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The Robert Conti Study Group is now working on Ticket To Improv, Volume 4: Project 2 (Wave)
All are welcome!
Our study group has evolved a few basic guidelines that have helped us. These are based on the fact that most of us are either beginners in jazz improvisation or old hands who still feel like we haven't gotten a good grip on soloing yet. So, here's what we do:
- We move at the pace of 8 measures per week, learning the exercise solo composed by Conti and transcribed in the digital transcription booklet on the DVD. Some get behind, some run a bit ahead, but generally 8 measures per week is the norm.
- We post a video clip each week, typically on Tuesday, of ourselves playing the scheduled chunk.
- We use any background track we like. Conti has one on the DVD, but many other sources exist, and we use whatever we want!
- We don't do much critique, but sometimes do openly ask for advice. Mainly, we cheer, support, encourage, and empower each other. We don't offer criticism unless it's asked for, but positive advice is helpful.
- We try to learn the solo as written and also to make it our own in phrasing and timing.
- Some like to post a clip playing an arrangement of the "head" of the tune. That's fine, we enjoy it, but nobody is obligated or expected to do that.
- We avoid detailed wrangling over theory, but seek to grow in the actual practice of playing.
- We don't branch off much into other approaches to the tunes, other solos, other styles. We have succeeded so far because we stay focused!
- We don't regard any of these guidelines as inflexible and we don't get in arguments about it!
Note: This project appears to be a doozy! Forty-four bars to memorize...
Here is a proposed schedule for posting:
- October 30: Measures 1-8
- November 6: Measures 1-16
- November 13: Measures 1-24
- November 20: Measures 1-32
- November 27: Measures 1-40
- December 4: Measures 1-44 (full solo)
- December 11: Final take (optional)
If you are planning to do this, please post a simple "I'm In!" or something like it.
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10-18-2018 04:11 PM
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I'm in. I already know the head (chord-melody style) but I've always felt stymied trying to solo over it. SO this will be fun!
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I started messing around with the solo today and got this take. Over time, for those of us who've done a good many of these, it seems like it really does get easier!
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I'm in !!
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Blooper Reel from today's practice. I should re-name this solo "I Can't Get Started"
Using the Jamey Aebersold Vol. 31 backing track
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Here's my take on the first 8 bars. Fun stuff!
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Originally Posted by losaltosjoe
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Here is mine for the week-I have a very intense week coming up and thought I'd get this done beforehand. I also thought it would be fun to go ahead and try integrating the head into the clips, so this is the head + mm. 1-16 of the solo.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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Originally Posted by losaltosjoe
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Here's my take on bars 1-16. I played it pretty much as written.
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Originally Posted by losaltosjoe
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Hi Guys, you are doing really well and sounding great, I have fallen behind so sorry for the late entry, hopefully I can catch up.
Here is bars 1-16.
Andyb
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Originally Posted by andyb
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Originally Posted by andyb
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Thanks for the encouragement guys, I must admit I feel more comfortable with a tele, I have one of the DV Mark Little Jazz amps now, and am really happy with the sound.
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Here's my take on bars 1-24. This one caused me some grief rhythmically, so instead of the first triplet in bar 19, I played just an F as a quarter note on the "and "of beat 1 (same rhythm as bar 17). Bars 23 & 24 also took some work to execute cleanly.
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Originally Posted by losaltosjoe
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So here's my clip for the week. I don't know why, but this is one of my more favorite projects of the Conti program.
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Hey Guys
A couple of you know I bought Joe D.'s ES175. I have one very similar, almost identical, but Joe's price was irresistible and I know how he sets them up, so I'll likely hang on to his and maybe sell the other. No point having to virtually identical ES175s!
So I played it this afternoon working ahead on the "Wave" solo and thought I'd post here so you could hear the new axe!
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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I just can't stop playing this ES175 and moved ahead a little, so thought I'd post mm1-40, just for fun. This guitar is so nice. If you ever get to buy a guitar from Joe D., you are in for a treat. Not only was it devoid of any dings, it didn[t even have FINGERPRINTS on it. I don't' know how he managed that!
So here's mm. 1-40 with the Jamie Aebersold Vol. 31 backing track, using the second chorus:
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Here is this week's assignment, bars 1-32. In honor of Lawson's new guitar, I thought I'd use my ES-175.
Is anyone else having trouble memorizing this solo? Tough to get old... Still 12 bars to go!
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Originally Posted by losaltosjoe
Enharmonics
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