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With many groups, there are some tunes that the audience always expects you to play, and after a while it can get stale. I know guys that take those tunes and speed them up to make them less boring, and get through them quicker. The strange musical choices of those guys that were actually really busy playing all the time. Miles probably hated So What after the 80th time he played it.
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02-20-2020 03:40 AM
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by Marinero
Personally, I do not analyse, I am "impressions based opinionist",
To me, this one sounded like some generic be-bop, somewhat reminiscent of Savoy sessions.
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Originally Posted by grahambop
As a saxophonist for many years of my musical life, I joined a 10 piece Jazz/Rock big band ala Tower of Power. I brought with me a great vocalist/bassist from a previous R and B group who had an innate sense of perfect time. When we went to the first rehearsal, he kept quizzically looking at me during the rehearsal and I knew what he meant. Whenever we started a piece, we began in one tempo and always finished in a quicker tempo. The problem was the drummer. Being new to the group, it took a few weeks to convince the original members the drummer needed to be replaced. I called a drummer I played with for years and the problem was solved. This problem I found exclusively among Rock drummers. Never with Jazzers or in R and B. If there are time problems, always look to the drummer . . . Good playing . . . Marinero
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In our rock band the drummer was actually very good, he played no unnecessary frills and just kept a good steady beat. I think it was just playing live, everyone subconsciously felt the tune should go faster for some reason!
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Originally Posted by grahambop
And certainly familiarity breeds velocity :-)
I think tunes tend to find their own tempo. Inevitably slow when learning and exploring, then it sort of clicks into place at the right natural tempo for the tune.
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A good one is the tempo for Signed Sealed Delivered.
creating excitement at a moderate tempo.... there’s a dying art
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Signed Sealed Delivered
I think the excitement's mostly down to the chords - 1 6 4 5 and some bVII7. Great to thump out.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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