This weeks challenge for transcription (due August 14)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzoGR9KaGamTa3ZCZFdDZ2gzcVlmc3ZkMk9HdndXa2pvZ0xZ
Points from Tim Carey’s combo 8/7
Red Clay- work on harmonies over the head and shed the solo changes. I recommend playing along with the Real Book track in the link before the next rehearsal.
Practice your parts on Devil May Care, we need to get the sections tight especially behind vocals.
Turn arounds we are focusing on
ii V I, ii V i, I vi ii V
From Rodney:
Week 7 notes
- Be ready for rehearsal
- Use the Dorian scale when you see F#-7 B7 or a minor two five, use the Dorian scale of the home key. Or the mixolydian scale of the home key.
- Tritone substitutions are important to learn and are a common thing you see
- F#-7 B7 in the first four bars of little boat, it is a 2 5 into a major key of Bb. The B7 is a tri tone substitution for the usual chord that leads to Bb which is F.
- A minor two five chord progression is usually a X-7b5 and a X7 leading into a minor chord. (X is a just a place holder for any chord.)
- Hadly Caliman exercise
- You have to be fluid In both major and minor to be good.
- The music is gonna take you to the places where you aren’t good at.
- In a shuffle the bass player should always suggest the triplet feel. Even if I’m not playing a triplet the feel should be there
- A blues can change and morphs into many different chord changes and ways to go through them
- It’s a chord progression because it’s going somewhere. It has a plot. This is a idea that is repeated and should be kept in mind.
- Miles Davis “I found out your ears could only take you so far. Time to study chords and scales”
This week, Milo's combo worked on two different blues. First, we worked on John Coltrane's Equinox. We worked on different scales and methods of improvising over a Db blues. Then we worked on Bird blues, and learned the first few bars of Bongo Beep. The homework for the week is to learn the rest of the head. https://youtu.be/QGLhSx5DMP4
The Marina Albero combo played through our set of Sea Jazz tunes. We also talked about shedding Bobplicity for next time. Please shed! We also worked on our new tune "Limbo Jazz". We may add an additional tune for the gig. Perhaps Doxy or something similar.
