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Originally Posted by kris
Originally Posted by Ronstuff
Originally Posted by Triple_Jazz
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08-20-2021 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by TOMMO
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Well, don't laugh, but I can't hear the blues in this. I've tried it several times and it's eluding me. Maybe I'm sickening for something :-)
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Breaking ground on this tune, just trying to play something that makes the changes while I learn it.
Observations, advice, feedback, appreciated.
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Originally Posted by Ronstuff
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Originally Posted by Triple_Jazz
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Originally Posted by ragman1
Originally Posted by lawson-stone
Great thumbnail btw!Last edited by TOMMO; 08-21-2021 at 02:28 AM.
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
EDIT: I also enjoyed your free adaptation of the melody. I tried a little of that on "Road Song" but yours feels very solid and natural. You're clearly very comfortable in the changes and the melody.
A whole other fun topic could be "How do you make a melody your own, freely adapting it, riffing on it, embellishing it, but still clearly keeping the melody's identity?" I think Joe Pass does it on this tune in the link upstream from this.
And the tone is to die for. This is really a splendid solo. Maybe the best I've heard of yours, and the others were strong too.Last edited by lawson-stone; 08-21-2021 at 11:20 AM.
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Originally Posted by Ronstuff
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Originally Posted by TOMMO
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Originally Posted by ragman1
You are fortunate to have never witnessed this, but I assure you it exists, and anything can become a crutch if we let it stop us from digging deeper into the music.
Since I appear to be completely alone in this opinion, though, I will refrain from any further "nonsense" and leave musical judgments to the proper authorities.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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Originally Posted by TOMMO
But I digress off topic...
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Oh, let's have some fun, bearing in mind that weird is not necessarily jazz!
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
I tried it just playing the melody, but I thought it got thin or boring. Later, I heard other clips which punctuated the melody with chord stabs and I thought, I should have done that. But, I just started the solo early, without completely ignoring the melody. I don't know how that process works. I've played this tune a fair amount (including an arrangement based on the Ellis/Pass version I linked above), so I don't have to think too much, and I practice 7th arps more than other chord types for no good reason. This music is before my time, really, but I heard a lot of it when I was a kid, so maybe some stuck.
I'm glad you liked the tone. In "grass is greener" tradition, I've been really admiring the tone that you and others get on archtops and thinking mine kind of sucks. But, I like the sustain of a semi or solid.
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Ok, ill throw one in. Trying to stay mellow...after all, the tune IS called...
Now ill take a listen to what you've all been up to
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Ron. I like the bluesy quality and the chordal work.
Triple. Really in the pocket. That sounds good as guitar trio because of the way you punctuated with chords. Very nicely done.
Rag. Usual personal style/mood and intentionality. Every note sounds chosen.
Lawson. I like the use of legato and the way you outlined the chords. Tone, as always, is a classic jazz guitar sound.
Kris. I like the pocket and the tempo. The way you use chords (or a couple of lower notes) with variation in volume sounds like two guitars at times. Double time sounds great as do the more outside components. Fresh ideas throughout.
Jeff. Your sense of melody evokes classic jazz lines in a way I wish I could access. Is that something you consciously worked on? A lot of transcription?
For me, it seems like I hear what I hear and I can't easily extend my vocabulary. Often, I hear things I like, like your solo on Mellow, but I just can't summon those kinds of melodic statements. Any advice?
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
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Mello-tonin'!
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
But every note willed and chosen? No. You couldn't play that way, it would be death. There has to be freedom but within logical constraints.
Charlie Garnett - Franken Tele
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