TweetI love reading books about music! It’s so nice to have that access to someone else’s perspective and insights. Here are a couple that really influenced how I think about music and how I work at music. 1. The Talent Code – Author Daniel Coyle has spent most of his career writing about sports. There [...]
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Tweet I just wanted to share a great online resource I found the other day. Seventh String, the same company that makes Transcribe! (awesome transcription software), has a free online metronome on their site. You can set it for tempos from 34-250 bpm (beats per minute). [...]
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Tweet I just wanted to share a few ideas I’ve been reading and thinking about that deal with practicing when you don’t have access to your instrument. I’m talking about when you’re driving around town, waiting at the dentist’s office, or it’s late and you can’t practice in your apartment. In this age of smartphones [...]
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TweetI have a copy of the Tao Teh Ching sitting in my office/studio/practice room that I randomly open up from time to time. It is the edition published by Shambhala and translated by Dr. John C. H. Wu. Today I opened it up to Chapter 63 and read the following: Do the non-ado. Strive for [...]
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Tweet Today’s ii-V come from John Coltrane‘s I Hear A Rhapsody solo from his 1957 Lush Life album. The phrase starts on A7(b9), which is VI(b9) in the key of C. The line starts on that (b9), Bb, moves chromatically down to the 7th (G), and then descends down the arpeggio before resolving to the [...]
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By Eddie Rich
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Posted in ii-Vs, practicing, Technique, tools, Transcriptions
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Also tagged 1957, I Hear A Rhapsody, ii-V of the day, jazz, John Coltrane, Lush Life, transcription
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TweetHere is a link to an essay by saxophonist Michael Zilber, a student of Dave Liebman‘s. It is pretty thought provoking and might be a good tool for self-evaluation. Michael Zilber’s essay
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Tweet Today’s ii-V comes courtesy of Oscar Peterson from his Au Privave solo from his Nigerian Marketplace album, recorded live at the 1981 Montreux Jazz Festival. The ii-V starts with a 3-note pickup of a descending A Major triad, the dominant of Dmin7. Once we’re in the Dmin7 measure. We have scalar motion from the [...]
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By Eddie Rich
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Posted in ii-Vs, practicing, Technique, tools, Transcriptions
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Also tagged Au Privave, ii-V of the day, jazz, Nigerian Marketplace, Oscar Peterson, piano, transcription
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Tweet Today’s ii-V comes from Billie’s Bounce from Dexter Gordon’s album Billie’s Bounce. It was recorded live in 1964 at Montmartre in Copenhagen. There is a series of recordings called Dexter in Radioland. Billie’s Bounce is the 7th and final recording in that series. This particular track clocks in at just over 17 minutes, so [...]
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Tweet Today’s ii-V was played on flute by Joe Farrell on Spain from Chick Corea’s 1972 Light As A Feather album. Today we have the first double-time ii-V of the day. Don’t let that scare you away – the line makes a lot of sense and I think it’s pretty accessible. Just think of it [...]
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By Eddie Rich
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Posted in ii-Vs, practicing, Technique, tools, Transcriptions
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Also tagged Chick Corea, flute, ii-V of the day, jazz, Joe Farrell, Spain, transcription
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Tweet Today’s ii-V was taken from Sonny Rollins‘ Tenor Madness solo from the 1956 Tenor Madness album. This ii-V has a 2 1/2 beat pickup although it would still sound good without it. The first three beats of the Dmin7 measure contain a pretty common piece of bebop vocabulary. That’s followed by an enclosure of [...]
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