Transcription || Julie London · "I'm in the Mood for Love" [guitar + bass]

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SONG: I'm in the Mood for Love
ARTIST: Julie London
ALBUM: Julie Is Her Name (1955)
WRITERS: Music by Jimmy McHugh / Lyrics by Dorothy Fields (1935)
INSTRUMENTS:
· ELECTRIC ARCHTOP GUITAR: Barney Kessel
· UPRIGHT/DOUBLE BASS: Ray Leatherwood
Since 1935, this Jazz standard has been recorded by nearly every big Jazz musician. It was introduced in the 1935 musical film “Every Night at Eight”, sung by Frances Langford, and it later became a hit with trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (see video below). This Julie London recording features yet another one of Barney Kessel's ingenious Jazz-guitar arrangements, packed with lush chords and voice-leading movements, that creates a rich backdrop from no more than a duo accompaniment. Enjoy!

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I updated this transcription a lot since making this video in 2017!
The update is available on my website 🤓🎸

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Great, thanks so much!!

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Really happy I found this, it's gonna be a challenge for me to learn though

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same! I love this song

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outstanding player...outstanding transcription, thank you.

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Thanks, great Barney and Julie.

[@manguera9]

in 1977 i wanted to play melody chords,i was working on it for weeks ,then i realized , to use the piano technique, i checked some piano sheet music of jazz standards ,and "there it is"

[@phantomvhs3537]

This was posted on the exact day I lost her for good. Somehow I knew, even then, I’d never get over it.

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Musica immortale!
Grazie.
Domenico, Milano(Italy)

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great job!

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Thanks man now I can play this all day and thx to this tabs! 😁

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this is amazing! thank you so much!

[@p4yce]

Hi thank you so much for your work in transcribing this! What fingering would you use for the D7(b9,#9) chord in the bridge?

[@PlayLikeTheGreatscom]

That's a really good question! There are two tricks to this:
- The low notes, *a* and *d* (5th fret on the E- and A-string), are both fretted by the middle finger. (same trick in bar 35)
- Later, the high note, *e-flat* (4th fret on the B-string), is fretted by the index finger doing a little bar across the 4th fret.

[@kendalllaughon9664]

Julie 💓

Great! Thank you! More Barney!
I'm learning all of these you've uploaded. I uploaded Barney's version of Moon River some days ago. You might want to check it.

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I did :D
Yes, we need more Barney!

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Thank youuuuu! This helped me so much.
Do you take requests? If so, would love to see "No moon at all".
Thanks again!

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Hi there, it's already available on the website :D

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[@ic_1234]

How can you hear the parts so well?

[@PlayLikeTheGreatscom]

Training, training, years of training :)

[@eddierouge2588]

Hey thanks a lot! Could you tell me what key this transcription is in?

[@PlayLikeTheGreatscom]

- in the key of _F Major_ as that one flat notated at the beginning of each line :) However, as this is a Jazz composition, it constantly strays away from this central key, into neighboring keys.

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Can I buy the sheet music for this transcription?

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Oh, never mind. I found the link and have already purchased it.