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Let me start off by saying that there really are no rules. I am aware of this already. But as a general guideline what are some common rules you sort of follow in jazz?
heres one
"A tonic chord is seldom extended past the ninth. The 11th is a dissonant note, and while it may sound musical in some settings, it prevents the chord from sounding like a tonic chord."
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12-05-2014 09:26 PM
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It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.
Feel is everything and legends from Beethoven on have said it.
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Don't suck. But you have to take chances and suck, in the practice room, for a long time before you truly won't suck.
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"Shut up and play your guitar" - Frank Zappa
"Time On Your Instrument" - Fellow forum member Pierre Richard
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Trust your ear and your gut.
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Listen to great records when you're not playing, and when you are playing, listen to the other players.
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Originally Posted by fep
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I'm pretty sure I stole that from Joe Pass
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"the most important thing is to be around musicians that are better than you are as much as possible." - Pat Metheny
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Originally Posted by teok
I like what Jeff Beck said in and interview: "I just play the notes I want to hear."
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Go to school. Read a lot of music. Don't get on the bad side of musicologists and teachers.
Last edited by Stevebol; 12-06-2014 at 07:57 PM.
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Hello.
These take some believing but I have it on good authority that they were correct...
The Nazis' 10 Control-Freak Rules for Jazz Performers: A Strange List from World War II | Open Culture
Music is the key that can open strange rooms in the house of memory.
Llewelyn Wyn Griffith
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Wow. When shit is funny and chilling. Thanks Rhoderick...it's always good remember man is still the strangest creature to ever walk this earth.
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"Ain't never gonna do it without the fez on ..."
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Don't share needles.
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Originally Posted by Rhoderick
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That's so interesting. Thanks for sharing that. Of course I can think of a few other countries that have a similar history of racially motivated contempt for, and censorship of, certain kinds of music. Not to derail the thread but that trying to stop people from listening to certain kinds of music has been so common in history that it must reflect a certain understanding on the part of governments of the power that music can have.
In Soviet Russia especially in certain periods (some in mid 20s, then 40s-50s) jazz was considered by the goverment to be hostile music - not only because it was American, but also because it was ascociated with a life-style 'inproper' to a real Soviet citizen... so there was a short propaganda verse:
Sevodnya ty igrayesh jazz
A zavtra rodinu prodaz
Meaning litterally:
If you play jazz today,
tomorrow your country you'll betray.
I tried to rhyme it to keep the funny spirit. That verse even now often is quoted but mostly of course ironically.
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Originally Posted by ColinO
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Jazz rules!!
especially when you check out Bireli Lagrene playing with his band
Cest Ce Bon
Tony Steely Dan fan
SE London
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Side note on the first post: Top Secret (yellowjackets) has a tonic minor 11 chord...
A rule I try to follow is that there's no such thing as a triad....
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Not strictly true
In fact , I have it on good authority that there are lots of 'triads' in & around China ?
Tony
SE london
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Wayne Shorter says
"A lot of musicians worry about protecting what I call their musical foundation. They want to be on their Ps and Qs on stage, put their best foot forward, play their best runs, their best and try to impress people. But I'm at a point where I’m just going say, 'To hell with the rules.' That’s all I’m doing with the music now. I'm 71, I've got nothing to lose now. I'm going for the unknown."
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get it on Kid Charlemagne
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