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Most bebop or hard bop goes by faster than my fingers can keep up, but after listening to our good friend, DutchBopper playing a relaxed Boplicity, I thought there must be a few bop heads I could work up.
So, any suggestions?
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10-14-2021 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Rob MacKillop
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Billie's Bounce, Joy Spring, Relaxin at Camarillo, can all be played really fast, but they also sound great at a moderate tempo as well.
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Joy Spring, My little suede shoes, Twisted, Now's the time, Lady Bird, Lulu's back in town , ......
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Thanks, guys. I’ve heard most of them, but not always at relaxed tempos
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10-15-2021, 06:48 AM #6Dutchbopper GuestOriginally Posted by Rob MacKillop
DB
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You can absolutely do Yardbird Suite, Sandu and Tenor Madness. I say this with full confidence because I can do it.
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I've played Tenor Madness before. I'll now get to work on some of the others. Thanks for the recommendations.
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Scrapple From The Apple,
Barbados,
Thriving From The Riff
Straight No Chaser
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Does Cool Blues count?
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Oleo - seems to get more interesting rhythmically the slower you play it.
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Well the DB got me going on Joy Spring with his stuff he put up. For the past 2 weeks I have been woodshedding on the tune about an 1 hour plus a day. I had it down years ago but had not played it in long time. I now can manage it low and high and in-between. I have even took to doing it chord melody.
My question is that I was trying to play along with Clifford Brown's version and to get it right on the money and phrasing is actually pretty hard. Once in a while I make it but usually I get sloppy somewhere or just not right on the money. Depending on the tempo it can be ok or very difficult. I can solo on the tune on the Brown recording not fast as such but getting the phrasing on the head in unison is a taskmaster. I found a recording of Larry Coryell and Emily Remler that I had heard long ago but frankly they take it too fast for me to get right on the money.
I guess my chops cannot cut it...........anyone else struggling?
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Hey Deacon,
Staying true to form, I got a bunch of helpful advice on correcting how I play summertime, so I spent the day learning Blue Bossa by ear.
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Originally Posted by deacon Mark
I have never understood this obsession with playing a tune exactly as someone else did on a recording. In all likelihood the original artist would neither choose nor be able to play it exactly the same way again. I guess I have a different understanding of what it means to play jazz.
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Originally Posted by pcjazz
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If Monk is boppin' enough for you, try Well You Needn't, Ryth'ning, Bemsha Swing, and maybe I Mean You. All sit well on guitar. And elsewhere there's Mr. PC, and The Blues Walk.
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fast comes after slow
I want to HEAR it first..is it 5 or 6 notes in bar one?
is there "anticipation" implied .. on the upbeat or downbeat..
can i sing it..(scat that is)
is it a series of phrases..connect the first two
what is the most economical fingering that will get the feel of the phrase
yeah I watch vids of Bill Evans during an interview..and he is talking about a tune .. and then he plays part of it..and then you realize
he knows every bar of the tune and can play it from any bar
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