Wayne shorter was born in newark, new jersey, united states, and attended newark arts high school, from which he graduated in 1952. Mahjong or mah jongg from the chinese meaning sparrows is a game of skill and chance of ancient chinese origins, usually played by four people in which game pieces known as tiles, bearing various designs, are drawn and discarded until one player has an. The rules that follow are known as modern american rules. Mahjong chinese classical or hong kongcantonese rules. On juju, shorters timbre is rather astringent, and his phrases are long and volatile. Wayne shorter born august 25, 1933 is an american jazz composer and saxophonist. Combine 2 of the same mahjong stones to remove them from the playing field. Japanese mahjong, or, otherwise known as riichi mahjong, is the japanese varation to the 4player table card game of mahjong, whose objective can be best described as a combination of gin rummy and poker. Download or print wayne shorter mahjong sheet music notes, chords in minutes.
Brief introduction to bloody mahjong sichuan bloody rules 1. He definitely used a forwardlooking group of sidemen, because his backup band includes guitarists. The good news is that microsoft mahjong is available to play for free. Transpose, print or convert, download jazz pdf and learn to play tenor sax transcription score in minutes. Footprints e 150 wayne shorter university of vermont. Even though tiles are primarily used to play the game, the game is available online and can be played with regular mahjong playing cards. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. Pyramini is the smaller version of the ultra popular pyramid mahjong on 247 mahjong already. The ultimate goal will be to do a mahjong, that is to say to make a winning hand with 4 melds pong, kong or chow and 1 pair also known as eyes. Mahjong by wayne shorter wayne shorter digital sheet.
There are many versions of mahjong, but the main 4 are chinese hong kong american japanese. The game is now ready and new tiles will be taken from the wall where the drawing of initial hand ended. Every else it works great but expect at the top of the. Wayne shorter tenor saxophone mccoy tyner piano reggie workman bass elvin jones drums. The recording, his second as a bandleader for blue note records, highlights his unmatched virtuosity.
Another video clip from anu type 1 jazz recital on 22nd september, 2015 drum solo on mahjong wayne shorter. Get wayne shorter mahjong sheet music notes, chords. Jazz composition arrangement for tenor sax transcription. Give it a try today by clicking play free online above. While in high school wayne also performed with the nat. When a player creates a set of hand or mahjong, he wins the game. Wayne shorter helped shape the course of modern jazz after 1960, and. Page 1 of 6 terminology chee or chow a meld of 3 tiles in sequence of the same suit pung or pong a meld of 3 identical tiles of the same suit kong a meld of 4 identical tiles and must be exposed if formed from a discarded tile.
Wayne shorter mahjong sheet music notes, chords download. If anyone can sing me one of the tunes wayne shorters quartet played, ill give. Mahjong for tenor saxophone solo transcription, intermediate tenor sax transcription sheet music. So ive been working on wayne shorters mahjong, and was hoping. Wayne shorter introducing wayne shorter releases discogs. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. Furiten in riichi mahjong is a state in which a player has discarded a tile that would have otherwise completed his hand. Explanations and examples of handssequences shown on the card.
Wayne shorters mahjong reminds us of how prolific a composer he is. Download wayne shorter mahjong sheet music notes, chords. East starts the game by discarding a tile faces up in the center of the table. The tiles 1 all 108 suit tiles characters, dots, bamboos are presented. This mahjong game has the same basic structure of the pyramid, but it is much smaller, making it easier and less intense.
A player who is furiten cannot win on an opponents discard, but can only win by selfdrawing the needed tile. Microsoft mahjong issues in windows 10 original title. Music notes for real book melodychords sheet music by wayne shorter wayne shorter. Hal leonard digital sheet music at sheet music plus. The game involves a combination of skill, strategy, intelligence, calculation and often luck. Hi babara, i can understand how frustrating it can be when things dont work as expected. After a game is completed whether by a winning hand or no winner after the last tile in the wall has been picked, the player to the right becomes the. Wayne shorter mahjong sheet music notes and chords arranged for tenor sax transcription. A free stone is not covered by another stone and at least 1 side left or right is open. Going dead it is important to remember that there are many different kinds of mahjongg. Shorter mahjong sheet music for tenor saxophone solo.
Mahjongg, game of chinese origin, played with tiles, or pais, that are similar in physical description to those used in dominoes but engraved with chinese symbols and characters and divided into suits and honours. Hong kong mahjong rules associazione italiana mah jong. Super nova is an important transitional album for tenor saxophonist wayne shorter. The chinese game recognizes a small number of special hands. A fad in england, the united states, and australia in the mid1920s, the game was revived in the united states after 1935 but never regained its initial popularity. The aim of mahjong is to build complete suits, generally threes, from either or 16 tiles. Shorter has written many, many wonderful tunes like this, and mahjong. Thus, the draw goes counterclockwise around the table, unless a tile is thrown which a player can claim. Here you see the mahjong titans version of mahjong solitaire with the very beginning of the crab layout. In this puzzle game based on the popular but more complicated mah jong, you match tiles in pairs to eliminate them from the board. Microsoft mahjong issues in windows 10 microsoft community. Mahjong from the jazz pianists ultimate guide to the real book.
The tiles of the mahjong game are also used in many online games. He loved music, being encouraged by his father to take up the clarinet as a teenager. If you find that mahjong layout too difficult, start here, or if pyramid is too intense, come on over to pyramini mahjong. Introduction quick reference guide to hands mah jong hands. Zoning district maps city of wayne page index city of romulus city of westland c a n t o n t o w n s h i p c i y o f w e s t l a n d sw 28 pg. Singles and pairs are underlined on this practice card as a helpful reminder to a player that a discarded tile cannot be picked up to make a single or a pair, unless it is the 14 th tile the final tile needed to make mah jongg.
Many aspects can be understood by anyone who speaks mahjong, but to intelligently play a specific version you have to understand. The tenor saxophonist wayne shorter is widely recognized as a con. Rule info by mandisa washington, some info taken from clay breshears mah jongg site, back in 1997. Wayne shorter mahjong sheet music pdf notes, chords jazz. Wayne shorter introducing wayne shorter 1959, vinyl. Explanations and examples of handssequences shown on. Wayne shorter introducing wayne shorter 1959 vee jay. Special hands are used most widely in the western game. In this case mahjong is played lonely, is called mahjong solitaire, and the. Now when i play it, the pieces at the top of the screen will not disappear when i click on it with another matching piece.
Print and download in pdf or midi mahjong wayne shorter. A full set of mahjong tiles contains four identical tiles of each of these. Mahjong for bb tenor sax sheet music for piano download free in. Wayne shorter mahjong sheet music notes, chords tenor. Cm7 jazz 2 cm7 fm7 cm7 d7 d 7 cm7 1 footprints wayne shorter. Hong kong mahjong rules hong kong mahjong game objective the objective of the hong kong mahjong game is to put together a complete set or hand, which contains four sets of threes either three of a kind of the same suit or pung or a sequence of the same suit or chow and a pair, for total of 14 pieces. Brief introduction to bloody mahjong sichuan bloody rules. Wayne shorter mahjong sheet music notes, chords real. In the west, some players require special hands that is to say, a normal legal hand of chows and pungs and a pair does not qualify for a win. Mahjong solitaire has a free version from microsoft called mahjong titans that comes with the windows 7, and that is what i focus on in this tutorial. Notes on harmony in wayne shorters compositions, 196467 jstor. Mahjong in modern chinese society and culture maggie greene, montana state university abstract this article considers the discourse surrounding the popular chinese table game of mahjong in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, using it as a.
Ma 2 tiles a pair seak gamemah jong end of game feng similar to the term, tricks in cards. I download the micosoft mahjong from the store for windows 10 and it work great for a while. The game of mahjong has many variants this version is sometimes referred to as the chinese classical or sometimes the hong kongcantonese version. When playing special hands required, it is recommended to play with the jokers. Mahjong is a four player game of skill, originating in china.
Within this undeniable masterwork, the influences of john coltrane are evident. Wayne shorter juju 196520 flac tracks 24bit192 khz time 42. Introduction the mahjong set how to play the scoring system special hands. The first official duplicate mahjong event in the united states took place in atlantic city, new jersey during the oct 2123 mahjongg tournament hosted by four seasons mahjongg, sanctioned by the american duplicate mahjong association adma, and observed by the mahjong international league mil, playing the national mahjongg league rules in the beautiful harrahs. Mahjong is a beautifully crafted tile game for four players which originated in china. We understand your concern with apps and we will try. Doubling on soprano which he had recently begun playing, shorter interprets five of his originals including water babies, which had been recorded previously by miles davis and antonio carlos jobims dindi. Juju is the fifth album by american jazz saxophonist wayne shorter. Juju is an album by wayne shorter, recorded and released on blue note in 1964, issued as blp 4182 and bst 84182 the album shows the strong influence of john coltrane, with whom shorter had studied as an undergraduate, and whose style is reflected here both in performance and composition. Think of mahjong as one language, and each version chinese, japanese, british or american is a unique dialect of that language.
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