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Post by mattotten on Jul 24, 2006 14:08:48 GMT -5
that is very natural, knowing all absolute notes is secondary, certainly not a priority. You can learn that later. Knowing relative positions, intervals, that is paramount
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Post by mattotten on Jul 24, 2006 14:16:19 GMT -5
Many players begin in Rock guitar today. They learn to improvise over basic three chord sections, modal, blues etc., I ask; what does a Rock player need to do if he wants to go into Jazz? What does he have to STOP doing, and what does he have to START doing? STOP thinking about licks, pentatonic scales etc. START using the major scale, play it in all positions, permutations etc. Then start building melodies. Learn to invent! STOP playing a lot of root notes, START emphasizing extensions (maj 7, maj9 etc) STOP playing very strictly on the beat START playing loosely after the beat
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