Watermelon Man | E♭ Sheet Music
Jazz Lead Sheet Transposed for E♭ — alto sax, baritone sax
Lyrics
1962 - Herbie Hancock Hey - Watermelon Man Hey - Watermelon Man Bring me one that rattles when you lug it One that's erd and juicy when you plug it Do you understand - Watermelon Man Hey - Watermelon Man Hey - Watermelon Man Hot and bothered need a little cooling When I hear your call I start to drooling Do you understand - Watermelon Man
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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 Watermelon Man lead sheet
This is the jazz lead sheet for Watermelon Man, written by Herbie Hancock in 1962, 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 D major (concert F 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
- Herbie Hancock
- Year
- 1962
- Key
- D major (written) · F major (concert)
- Edition
- E♭ transposed — alto sax, baritone sax
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Style
- Funk
- Tempo
- 130 BPM
- Genre
- Jazz, Soul jazz
- Format
- Lead sheet — melody and chord symbols
Watermelon Man chord changes
The chord progression of Watermelon Man transposed for E♭ instruments (alto sax, baritone sax), written in D major — concert F major — 16 bars, four to a line. These are the changes as a alto sax player reads them; the rhythm section sees the concert chart.
| D7 | % | % | % | | G7 | % | D7 | % | | A7 | G7 | A7 | G7 | | A7 | G7 | D7 | % |
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