Ruby, My Dear | E♭ Sheet Music
Jazz Lead Sheet Transposed for E♭ — alto sax, baritone sax
Lyrics
1945 - Thelonious Monk
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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 Ruby, My Dear lead sheet
This is the jazz lead sheet for Ruby, My Dear, written by Thelonious Monk in 1945, transposed for E♭ instruments — alto sax, baritone sax. The melody and the chord symbols are written a major sixth above concert pitch, so what you read matches what the rhythm section plays. The chart is written in A major (concert C 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
- Thelonious Monk
- Year
- 1945
- Key
- A major (written) · C major (concert)
- Edition
- E♭ transposed — alto sax, baritone sax
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Style
- Ballad
- Tempo
- 60 BPM
- Genre
- Jazz, Bebop
- Format
- Lead sheet — melody and chord symbols
Ruby, My Dear chord changes
The chord progression of Ruby, My Dear transposed for E♭ instruments (alto sax, baritone sax), written in A major — concert C major — 28 bars, four to a line. These are the changes as a alto sax player reads them; the rhythm section sees the concert chart.
| Dm G7♭9 | Cmaj7 | Em A7♭9 | Dmaj7 Em Fm F♯m | | Gm C7♭9 | Fmaj7 Am D7 | Gm F♯6 | G♯m/C♯ G+add7 | | G♯m/C♯ C♯7 | F♯maj7 D♯m | G♯m C♯7♭9 | F♯maj7 | | G6 G♯dim7 | Am Am(maj7) | Am Bm | Cm | | F7 C7♯9 | Dm G7♭9 | Cmaj7 | Em A7♭9 | | Dmaj7 Em Fm F♯m | Gm C7♭9 | Fmaj7 Am D7 | Gm F♯6/C♯ | | D♯maj7 G♯7♭9 G7♭9 | Gm7 F♯6 | E♭maj7 G♯7♭9 G7♭9 | Cmaj7 |
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