Re: Solo analysis - rules of thumb?
reed ( (no email) )
Mon, 26 May 1997 16:52:52 +0100
At 03:10 PM 5/26/97 GMT, you wrote:
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>Although one can't establish precise rules to improvisation, without
>limiting it severely, this two rules of thumb I've come across seem to me as
>interesting and important.
>As I'm not totally sure about this, I would appreciate correction where
>needed.
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>1) Consonance must always be respected on beats 1 & 3. That is, you can use
>avoid notes (as passing tones) anytime except for this strong beats
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>2) Tone resolution: when passing from one chord to another, there are some
>resolutions which occour frequently: for example resolving from the 7th of
>the first chord to the 3rd of the second. Also 9th to 5th, and 13th to 9th
>
>Can you give me some feedback please?
>
>Pedro
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Pedro,
What transcriptions are you looking at where you see this?
reed
Reed Kotler
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