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Originally Posted by sgcim
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05-02-2024 04:16 AM
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Here's a few practice licks from Bars 1-5, transposed into C Major changes.
I'm trying to create practice licks, whilst learning the tune.
Maybe, they might or might not be useful licks for other players too.
Last edited by GuyBoden; 05-03-2024 at 12:37 PM.
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Originally Posted by GuyBoden
But as a note, in lick 1 I think the resolution would be at the c# (3rd of A), not at the following e.
In lick 2 the resolution would be in the next bar, adding b and resolvi g to a, the 5th of D7.
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Originally Posted by sgcim
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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Originally Posted by sgcim
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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Here's a few more practice licks from Bars 5-8, transposed into C Major changes.
I'm trying to create licks, whilst learning the tune.
Maybe, they might or might not be useful licks for other players too.
Last edited by GuyBoden; 05-05-2024 at 03:44 PM.
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Originally Posted by Mick-7
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
The first words he ever said to me were "Whatever happened to Dick Garcia?" Every jazz guitar player he knew always wanted to know that, so he was kind of kidding around. He used to do studio work with him in NY, and one day he just disappeared. Unbelievably, years later I stumbled on to the answer online, when his nephew had posted something about his uncle being a once famous jazz guitar player. I emailed him and asked who his uncle was, and it turned out to be Dick Garcia! He told me he was still alive and living in "isolation" in his parent's house, studying and practicing Zen Buddhism. Aaron told me that Garcia was always a 'hung up' guy who was always complaining about all his problems all the time, so maybe Zen Buddhism brought him the peace he seemed to be searching for.
Hearing Aaron play solos in the band was a religious experience for me. He created high art every time he improvised. No BS, just pure melodic jazz genius.
He told me he was married to the jazz vocalist helen merrill, and when he woke up one morning , she was gone, along with the piano!
His son, Alan Merrill was the guy who wrote the tune "I Love Rock and Roll, Put another Nickel in the Juke Box Baby".
Sadly his son was one of the first casualties of the COVID pandemic while playing gigs in rock clubs when it first broke out in NYC.
He told me a story about the John Lewis album he played on, "Little David's Fugue". While all the other guys were drinking and getting high during the breaks, Aaron would sit there playing Bach on the flute. John Lewis came up to him and asked him what he was doing. Aaron said "Practicing Bach". John Lewis thought about it for a little while, and said, "Hey, you know that's not a bad idea. Maybe I should try something like that!"
Aaron worked hard to control his laughter.
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There was a thread on here about Dick Garcia a few months back.
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More practice licks, these are for Bars 9-14, transposed into C Major changes, but down an octave.
I'm trying to create practice licks, whilst learning Donna Lee.
Repeatedly playing each lick in isolation, seems to help with remembering them.
I'm posting them here, because they might or might not be useful for other players too.
(Edit, I didn't realise that bars 13-14 were included.)
Last edited by GuyBoden; 05-04-2024 at 08:03 AM.
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Here’s my slow and sloppy first night.
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I thought I had caught up with the thread, but bars 13-14 seem to have been included with the latest 4 bars.
I'm getting there slowly, but I'm playing 100bpm.
Good thread, I'm enjoying playing Donna Lee. I always thought it was too difficult for me to play, which it is at 200-300 bpm.
But now, I'm playing Donna Lee as a nice gentle soothing ballad at 100bpm.
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Originally Posted by GuyBoden
I like it nice and slow too. Things get too fast and they sound spastic to me.
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Here's my 180 bpm clam bake. Tried to push it as hard as I could with several new fingerings that I hope ultimately will help me play it a little faster.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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I've caught up with bar 9-14 after my holidays.
I think the phrase is nearly correct, but slow, maybe about 120bpm.
This is played on my 7 string with a Sax plugin, I like the fake Sax sound.
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To crossover threads a bit, as part of my summer of rhythm guitar I've decided to bash out some Freddie Green chords for Donna Lee for anyone to use as a backing (if they choose, no obligation) Swing to Bop, if you will.
What do you all think is a fair bpm? 180? Maybe a slower and a faster version?
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Here's my discussion about the next phrase followed by running through mm 1-16 at about 160-170 bpm. Hope it helps someone, or at least encourages them that they are not the worst player on the thread!
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
The bebop cliche at 30 seconds is a quote from Honeysuckle Rose, and it's such a cliche we already had it once in this head.
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