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Post by Matt on Dec 2, 2003 17:25:48 GMT -5
I don't understand how a jazz pick helps, it seems like a smaller pick would give a thinner sound.
I use a thick Dunlop Tortex for everything. I used the rounded edge with a slight tilt towards the bridge (warmer sound). But I also play classical so I used my fingers on all chords and slow songs
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Post by Matt on Nov 29, 2003 12:15:39 GMT -5
Jazz Guitar Hal leonard
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Post by Matt on Nov 29, 2003 12:25:17 GMT -5
I also think about jazz colleges often. During high school im trying to do as much musical and especially jazz stuff as I can, so as to build an impressive resume so to speak for college
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Post by Matt on Mar 11, 2004 22:40:46 GMT -5
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Hi
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Post by Matt on Nov 29, 2003 12:43:40 GMT -5
My name is Matt Mueller and I am also a young player as some of the others on this forum (Shawn). Im 15 and ive been playing guitar since I was 9. I live in Iowa City, Iowa, which is a good musical and cultural town for not being very big. I started jazz seriously about 6 months ago or less. I already knew how to read and a lot of theory when i started, because unlike most people I learned standard notation when I first started. I started learning classical about a year ago and I think that helped me a lot with jazz. Right now I have this really weird russian classical guitar teacher who teaches without music and he is very different than most other teachers. He is rare in that he tries to teach me to play with emotion and he doesnt care about technique. He criticizes people who play fast passages but dont use emotion. And best of all he always gives me little guitar-philosophy things and says crazy things like "The guitar has a beauty in how quiet it is... If stood up next to a cello it can not be heard but people have sympathy for it." "The guitar is an illusion. We cannot control the volume of a note, all we can do is pluck the next note relative to the previous to make the illusion of dynamics." And I am taking jazz lessons from a pretty well known and in demand musician in my area and I think he will make me very good. Im also in the top jazz band at my high school and im playing in a choir jazz ensemble and I am a freshman. I also play trumpet in the low jazz band.
I dont know why I posted this. Well there is my life story
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Post by Matt on Nov 29, 2003 12:55:07 GMT -5
I think I saw that it costs $999 though.
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Post by Matt on Mar 11, 2004 22:38:19 GMT -5
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Post by Matt on May 14, 2004 8:33:40 GMT -5
pat metheny is so funny
yes stanley Jordan!! You should all check out his montreal DVD. I bought an Ibanez just so I could start playing touchstyle
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Post by Matt on Jan 10, 2004 10:46:41 GMT -5
what about kenny burrel. I like how he plays rythm and solos at the same time. Jim Hall
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Post by Matt on Jan 9, 2004 23:52:50 GMT -5
yeah, this was a stupid post. Victor Wooten puts it all in perspective on his DVD "live at bass day 98"
When someone asked him what do you think of when you are soloing or composing, he said something like "Well how did you ask that question? Did you plan out the number of syllables, pronouns etc. before you asked it? No you just improvised. This is what I do with music. I just play what I know will sound good, but to know this you have to build your vocabulary by learning as much theory as you can, so that you can just play without thinking about it."
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Post by Matt on Nov 29, 2003 12:53:27 GMT -5
I feel like I will never be a great musician because I already know too much about theory. Doesnt it seem like all the incredible musicians learned music with no instruction and started performing professionally when they cant even read or write music? Some examples for guitar are Wes Montgomery and Django.
I have a friend who has played piano since he was 2 and has been writing symphonies since he was 9. He cant read sheet music very well at all, even though he has been taking lessons since 1st grade, but if you play something twice on the piano, he will be able to play it (like mozart maybe?).
Well anyway, dont you think it would be so much better to not have the burden of chords, arpeggios, scales etc. and just play what sounds good? I think this is how all music should be, and unfortunately I didnt play anything before I started taking lessons.
Im trying to make up for it now by writing some classical music (I have no idea how to write modern songs, whatever I play sounds too simple or like its already been done before). Also, I dont understand how you write jazz, just play a solo and call it the head, then find what chords it goes over? ...
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Post by Matt on Dec 2, 2003 21:14:19 GMT -5
are they still fining people for illegal music files?
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Post by Matt on Mar 11, 2004 22:34:28 GMT -5
Ive heard alot of people say that they really dread soloing on modal songs. I prefer a static song over a rapid changing one anyday - it gives you a chance to really unfold your ideas and take the solo wehre you want, instead of just being dictated by whichever arpeggio is coming next. I feel like when I play off of chord tones that Im not really improvising, im just using the "rules of soloing"
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Post by Matt on Feb 10, 2004 22:54:14 GMT -5
Yes many people say you should sing your lines before you play them. I too am having some trouble with improvising. Im playing Big Dipper right now and my teacher told me to just do the arpeggio of each chord, but I feel like I have nowhere to go from there.
When you say the chord tones thats the same as the arp right? When I improvise this way it feels like I am playing the same thing every time I improvise.
My guitar teacher (one of the best jazzers in the midwest) helps me so much with improv. Its just like, he tells me the simplest things to play, like when I had to play "ive got rythm" for all state tryout, he told me to just do Bb major, Bb blues, Bb major. Its so simple and sounds so good. For some reason I improvise great when Im playing with him (and I improvise alot better on a classical guitar than in the big band setting...).
Basically I have always used scales for improv (usually pentatonic and then just chromaticize it). My big question is what is the difference between a mode and a scale??? I know songs like "So What" are modal, is this just because it is played over the D Dorian mode?? I really dont understand. I know the modes of major scale and I always thought they were just scales.
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Post by Matt on Feb 10, 2004 22:37:34 GMT -5
charlie hunter?
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