Naima | B♭ Sheet Music
Jazz Lead Sheet Transposed for B♭ — trumpet, tenor sax, clarinet
Lyrics
1959 - John Coltrane
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Read it in your key: Concert (C) (piano, guitar, voice) B♭ (trumpet, tenor sax, clarinet) E♭ (alto sax, baritone sax) Bass clef (trombone, bass, cello)
About this Naima lead sheet
This is the jazz lead sheet for Naima, written by John Coltrane in 1959, transposed for B♭ instruments — trumpet, tenor sax, clarinet. The melody and the chord symbols are written a major second above concert pitch, so what you read matches what the rhythm section plays. The chart is written in B♭ major (concert Ab major), in 4/4 time. Read it here for free and play it back — the band keeps sounding in concert pitch while you read your part. Need another key? Switch the Transpose preset above.
- Composer
- John Coltrane
- Year
- 1959
- Key
- B♭ major (written) · Ab major (concert)
- Edition
- B♭ transposed — trumpet, tenor sax, clarinet
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Style
- Ballad
- Tempo
- 60 BPM
- Genre
- Jazz, Hard bop
- Format
- Lead sheet — melody and chord symbols
Naima chord changes
The chord progression of Naima transposed for B♭ instruments (trumpet, tenor sax, clarinet), written in B♭ major — concert Ab major — 16 bars, four to a line. These are the changes as a trumpet player reads them; the rhythm section sees the concert chart.
| Cm | Fm | C♯7♯11 B7♯11 | B♭maj7 | | C♯maj7 | C7♭9♯11 | C♯maj7 | C7♭9 | | F♯7♯11 | C♯maj7 | Gm | A♭7♯11 | | Cm | Fm | C♯7♯11 B7♯11 | B♭maj7 |
