Julian Lage
"Talking Drum" · Julian Lage || Guitar + Bass || Tabs + Sheet Music + Chords
"Talking Drum" · Julian Lage || Guitar + Bass || Tabs + Sheet Music + Chords
Including pdf files:
• Electric Guitar: tab + sheet music + chords
• Upright Bass: tab + sheet music + chords
Digital audio files: midi + xml + mp3
Get the official World’s Fair Songbook
Check out my album collections:
• Scenes from Above (album collection)
• Speak to Me (album collection)
• The Layers (album collection)
• View with a Room (album collection)
• Squint (album collection)
• Love Hurts (album collection)
• Modern Lore (album collection)
• Arclight (album collection)
Julian Lage tells the story behind each song on the album in a series of interview clips. Here is the clip for “Talking Drum”, posted on his YouTube channel.
song: Talking Drum
artist: Julian Lage
album: Scenes from Above (2026)
composer: Julian Lage
electric guitar: Julian Lage
double bass: Jorge Roeder
(organ: John Medeski)
(drums: Kenny Wolleson)
(dulcitone: Patrick Warren)
This is a transcription of the guitar and bass parts on “Talking Drum”, the second single from the album. This is a typical Julian Lage-esque composition, with its mixolydian tonality, a chord progression that is inspired more by the Blues than by functional harmony, in a cyclical Jazz form. Special about the chord progression is its Coltrane-thirds that throws the soloist through several keys. Enjoy!
