New video - Play Giant Steps in all 12 keys

[Christian Miller]

[voxo]

great video.... sadly i dont have a PHd

[RLetson]

Above my pay grade, but still interesting to watch someone work through a tune. And in a Google wander, I came across this:

[pamosmusic]

Disappointed this isn’t a four second video of you saying “just do it.”

[kris]

First, play correctly in one key - that is, in the original key.

[AllanAllen]

Very enjoyable

[pcjazz]

But why would you want to?

[Christian Miller]

But why would you want to?

[Christian Miller]

But why would you want to?

in seriousness, it’s not hard and there are a number of tunes with Trane cycles.

Also, I think if you can’t transpose a tune freely you don’t fully know it?

which raises of the question of why would you play giant steps at all? But I’ll set that one aside haha.

[pcjazz]

in seriousness, it’s not hard and there are a number of tunes with Trane cycles.

Also, I think if you can’t transpose a tune freely you don’t fully know it?

which raises of the question of why would you play giant steps at all? But I’ll set that one aside haha.

Yes, that last question is the one I had in mind. Mouldy fig me.

[AllanAllen]

I can answer the last one. It's because you host a jazz jam and if a sax player shows up and calls it, might as well know how to get around the tune. After all, you could practice worse things.... like the locrian mode.

[SandChannel]

Christian needs to remember to have one of his sock puppet accounts post these videos.

[ScottM]

Love it!!

[pingu]

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which raises of the question of why would you play giant steps at all? But I’ll set that one aside haha.

good point , why would you ?

I (jokingly) called it at a fairly low key jam in one of those ‘so what you wanna play?’ moments

(no one laughed)

So I said ‘only joking’

(no one laughed)

I think we played Loverman
(in F)

ps but seriously , thanks for making the video Christian , i hadn’t noticed the
decending thing going on

one day i have a proper go at
GS ….. one day

[Christian Miller]

I can answer the last one. It's because you host a jazz jam and if a sax player shows up and calls it, might as well know how to get around the tune. After all, you could practice worse things.... like the locrian mode.

m7b5 ain’t a thing! ;-)

[Christian Miller]

good point , why would you ?

I (jokingly) called it at a fairly low key jam in one of those ‘so what you wanna play?’ moments

(no one laughed)

So I said ‘only joking’

(no one laughed)

I think we played Loverman
(in F)

No, but I might be more likely to play 26-2. Tbh neither get called that often in my life haha.

[AllanAllen]

m7b5 ain’t a thing! ;-)

According to someone I saw on youtube... Charlie Parker only needed the m7b5 arpeggio. If it's on youtube it must be true.

[Christian Miller]

According to someone I saw on youtube... Charlie Parker only needed the m7b5 arpeggio. If it's on youtube it must be true.

Thats Berklee for ‘minor 6th’