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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2023-11-11 17:26
Are there Blues Scales exercise books that are structured like the Kroepsch Book III? That is, individual exercises that go through the most frequent harmonic progressions written in all eleven twelve key signatures.
Thanks in advance!
...............Paul Aviles
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Author: kdk
Date: 2023-11-11 18:22
I've had to play "classical" music in 6 sharps or flats occasionally. But do you ever in the real world have to improvise blues in those keys?
Karl
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2023-11-11 21:49
Well whether we call it Blues or Jazz, a lot of Goodman’s repertoire is in harder keys because the dominants and fourths lie in easier places.
Anyway, exercises that take you through standard progressions would lay that bare.
………….Paul Aviles
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Author: lydian
Date: 2023-11-11 23:18
I personally had to learn them in all keys because B E A D guitar keys end up being pretty gnarly on Bb and Eb instruments. I just learned all by ear. There’s not much point in reading them. Next step is to learn several of your favorite blues licks in all keys, also by ear.
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Author: donald
Date: 2023-11-12 01:40
re Guitar Keys - In the days when I pretended I could really play jazz (as opposed to "being able to play jazz better than the other classical players") I would cheat and use my A clarinet for the guitar keys....
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Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2023-11-12 02:08
Karl,
Especially when playing with vocalists...you never know what key they'll feel comfortable in. Depending on the group you're playing with, the key will not be called out until a few seconds before starting the song. So, complicated keys (while not "the norm") aren't terribly uncommon. You could go goofy with either flat keys or sharp keys when working with vocalists. Some groups simply change keys before/after the vocal chorus, but there's usually at least one run through in the vocalist key - if not the entire thing.
As Lydian said - if you're playing with an otherwise all string/guitar group - they avoid flats like the plague, and you'll be forced to play tons of B C# F# etc. So, it's very common to be expected to improvise in 5+ sharps with these groups. (But very rare to play in any flats).
One very good guitarist I play with said, "Let's face it, if a guitarist can't play in flat keys; then they're not really a guitar player." (In that context, I know very, very few guitar players.) Hahaha!
;^)>>>
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