Jazz Help, Strugling with changes |
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Jan 29 2010, 03:38 PM
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Hmmmm, there is really that many ways to improvise as there are jazz-players.... but there is some common ways to tackle hard chord progressions......
1) Try to find the scale(s) and the tonal centers around these 2-5 stuff rather than try to play on each of them, You will see that in most common tunes there is not more than 3-4 keys that really is played, even that there might be lots of them at the first sight. 2) Use chromatism to play over "unknown" chords.... (well, thats a cheat....) 3) Improvise over the melody rather than the chords. 4) Practise the whole song using just broken chords and lead in notes to those in "even eights" at a VERY slow tempo at first.... 5) Make pauses over "unknown" chords... (another "cheat") 6) Play rhytmic interesting stuff instead of "speedy" stuff, and try to make some melodies out of it.... play "by ear", it always turn out better... Regarding "lick-playing" I always found it difficult, I even had problems remember "Smoke on the water"....  And imo. its pointless in jazz-music, since You only gonna end up sounding like somebody else. But in studying a particular style/learn how other players think it may has a point. What is much more fun is to make up Your own "licks" - eg. play a chord/change and try to find a nice phrase. That will be MUCH easier to remember since You made it up by Yourself.Otherwise that the above, I strongly suggest practising timing/rhytm, since it doesnt really matter what notes You play - if its done with confidence and the phrases lands on an appropiate note. Hope You can get some inspiration out of this, and good luck!  //Staffay EDIT: Formatting This post has been edited by Staffy: Jan 29 2010, 03:40 PM --------------------  Guitars: Ibanez AM-200, Ibanez GB-10, Fender Stratocaster Classic Player, Warmouth Custom Built, Suhr Classic Strat, Gibson Les Paul Standard 2003, Ibanez steel-string Amps: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Marshall JMP 2103, AER 60 Effects: BOSS DD-20, Danelectro Trans. Overdrive, TC-Electronics G-Major, Dunlop Wah-wah, Original SansAmp, BOSS DD-2 Music by Staffy can be found at: Staffay at MySpace |
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Jan 29 2010, 04:52 PM
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QUOTE (stratman79 @ Jan 29 2010, 12:48 PM)  Really I know the answer and its practise more and don't be so lazy, but if anyone does have a magic word (other than practise) please let me know... You have already wrote the answer. There's no magic or magic word. The only way we have to learn new things is to practice them. Somebody learn faster and somebody else not as faster as before. As guitarist you need to know how each fret sounds with your tuning. Learning licks is cool but this in not the key point because usually this means to play in a "cut-and-paste" style. You should learn FROM the lick, not only the lick itself. I hope to cover this concept on the next lessons of the JN series. Try to sing along the scales you know, the arpeggios you know and the licks you know. This usually helps a lot! Remember that your final goal is to hear a melody in your mind and play it on your guitar. Also, take a good Jazz player and listen to his solos. Even he's improvising, each lick has something in relation with the previous Jazz players. Steal licks and learn from them! /edit typo This post has been edited by Jerry Arcidiacono: Jan 29 2010, 04:53 PM -------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Jan 29 2010, 11:34 PM
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If you are around the site in 20+ minutes, stop by the chat room. I will do video chat and will be happy to help you out with soloing over changes.
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Feb 9 2010, 06:13 PM
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I think Pedja is the man to help you with that!
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