Author: Dave Renaud
Date: 2001-09-27 23:01
1) The concept of "swing" eighth notes has evolved through the years.
The modern concept is practically straight eighths rythmicly, but the articulation,
and stress is syncopated. The best way to learn is to listen and to play along.
The melodic rythmn in jazz is often a vocal language concept. For example,
Sum-mer-time sung square dos'nt cut it, the natural language rythmic emphasis
would be impossible to transcribe to paper, but its very natural...and free.
Learning the words to tunes, and conceptualizing the words rythmns is a great
way to free up the feel in a meaningfull way.
2) Yes these are the cords. Knowing them inside out, backwards, forwards, and
in every pattern with the corresponing cord scales is a great tool.
3) One great tool to help learning improv. is to learn, understand, and
reproduce what someone has done.
This is great ear training lifting solos.
And great theory training to analyse them.
I would recomend someone like yourself, who has never done improve before
find a recording, and write out what someone else did. Copy it, play along with
the recording to get the feel. This will show the audition pannel you have initiative
and know where to start. It will give them confidence you will find a way to
cover the part.
Many great players copied everything they could done before them.
Learn 200 tunes, and meoldies begin to coss over between tunes/solos,
lift 200 solos and you build a library of usuable phrases to lean on, and
soon you will find yourself hearing your own phrases in your head
, and chasing them with your horn.
Its a lifes journey, so much left to learn.
Never too early to start.
Cheers
Dave Renaud
DR JAZZ/ Canada
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