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Author: BHoliday33
Date: 2023-08-09 15:01
Hello! Please does anyone know where I can find licks, resources, sheets or a web for playing Dixie-New Orleans style music for a Bb clarinet? Thank you very much!
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2023-08-10 07:05
You are really talking about improvisation.
The best resources are your ears. Listen and analyze what others have done. Now go practice doing those things but with a slight variation here and there.
The end point for you is to develop your own style.
HRL
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Author: Gerwin
Date: 2023-08-10 10:31
Doreen Ketchens does a short intro that might be what you’re looking for:
https://youtu.be/xwDvvFcY3uM
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Author: tyleman
Date: 2023-08-11 13:40
As others have pointed out, the best thing to do is listen, listen, listen - to the masters of the idiom. New Orleans players like Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, Irving Fazola, Jimmie Noone, Willie Humphrey, et. al - also Darnell Howard who wasn't from New Orleans but played the idiom. There are hundreds of tracks by these guys on youtube. I'd also recommend listening to Evan Christopher - a modern-day clarinetist who plays the New Orleans jazz on Albert system clarinet
Just fyi, most guys who still play the music dislike the term "dixie" or "dixieland" and prefer calling it "traditional jazz." All-too-often those other terms conjure up images of guys in striped coats and strawhats who know ten tunes.
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Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2023-08-11 14:12
There's a jazz course run near me: http://www.jazzcourse.co.uk/cambridge.html
It's all listening and chatting, but they break down the music into patterns which helps a lot.
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Author: AndyW
Date: 2023-08-15 01:21
Arnold speaks wisely:-) ...
Download Wu Shengwen's dissertation on Pete Fountain technique with 12 full solo transcriptions:
https://repository.asu.edu/items/53907
and play along with iReal Pro, etc, or with the original recordings.
I'd add - study the "Blues Hexatonic" (aka "The swing six") note-sets, which you'll find illustrated on the web.
-Andy-
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Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2023-08-15 09:15
I'd second what tyleman said.
There really aren't any "licks" to practice so to speak in trad jazz (except perhaps "High Society" or "Burgundy Street Blues" - hahaha).
However, it really does depend on where you're at musically and how familiar you are with the clarinet in general.
If you can hum a tune in your head and reproduce it on the clarinet, then you are most of the way there.
However, if you've only been playing music for a short time, and you're not familiar with the clarinet then there are other things to address first. Listening and emulating are still fundamental though.
If you've been taught modern jazz, and feel comfortable with it, and are comfortable on the clarinet - then immersing yourself in listening to the music you want to play is the bulk of your work. Learn the titles of songs, look them up on YouTube and play along. There are even quite a few "Backing Track" options available on YouTube (of varying use/quality).
If you have favorite performers/groups, start with their recordings and go from there - listen to lots of trumpet leads too...not just clarinet stuff. Trombone, etc. If you're planning to play trad jazz, it is nice to gain an understanding of how the front line functions harmonically, giving space, creating fills, supporting the energy of the song, etc. and especially staying out of the way.
If you need recommendations of songs or current groups (or past groups) to get started, please let us know and I'm sure folks will be willing to offer all sorts of great suggestions.
Welcome to the bboard!
Fuzzy
;^)>>>
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Author: Burt
Date: 2023-08-16 06:33
I barely recall an old movie where, if I remember correctly, Benny Goodman teaches Elliot Ness how to improvise on "Little Brown Jug". Does anybody remember the name of the movie?
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