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Wow a lot of cool stuff this week. Going backwards, Alter I'm impressed! Great tone on that strat, so fat. I use ProPlec picks, really dig them. I use the big oversize one. You're really good at doing the Wes thing!
Graham bop,beautiful sound and just really melodic lines.
Triple Jazz, great driving feel!
Tommo, that sounded nice relaxed and confortable even with the Aebersold.
Rp that 2nd version develops really well!
Ragman you have an ability that make any tune sound like your own, that's powerful!
Picking my ears, cool less is more vibe.
Both John and Jeff swingin' as always!
I've got the new tune for tomorrow, hope you all dig it. One of my favorites...
I haven't engaged all that much in the discussions, partially because I spend my days talking. When I get home I just want to play!
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04-07-2021 08:36 PM
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That was one really fun take. I can't think of anything about that did not just delight me to the core! The tone was really funky-Wes-like, your lines were super tasty with the bop edge but clearly tracking the blues sections. You make it look easy, and it sounds so chill and natural.
Originally Posted by Alter
Here's a take on Unit 7! I've been trying out the D'Andrea Pro Plec 1.5 picks for a week or so (finally found and bought some
), and it's impressive how much they change the sound. Still not sure i'll end up using them, cause i miss having some edge from a more pointy pick, but there's no way my strat (with 10s) could sound like that with say a fender heavy pick. It even sounds a bit thumby hehe... But it's hard to get a Grant Green sound with this pick..
Missing some kicks on the head, cause i think the Wes version is a bit different than this play along (the kick on the end of the B sections for example
, some others )..
Thanks for this inspiring clip!
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This is just nonsense. I work all the time with Israelis, Palestinians, German-speakers, people of all kinds of cultural and religious backgrounds. I do my research in about 8 different ancient and modern languages and spend my summers excavating on archaeological sites with multi-national/multi-ethnic teams and I get along just fine with them. I lived in a rural East African village for a year and had to do a lot of interacting in a fairly obscure tribal dialect and navigate those cultural situations. Originally Posted by ragman1
It's just patronizing and condescending for you think maybe I just don't "get" people from the UK. Maybe it's you who needs to get out more.
This is my last word on this subject.
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Yeah, I’m British, and I didn’t like the tone either!
But enough of that. Just now there was a knock on the door and my new signal splitter gadget arrived, much more interesting!
Another thing I thought of doing with it is record the direct signal into channel 1 of the Focusrite, mic the amp into channel 2, then blend them in Reaper.
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I blame Jordan Klemons for this but I have come to prefer the sound of Cm on Abmaj7 to an actual Abmaj7. Originally Posted by grahambop
That Ab sounds dissonant on an Abmaj7 chord; you actually need to resolve to G
OTOH Cm pentatonic/blues and triads etc sound AMAZING
Bearing in mind Ab6 is not the same thing at all as an Abmaj7; an Ab will sound resolved on an Ab6 chord.Last edited by christianm77; 04-08-2021 at 04:48 AM.
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OK I just re-did my Unit 7 video from scratch inside my Reaper audio project, it was actually very easy to do. The only things you need to know really are: Originally Posted by grahambop
- how to switch on the video window
- how to enable video fades
- how to ignore the 'camera' audio track.
All these are in one of those Kenny Gioia videos you get by googling as I suggested.
The one other non-obvious thing is how to render the project out as an MP4 file. Again I googled it and there was a video which explained it.
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That was fantastic, Alter and very inspiring! Originally Posted by Alter
Oh did it? Thank you! Originally Posted by Ronstuff
Has anybody tried to just play C major over the entire B-section? Sounds good to me but my ears may be cheating me....
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good choices. i got all the mcpherson xanadu LPs. live in tokyo is fantastic as well. i probably could've bought a small house with the money i've spent buying music... Originally Posted by PickingMyEars
Okay, DJG--ya made me cave into my guilty habit of buying more music.
Spent $25 on a rarish Charles McPherson album called "Bebop Revisited" because he plays the heck outta "Wail." I had to have his solo for my rhythm changes playlist.
Spent another $20 on Jazzmen Detroit because... I mean, look at who is on that album--do I need a reason
I have a music addition and C19 has only made it worse
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Yes the bridge is basically a turnaround in C, I didn’t have much trouble with that, it’s a very common progression. Originally Posted by TOMMO
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you can view the b-section either completely in C, II V III VI or consider the Em7 A7 a II V in D major. both is popular. the latter has a nice little outside effect if you're used to hearing it in C. wes uses this device for surprise moments in satin doll. on unit 7 he does stay in C, just like cannonball. i have a few versions of richie hart, where he enjoys going to D Originally Posted by TOMMO
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Yeah people get a bit sniffy about that type of transposable ii V harmony but they all do it. Any II V line on any II V...
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Originally Posted by grahambop
Originally Posted by djg
Thanks! Originally Posted by christianm77
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You can, certainly, because it's all in C, but you may lose some subtlety over the A7b9 and G7b9. At least a natural C over the A7 gives you a blues sound. Originally Posted by TOMMO
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I tend to play C7(b9) over A7b9... Originally Posted by ragman1
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What backing track are you using? Originally Posted by Alter
Here's a take on Unit 7! I've been trying out the D'Andrea Pro Plec 1.5 picks for a week or so (finally found and bought some ), and it's impressive how much they change the sound. Still not sure i'll end up using them, cause i miss having some edge from a more pointy pick, but there's no way my strat (with 10s) could sound like that with say a fender heavy pick. It even sounds a bit thumby hehe... But it's hard to get a Grant Green sound with this pick..
Missing some kicks on the head, cause i think the Wes version is a bit different than this play along (the kick on the end of the B sections for example, some others )..
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You mean you've got both the 7b9 sound and the blue note at the same time? That's quite clever, I can't wait to hear it :-) Originally Posted by TOMMO
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Yeah you don’t need to play the C# at all. Barry showed that. C7 to Dm
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Anyway, last day, last blast.
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My very sloppy, but fun attack on this song.
Observations, insights, advice, all welcome.
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Are you panned hard one way? I think my phone's speakers are messed up...I can barely hear you. Originally Posted by lawson-stone
I'll be sure to listen later with headphones.
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Guitar on right, track on left. Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Thought that chord soloing was pretty wicked! Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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Very nice, lawson. While some passages sound a bit hurried, others are laid back and relaxed. That chord solo is very promising. Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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Pretty good chord soloing there, I thought! Got a Wes flavour at times. Originally Posted by lawson-stone
I know how hard it is to do those, I tend to be wary of trying them on a video because they make me nervous, I always fear a train-wreck!
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I know what you mean, but unlike most, who started with line playing, I started jazz from an addiction to its wonderful chords. I was playing pretty complex chord solos long before I could play a decent line, and I actually feel freer improvising chordally than playing lines. Originally Posted by grahambop
The only thing about my line playing in this clip that I was really excited about was learning I could play a Gm Pentatonic over a C7 in the blues sections, like in the first 4 measures of the solo. It seemed to sound more like Wes to do that.
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