My Old School by Steely Dan Piano Sheet Music
100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the piano part played on Steely Dan’s song My Old School from the 1973 album Countdown To Ecstacy.
My Old School by Steely Dan Piano Sheet Music
100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the piano part played on Steely Dan’s song My Old School from the 1973 album Countdown To Ecstacy.
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The Van Tuyl Music Foundation’s transcription of the piano part played on Steely Dan’s song My Old School was completed by our team of elite, professional musicians who invest multiple hours into ensuring the accuracy of each transcription. PDF sheet music downloads of our transcriptions are available for educational use only to members of The Van Tuyl Music Foundation’s Rhino Clubs, to students in programs funded by The Van Tuyl Music Foundation, and also to donors of The Van Tuyl Music Foundation who support our mission to make modern music education accessible to people of all ages, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds.
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A transcription from The Van Tuyl Music Foundation means that our team of elite, professional musicians spend hours listening to and learning the song, and then transcribing every note, accent, dynamic and fill we hear. Once the transcription is complete, it is then checked, and re-checked for accuracy before we release it. Because we are human musicians, it is possible that we miss a note somewhere, or make an error, but it is extremely rare. Accuracy is our primary concern, so if you find one, please alert us so we can fix it!
About My Old School (from Wikipedia):
“My Old School” is a single drawn from Steely Dan’s 1973 album Countdown to Ecstasy. It reached number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] The song’s lyrics tell the story of a May 1969 drug bust at Bard College, referred to in the lyrics by its location, Annandale. The incident happened while both Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were students there, and the song mentions how a female acquaintance had betrayed them to “Daddy Gee” (G. Gordon Liddy), then the local prosecutor. According to a 2014 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article, 44 people were arrested, including Fagen, whose long hair was cut off at the Poughkeepsie jail.[2] The upshot in the song is that the singer vows he is “never going back” to the college until “California tumbles into the sea”.[3] Cash Box described the song as a “departure from the group’s usual fare, but definitely a track that’s going to have programmers and listeners buzzing.” The song was written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker[5] and is in the key of G major. The original studio track features a guitar solo by Jeff Baxter. Donald Fagen – piano, lead vocals, backup vocals Walter Becker – bass Denny Dias – rhythm guitar Jeff Baxter – lead guitar Jim Hodder – drums, percussion Sherlie Matthews, Myrna Matthews, Patricia Hall, Royce Jones – backup vocals Ernie Watts – saxophone Johnny Rotella – saxophone Lanny Morgan – saxophone Bill Perkins – saxophone Fagen went back on his “never going back” promise. He returned to Bard College when he received an honorary Doctor of the Arts degree in 1985.
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While all of this has been a fantastic experience, it has left out kids who attend schools in underprivileged, more diverse communities without funding for modern music education. Schools and districts in these areas lack funding for the equipment, teachers, curriculum, and support necessary to facilitate rock-band-style programs like the ones I’ve created.
My mission was to tackle this head-on and bring these exceptional programs to students in economically challenged areas, so I sold my music schools and am launching The Van Tuyl Music Foundation to forever change music education. Our foundation will directly provide the funding for the equipment, instruction, curriculum, and support necessary to facilitate these programs.
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