Anyway- I am forwarding this long, cumbersome returned mail I got from your
list- do you know anything about it?
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Subject: Re: Harmonic minor
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Wouldn't you agree, Reed, that Charlie Parker used the harmonic minor scale
extensively in minor keys, and the melodic seldom if never? I've always
felt that sometimes what could be analyzed as an exotic scale is really only
an original use of nonharmonic tones...
>>
>Harmonic minor harmony is extremely important for soloing,
>especially when one is in a minor key. Interestingly enough,
>it seems to be totally forgotten in modern jazz books.
>
>For me, hearing the natural 9 on every m7b5 chord is extremely
>oppressive.
>
>The whole thing with avoid notes makes no sense to me.
>
>Study the solos of the great players. They have no hangups
>about that.
>
>Study classical music like Chopin. He's not worried about avoid notes.
>
>For me, melodic minor harmony is a very nice spice that can be
>used. However, I don't want it as my main meal. I like nutmeg but
>I don't want a plate of it for dinner.
>
>For me it's just an intellectual thing about avoid notes.
>
>However it's dug itself into the mainstream of jazz education so
>people just repeat it in parrot like fashion without any true
>understanding of where it comes from , who uses it, etc.
>
>One thing that John Clayton (great bassist and arranger) told me
>is that you have to write your own harmony book.
>
>Amen!!!!!
>
>To succeed at jazz you better go to the primary sources (transcription)
>of players you are interested and don't depend on the theories
>of others to set your own agenda.
>
>reed
>
>>
>>
>
>Reed Kotler
>reed@justjazz.com
>http://www.justjazz.com
>
>
Tim Walters @j
Director of Jazz Studies
Florida Atlantic University
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"Put the trumpet down, and slowly back away."
Tim Walters @j
Director of Jazz Studies
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(561)367-3824, 367-3820
walterstr@fau.campus.mci.net
"Put the trumpet down, and slowly back away."