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#1
11-28-2011, 03:50 AM
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 Anybody tried this chord melody idea: bass + melody? In short, following the root notes in the bass while playing the melody or improvising (improvising around the melody while doing this sounds nice I think), without harmonizing it with any chords. I've been trying this out, I can't walk and play a melody... yet... but just hitting the one or leading into it sounds good. Anybody else do this, or have elaborated on this idea? It seems like a good base to start on them move into more chords, as I tried to but couldn't quite do. I was going to post a video how I used it on All The Things but it didn't work. Anybody know how to add a video without putting it onto youtube first?     |
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11-28-2011, 01:21 PM
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 Hal Galper talks about this in "Forward Motion". He elaborates on how melody notes that occur on downbeats (1 & 3) provide the skeletal framework the tune itself. |
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11-28-2011, 01:29 PM
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11-28-2011, 01:43 PM
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| I've been doing this for ten years. I find it actually a lot more audibly palatable, often, then standard chord melody playing, but that's my personal preference. hearing the bass line with the melody is a great step towards deconstructing and understanding the tune.
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