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Of course, we all miss the incredibly talented Vic Juris, but I did not know about his last release (posthumously) with his lovely wife, Kate Baker - the lessons in comping alone make this worthy of...
Yeah, Wooten started playing when he was 3, his environment was a musical family. Entirely different to how I learned. Probably to how most of us learn...
If we're talking about this chord... ... it's not a 'wrong chord'. It's a perfectly good Ab7#9, which is pretty obvious. What's odd about it is the name. But books make mistakes so don't worry...
I remember, many years ago, after watching an absolutely wild, brilliant free jazz concert - no tonal centres anywhere in sight - a drummer friend of mine commented that the musicians 'didn't play a...
The root for the D13-5-9 is on the A string/fifth fret. (Omitted to allow the 9b.) This rootless grip is a Drop 2-4, hence the skipped D string. Frets: 4 6 x 5 7 7 Intervals: 5b 9b x 7b 3 13 ...
This is an important part of music education - developing aural competency first and foremost. But for most musicians who don't learn music in the style of a first language, structural understanding...
Luck you! John is otherworldly and one of the most under-rated guitar geniuses alive today.... absolutely brilliant and original!
That's false. Theory is used by most players to get fundamental and advanced skills. The proportion of theory to creativity varies by individual but your notion is completely false. My aim isn't to...
Victor Wooten suggests to teach music by the same method that small kids use to learn language. They don't learn the alphabet, they don't learn any grammar, they just imitate the older, better...
In any environment, theory is an after the fact documentation and analysis of what's happening. We use it to understand it, teach it, and develop it further. The way I see it, Jazz is a mixture of...
Years back I was interacting with a theory and analysis Phd student and we were discussing the possible differential between an analysis and a composer's intention and thought process. He had just...
^ That isn't true again. Innovative music both follows convention and uses creativity to break new ground. Like 99.99% of music is convention and creativity. It isn't pure creativity and theory...
The number of each of the 33 chord grips in the MB book is the encircled number printed above it. MB left a lot of grenades in this book... Grip No.13: Frets: 5 x 5 5 3 x Notes: A x G C D x...
No innovative music - none whatsoever - was ever created by following guidelines. Charlie Parker did not create Bebop by applying his figured bass knowledge. Bartok's compositions break every rule...
Vic Juris with Kate Baker
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