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Played a gig yesterday and the Bruce Foreman lesson helped a lot. Someone called a tune I just learned recently, but not in the usual key. I was able to transpose it on the fly with no issue. I have not really been able to do this before, or at least have not attempted it. I did 90% of the gig with no charts and this is coming along great.
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10-30-2023 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
How To Learn A Tune | Hal Galper
"I began my first semester at Berklee in 1955. I estimate that by 1960 I knew 1,000 tunes without the paper. Knowing so many tunes affords one a unique perspective that may be impossible for the contemporary student to acquire. Firstly; today’s commercial gigs are generally “Top 40” tunes and not part of the standard jazz musicians repertoire. Secondly; only after you’ve learned 1,000 tunes do you realize that there are really only about 20 song forms and every tune is a combination of segments of these 20 forms. This overview made it easier to learn (internalize) any new tune. Thirdly; the current proliferation of original music makes this overview more difficult to achieve."
Originally Posted by Christian MillerLast edited by Bop Head; 10-30-2023 at 10:36 PM.
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I was joking because that Tears chart looked so out there. I don’t mind grilles.
The ones that spiral around like that are kind of crazy looking tho and hard for me to read (I’m not used to them.)
One thing I would is that not only chords but melodic frameworks have a degree of modularity to them. There are well known examples - guide tone melodies on cycle 4 progressions but there are loads of other ones too.
The focus on chord progressions can also mean other familial resemblances are overlooked. The ‘lament’ bass and melody combo is incredibly common in jazz rep but can be harmonised several different ways ….
it would be nice to put together a book about that sometime… maybe …
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