists of dominant seventh chords arranged chromatically or in the cycle of fifths. Either progression lends itself to chromatic lead lines on the 4th string. When there are two notes, play the top note on the 3rd string.

Freddie is very audible in this transcribed passage as the only instruments are his guitar, drums, and the basses of Brown and Clayton.

Important: The chord diagrams illustrate probable fingering forms used by Freddie Green based on extensive research conducted by the primary contributors to this web site. As there is no video record of this recording session, Freddie's exact fingerings will never be known.

An "x" indicates that a finger is placed on the string, but the string is not fully pushed down to make contact with the fret.
A "black dot" indicates that a finger is placed on the string, and the string is pushed down to make contact with the fret.
A "white dot" indicates that a finger is placed on the string, and the string is pushed down to make contact with the fret. A white dot also indicates that the note is added to the chord form on the previous beat. Adding an upper note on beat 2 or 4 is a typical Freddie Green technique.
If there is no "x", "black dot", or "white dot", the string is fully damped by a finger of the left hand.

Transcribed by Michael Pettersen
September 2003