Standard Practical Group( Joy Spring ) - Page 3

Reg · #61 03-16-2011, 03:58 PM

yea Jay... cool. Very melodic ideas...aren't you going through the ten step program to quit tonal areas and get into chord tones...tone-aholic, isn't that a 7 or 8 step program. sorry weak attempt at humor. Anyway I dig your lines... nice.
Yea Ken... I've used that preparation technique many times... Reg

jayx123 · #62 03-17-2011, 12:21 AM

Ken, thanks man I dug your octave playing very clean.
Reg, your take on this was great (as usual) and please please don't tell the guys in the tone-aholic program you caught me ;-)

wizard3739 · #63 03-17-2011, 09:44 AM

Reg, Ken & Jay, thank you very much for posting Joy Spring on this thread. I gain something from each post and at my age & disposition that is simply great! I love this thread and look forward to each post.
As a side note, my little group has lost our keyboard player so I am busy trying to re-arrange our sets with me doing all of the intro's. We are now a quartet consisting of a Vocalist, a guitarist, a bass and a Drummer playing mostly GAS with a some jazz titles. We have decided to try to work without a keyboard player. Any advice you guys may have would be sincerely appreciated.

wiz

bako · #64 03-17-2011, 10:13 AM

A voicing study for the A section. All chords are 1 beat each or 4 to the bar however distributed.

FMa6/9-----------FMa7-----------Dm9-------------Dm7Sus--------
X X A D G C-----X X C E F C-----X X A D E C-----X D G C F X--//

Gm7Sus----------Gm9Sus----------Gm7b5-------------C7b9
X X G C F Bb-----X X Bb C F A-----X F Bb Db G X-----Bb E G Db X X--//

FMa9------------FMa9------------Dm9-------------Dm7Sus-------
F X G C E X-----A X G C F X-----X F D E A X-----X X A F G C--//

Bbm9--------------Bbm9--------------Eb7Sus---------------Eb7Sus
X F Db F Ab C-----X F C Db Ab X-----X Eb Ab Db G X-----Bb G Ab Db X X--//

FMa9------------Dm9-------------Ab13Sus-------------Ab9+---------------
A F G C X X-----X D F C E X-----Ab X Gb Db F X-----X E Bb C Ab X--//

Gm7Sus-----------Gm9Sus---------C9Sus------------C7+--------------FMa9
X X C D F Bb-----X X Bb F A C-----X X C F Bb D-----X X Bb E G# E--//X X C G A F

Just an exercise, not real music like the recordings presented.

bako · #65 03-17-2011, 10:25 AM

Howie,

Become very comfortable with space.
Trust your bass player and drummer.
If each person can make the song speak solo then each additional musician is a bonus.

jckoto3 · #66 03-17-2011, 11:03 AM

Hey Bako, your post is pretty mal-formatted for those of us with small screens. I've wrapped your post in the CODE tag to force a fixed-width font, and made some edits to how I think you intended for it to lay-out on-screen:

Code:

FMa6/9----------FMa7------------Dm9-------------Dm7Sus-----------Gm7Sus-----------Gm9Sus-----------Gm7b5-------------C7b9
X X A D G C-----X X C E F C-----X X A D E C-----X D G C F X--//--X X G C F Bb-----X X Bb C F A-----X F Bb Db G X-----Bb E G Db X X--//

FMa9------------FMa9------------Dm9-------------Dm7Sus-----------Bbm9--------------Bbm9--------------Eb7Sus-------------Eb7Sus
F X G C E X-----A X G C F X-----X F D E A X-----X X A F G C--//--X F Db F Ab C-----X F C Db Ab X-----X Eb Ab Db G X-----Bb G Ab Db X X--//

FMa9------------Dm9-------------Ab13Sus------------Ab9+---------------Gm7Sus-----------Gm9Sus-----------C9Sus------------C7+--------------FMa9
A F G C X X-----X D F C E X-----Ab X Gb Db F X-----X E Bb C Ab X--//--X X C D F Bb-----X X Bb F A C-----X X C F Bb D-----X X Bb E G# E--//--X X C G A F

Does that look right to you? You have some interesting voicings in there. I like where you're going with this, even though I'm not quite sure where that is

bako · #67 03-17-2011, 11:25 AM

JCKOTO3

On my screen, my post looks fine, I don't really know what happens when it leaves my computer room. Thanks for the heads up.
I'll edit/reformat it in a safer way.

wizard3739 · #68 03-17-2011, 12:13 PM

Bako: Thank you very much for the advice. The drummer is an old pro but our bass player hasn't played for many years. We are teaching him about GAS and he has responded very well. He doesn't do any solo's yet but he is working on walking bass concepts and his time is really good.
Also, your voicing exercise is very interesting. I havn't had time to play through it yet but it looks good to me.

wiz

oilywrag · #69 03-20-2011, 07:00 AM

Hi guys,
It's been a few days now since somone posted.

Is it time to call it a day on this one or is anyone else nearly ready to post an improv or something

..Given the number of downloads on my box account a lot of guys want to play this tune.

Cheers,

Tom

wizard3739 · #70 03-20-2011, 02:15 PM

I 'm ready to move on to the next tune but will go along with what the other members want to do.

wiz

sgreb · #71 03-20-2011, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reg

Here's a weak take of joy spring... I tried to play as chord solo... usually I can fake my way through most tunes... anyway... I got caught on JS... The head is a little busy for trying to voice... but that's how it goes sometimes. If we keep tune around ... I'll try and work out something... steal something from JP... he never seem to have any problems.

YouTube Video

Great comping approach, Reg! And I really dig the bluesy feel of your soloing. Really nice groove!!

sgreb · #72 03-20-2011, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oilywrag

Hi guys,
It's been a few days now since somone posted.

Is it time to call it a day on this one or is anyone else nearly ready to post an improv or something

..Given the number of downloads on my box account a lot of guys want to play this tune.

Cheers,

Tom

I have been stupidly busy and apologize for not posting. I hope to tonight after work (yup I work on Sundays!)

Feel free to move on, though.

wizard3739 · #73 03-20-2011, 07:39 PM

Another good job, Reg! I love your video examples and this one for Joy Spring has some very good comping concepts. I think I need to add more octaves to my solo's & comping to add more variety to my approach. It is really nice to be able to visualize the chords and positions you use and I get a lot of ideas to experiment with when I watch you play. Thank you very much,

wiz

sgreb · #74 03-20-2011, 11:04 PM

YouTube Video

Here is my contribution to the project. Perhaps a bit manic, but waddya gonna do? Certainly several "extraneous" notes that I would have preferred not to be there.

I'm not overly used to playing so many changes at fast tempos. Hence the over reliance on blues licks at times.

Had to trust my ears for the head... think I got it right.

BTW...I stop suddenly in the middle of the solo because someone walked into the room. (it was going on too long anyway)

Also some weird glitch cut out a few seconds of my improv.

Anyway, I had a lot of fun learning this tune, and hearing everyones renditions.

I am looking forward to the next one.

wizard3739 · #75 03-20-2011, 11:53 PM

sgreb: Sounds like you have a very good handle on the head and your version definitely swings in a nice groove. I heard some very good lines and I like the way you use the whole neck when you improvise. Also I liked the chordal improv toward the end and it left me wishing you had not been interrupted. I enjoyed listening to you and I am looking forward to our next tune. This a great thread!

wiz

Reg · #76 03-20-2011, 11:59 PM

Yea... man you got a little grease to clean up... great playin, very live. You do know when we say grease ... we mean your in the groove... you were layin it down...that's a very good thing. Reg

jayx123 · #77 03-21-2011, 01:16 AM

sgreb - nice job man I also really liked the chords you laid down at the end.

sgreb · #78 03-21-2011, 12:14 PM

Thanks for the comments. Sometimes i feel like I'm really flailing on tunes like these. I should probably work more on "lines" so it's not such a brain drain to play.

Thanks also for identifying my "groove". That's one area I've always been pretty solid at, except sometimes I tend to rush.

I dig this thread a lot too.

Dazz · #79 03-23-2011, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oilywrag

Hi guys,
It's been a few days now since somone posted.

Is it time to call it a day on this one or is anyone else nearly ready to post an improv or something

..Given the number of downloads on my box account a lot of guys want to play this tune.

Cheers,

Tom

I have been away for 2 trips and all I have managed to sort out was the head (at anything like full tempo). As a medium/beginner, it is tough. Still, it is a great tune and I am just posting this to say thanks to you and all the rest for all the versions/takes/tracks/chord sheets.

Des

amlisoda · #80 03-23-2011, 10:45 PM

Yes it is true that we are looking forward to RC4 and eventually the 2.GOLD release. SMF2.0 RC3 has quality in it self which we can see after using it. I feel glad to update here on it.

kenbennett · #81 03-24-2011, 04:33 AM

sgreb, you were all over it. That's fine. Makes me want to try the swing version too.

oilywrag · #82 03-24-2011, 09:30 AM

Hey Sgreb once again very nicely done thanks for posting

Cheers

Tom

sgreb · #83 03-24-2011, 10:12 PM

So....hey... I'm up for a new tune!!

frogeye · #84 03-25-2011, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sgreb

So....hey... I'm up for a new tune!!

I'm late to the party, working on the head right now and would not want anyone to wait. I'll try to post something for giggles

by the end of the weekend or early next week at a latest. I figure that I still can do that while you guys moving on to the next tune.

oilywrag · #85 03-26-2011, 07:18 AM

Hey Frogeye no problem,you finish off on here, and I can start the new tune
in a new thread..

Ok guys the new tune is going to be " Ceora ".

Cheers,

Tom