Jazz #1
Without a doubt, John Coltrane's Giant Steps is the most feared song in jazz.
This is a new puzzle series I'm gonna be placing based on some of my favorite songs. Cachers who are musicians, it is your time to shine. For those of you who hate jazz, you don't even have to listen to the songs at all to solve, but it may help you out. I encourage it.
In this new series, I will dedicate each puzzle to a jazz musician and a song they wrote. This puzzle is dedicated to saxophonist John Coltrane. In February of 1960, Coltrane released the album Giant Steps, containing the songs Mr. P.C., Naima, Syeeda's Song Flute, Spiral, Countdown, Cousin Mary, and of course, Giant Steps. Because it was a bebop song, Giant Steps was extremely fast and had very rapid chord changes. However, these changes were some of the hardest in jazz history, coining them the name, "The Coltrane Changes".
Now for the puzzle. The coords will be N 38 XX.XXX W 77 XX.XXX.
North
Bar 8, beat 3
Bar 4
Bar 10
Bar 5
Bar 10
West
Bar 11
Bar 2, beat 3
Bar 6, beat 3
Bar 12, beat 3
Bar 16, beat 3
Want some helpful hints? Here you go! When in doubt, go with alphabetical order, starting with A♭being first and G being last. Also, Coltrane was playing the tenor saxophone in Giant Steps, which is in the key of B♭. Having a "Real Book" in the key of B♭or knowledge of how to transcribe music into another key would help greatly. Because this is the first cache in the series, I appreciate any feedback on the difficulty.
Neighborhood roadside parking is available close by, just do not park at the school or along Lees Corner Road. Happy hunting! Congrats to Serrabou for the FTF!