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(Then Reed replied...) (In part...)
>Fernando,
>
>If people are just given all material digested and ready to go they
>won't learn that much anyway from it. They need to participate in the
>process in some manner.
Garrett:
**I couldn't agree more. As much as I might benefit from a little
help now and then, the most gain will come from the hardest digging. I could
just use a little (okay, a lot!!) of specific help from time to time.**
>Another thing he taught me, which is off this subject, is that almost
>all musical problems can be solved by doing more transcribing. If you are
>rushing the beat, you havent transcribed enough. If you xyz, then you
>havent transcribed enough. His idea is that you wont make whatever mistakes
>you are making if you can hear what you are doing.
Garrett:
**Reed, I like this. I would like some suggestions for transcribing,
however. For example, I have tried digging on Dave Brubeck's Over the
Rainbow from his "Trio Brubeck" CD. The liner notes (his son writing)
indicate that his father is playing in two different keys at once (go Dave!!).
I would benefit from someone transcribing the first (say three or
four) bars with me (or for me) and then engaging in a discussion of just
those harmony choices.
I've just stumbled upon a technique that solo piano players might
use for that 'more modern' sound. Instead of going for the Eb maj sound in
bar one (of Rainbow), try something else that also fits the melody note (Eb)
(assuming key: Ab). I tried D7, where the Eb melody note is a nice b9
(instead of the boring tonic sound). This is for solo piano, of course...
surely would be a disaster to spring this stuff without warning in a trio
setting.
Getting back to transcribing... I find it to be incredibly time
consuming and my efforts are so incredibly wrong. There's always so much
going on... "where was count one?... what was that root again?... sounds
like a bunch of stacked fourths, but which ones?... holy cow, that was a
neat rhythm, what was that again... etc."
Anyway, thanks for the list, Reed.
Warmest Regards to all,
Garrett Wilner
love2fly@ix.netcom.com
Austin, Texas