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I got really occupied with this tune a couple years back, and learned the head along with Bird's two choruses of soloing. There was this guy on the forum then who kept chiding me for trying such a demanding tune, that I'd spend my whole life playing it at 160 or something. He missed the point, of course, I wanted simply to test myself against this bebop war-horse and see how much of it I could learn.
This is the tune and Bird's solo, played at 200 bpm, with quite a few slips and clams, but no train wrecks. I'm trying to re-learn it for this week, but even if I don't, this tune and Bird's solo is a gold-mine of bebop vocabulary and phrasing, well worth the effort to learn it, no matter how much or little we advance in this one week.
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09-24-2021 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Peterson
This is also the genius of Parker - being easy to play fast phrases ... Parker was only one.I wrote down Parker's solos a long time ago, and I also have a lot of his music CDs and a couple of books with solos.There is a really be-bop vocabulary.I tried to play Parker's solo in unison, it's an amazing challenge.You have to be precise and vigilant.Everyone should try it.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
Playing be-bop on guitar is a big challenge.
I'd like to hear the second version at the end of the week.
Best
Kris
ps.
I'm working on this "monster" too.
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Originally Posted by kris
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This is another take, different guitar, done at 190bpm. I tried it faster, to no avail.
Doing this on a different guitar, maybe slightly better (?), is an attempt to prove that buying another guitar is a viable alternative to practicing.
I also took the liberty of doing a video which explains my fingering. Judging by others' submissions, there are better fingerings than mine, and I'm hoping to steal some if people post videos of their fingerings.
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Fingerings is most important-special on guitar.
Good job.
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SmileI It is a very easy to play it.
For this young Polish woman, everything seems very simple:
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Fantastic take:
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
is it on 1 ,3 or 2 ,4?
Head start on beat 3/first bar/.I can't get a pulse.
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Funky Donna.
I take this as an exercise with the metronome plus changes.
This is not my target tempo ... :-)
Second part of the solo is for Peterson / wahwah /.
Hope you like it:
Box
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Originally Posted by kris
Honestly, im happy if i can crank something out quick and dirty. OTOH, if i had access to the toys you have I may be more motivated to craft something better than the generic Ireal.
Cheers!
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I'm not sure the problem with Donna Lee isn't the improv, rather than the head. By Jeff's 'rules' we don't need to play the head anyway, although I know it's what everyone wants to do.
No, I think the real issue is being able to make the improv fit the bebop head. We're probably good enough to get round the changes but will it sound like Donna Lee? Otherwise, like me doing it, it'll sound like another swing tune. Or a ballad :-)
Yes, that's it! The Ballad Of Donna Lee!
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Originally Posted by kris
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Originally Posted by kris
Well done.
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Originally Posted by Jazzism
I paid only for my Tele...:-)
Thanks
Best
Kris
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I’m tackling the head. I’ve never played this tune, but it seems a waste to not try to pick up something from the head. I’ll see how far I get and will probably do a “throw shit at the wall and see what sticks” take Wednesday night.
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I've never played this but after seeing Jeff's post, I think that the head should be technically doable for a player with good technique, especially at the speed of Kris' nylon string take, for example. Lots of guitar stuff requires rapid hand repositioning.
I won't personally be getting round to learning this one for the moment: as far as these jams are concerned, I'm still working on a "proper" bebop version of Recorda me
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Originally Posted by kris
I found it easier to play it this way rather than with the click on 2 and 4.
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Originally Posted by Peter C
I haven't found it yet.
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Originally Posted by Peter C
Best
Kris
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
lawson-stone
+ 1
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
Great work!
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Originally Posted by wzpgsr
This head is stressful.
Whenever I play it, I am afraid that I will not get to the end.
best
Kris
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
Jazzingly
Kris
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Originally Posted by kris
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