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Sep 18 2014, 06:00 AM
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As in the 'song' ...
-------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Sep 19 2014, 02:39 PM
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Hi mate, this sound beautiful! You are a master with chord melody!
I'm curious about the tune, how you learnt it, if this is your own arrangement and if it is, how you worked on it... -------------------- My lessons
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Sep 19 2014, 05:59 PM
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QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Sep 19 2014, 06:39 AM)  Hi mate, this sound beautiful! You are a master with chord melody! I'm curious about the tune, how you learnt it, if this is your own arrangement and if it is, how you worked on it... Thanks Gab. Good questions. The tune is my arrangement but I took a lot of ideas from this guy's version ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG2dsXV5HI I've played the song many times with different groups of musicians. It's a 'standard' so I knew it pretty well before I decided to do a solo arrangement. Or, I thought I did. About a week ago somebody asked me about one of the chords in the John Coltrane version (youtube link'd above). Specifically the F major chord the piano player (McCoy Tyner) hits at 0:30. I wasn't completely sure what it was or how it was functioning so I listened and decided I needed to do an arrangement for myself. This is my usual method ... 1) I pick a song I really like (because I will be spending hours to days with it). 2) I learn the song via my ear and/or look at some sheet music - http://www.guitarcats.com/images/JazzStand...0THINGS-306.jpg 3) I listen to the original version. "The Sound Of Music". 4) I listen to a few other artist's renditions. In this case, John Coltrane. 5) I pick favorite bits from each and try to put them together in a cohesive way. I sit and play just the melody and simple chords many times through to start. As I keep playing I hear and experiment with substitute chords. I adjust the fingerings/voicings/positions to work with the melody. Sometimes (rarely) I will change a melody note in order to facilitate a chord voicing or bass note choice. And like with anything else in art - I'll make a mistake or three that sounds cool. The 'happy accident'. I make notes on a sheet of the ideas and changes I come up with - chord grids, notation, tab, etc. Whatever works. The usual length of time from start to finish is 3 days. Day 1 - learn song and solidify an arrangement. Day 2 - practice arrangement. The technical stuff. Day 3 - practice more and then record it (mostly so that when I forget it I have a decent reference). Sometimes I can do it all in one day. Sometimes it takes 3 weeks. * I almost always end up with too many ideas and I have to discard a lot. It depends on how long I want the tune to be or, what do I need to get my point across? This post has been edited by klasaine: Sep 19 2014, 08:42 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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klasaine Favorite Things Sep 18 2014, 06:00 AM
Monica Gheorghevici Awesome playing!!!! I always enjoy... Sep 18 2014, 07:19 AM
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Cosmin Lupu Ken .. your mastery of chordal play and arrangemen... Sep 18 2014, 08:56 AM Jim S. QUOTE (klasaine @ Sep 18 2014, 01:00 AM) ... Sep 19 2014, 03:31 AM
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