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Old 06-21-2011, 07:35 AM
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Hello, and happy first day of summer/winter depending on your hemisphere.
I've asked this before with no results, but here goes again. Several years (and a couple of computers) ago, I had a list of the titles that go along with the exercises in the Mickey Baker book, but lost it when a computer died. I've not run across it again anywhere. Anybody have or know of such a list or am I imagining it?
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Old 06-21-2011, 09:08 AM
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I've never heard of such a list, though I'd love to find one!
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Which Mickey Baker book? Book one or book two.
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Which Mickey Baker book? Book one or book two.
Book one.
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Sorry it has been awhile since your last post. Okay; I'm checking thru Mickey Baker's Complete Course in Jazz Guitar, book one:

The only song that I see referenced is "Dark Eyes". I hope this helps.
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The only song that I see referenced is "Dark Eyes". I hope this helps.
Maybe I wasn't clear in my post. Once upon a dimly lit past, I had a list that showed what actual song many of the ones in the Mickey Baker book were taken from. As most of us probably know, you can't copyright chord changes, so supposedly Mickey Baker took the changes from standard tunes and renamed them so there would be no copyright problems. The list I had showed the title from Baker with the corresponding standard title.
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Maybe I wasn't clear in my post. Once upon a dimly lit past, I had a list that showed what actual song many of the ones in the Mickey Baker book were taken from. As most of us probably know, you can't copyright chord changes, so supposedly Mickey Baker took the changes from standard tunes and renamed them so there would be no copyright problems. The list I had showed the title from Baker with the corresponding standard title.
I thought your original post was perfectly clear, Brad, though I've never seen such a list. There *is* a sight about working through Mickey's Book (vol 1) and the moderator sometimes posts here. (Heck, I *belong* to the group but the name escapes me now. Do a thread search for "Mickey Baker" in the title and you can find it.) I remember mention being made there of one of Mickey's progs being based on "How High The Moon."
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Ah, here's a link for you:

Mickey Baker
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Just doing a quick scan, I see (--at the link above, which works through Volume I chapter by chapter) mention of "One Note Samba" and "Moon Glow" in connection with Lesson Six.
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Ah, here's a link for you:

Mickey Baker
Yes, familiar with the site, just haven't spent a lot of time with it.
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Yes, familiar with the site, just haven't spent a lot of time with it.
Brad
I bet if you emailed that guy, he could tell you something about that list. I would be surprised if he doesn't know about it (-providing there is such a list.)
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I bet if you emailed that guy, he could tell you something about that list. I would be surprised if he doesn't know about it (-providing there is such a list.)
Good idea, just did that.
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Good idea, just did that.
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Please let us know what you find out!
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Old 06-28-2011, 08:25 PM
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Please let us know what you find out!
He knows as little as the rest of us. I'm beginning to think I hallucinated the whole thing, and it's probably 40 years since I did any hallucinogen, well for the regular intake of a few beers.
Brad
PS I'll keep searching, though. Someplace I think I have a couple CDs with old files, of course thinking I do and actually finding them may be as hard as tracking down this elusive list.
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This topic comes up here from time to time and there is never an answer.

May I suggest looking for similar progressions at Ralph Patt's site:

The Tonal Centers Page
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May I suggest looking for similar progressions at Ralph Patt's site:
The Tonal Centers Page
Thanks, looks like a good site. I was familiar with his Vanilla Book, but I guess I never explored the site too thoroughly. Maybe if I get ambitious I can match some of the progressions to Baker and post it.
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This topic comes up here from time to time and there is never an answer.

May I suggest looking for similar progressions at Ralph Patt's site:

The Tonal Centers Page

COOL, Drumbler -- love, love, love this website. Mr. Patt has invested much work into this very useful, educational site. Thanks for the link, buddy.

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