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Category awesome Norm. You brought out the C min blues sound really well, and handled the difficult bridge superbly. Your new keyboard sounds great I can't believe how your vocals kept in tune for all those minutes.
Congrats for winning the 4 jazz lessons. Be sure to tell us what you learn.
Thanks Cus. I really appreciate your encouragement. Playing the bridge felt a bit like finger spelling on the keyboard; the movements were similar to playing a guitar. Needless to say, I played around with it a lot.
The piano teacher already gave me some Youtube links to review:
Michael Wolff
Peter Martin
Mulgrew Miller
And of course, he recommended the Mark Levine Book
Every disease is a musical problem. Its cure, a musical solution. -- Novalis
Hey Norm How did your first lesson go ? Thanks for the videos. I liked the Michael Wolff one the best - his idea of G7 blues over F7 was great. It's something that I tried, and it sounds good.
The dogs, yes. The piano, maybe. My wife, never. She is my core, the very fiber of my being. My heart, my soul, the absolute and unequivocal love of my life. To me, she is music. And whatever words I use to describe the depths of my feelings for her do little justice to the fact. She is that tonal center to which I resolve, undiminished by our 22 years together. She is music. She is my wife.
Every disease is a musical problem. Its cure, a musical solution. -- Novalis
The Jazz Piano Book by Levine has a very nice analysis of Just Friends and harmonization w shell voicings - he does a nice job explaining it.
Just Friends has been my tune of the month - I think it is a great practice tune - has everything - two five ones, diminished, tritones. Been working it up and down the metronome. I guess a lot of people are working on this tune. Everyone should. I mean why Buck Trends?
The Jazz Piano Book by Levine has a very nice analysis of Just Friends and harmonization w shell voicings - he does a nice job explaining it.
Just Friends has been my tune of the month - I think it is a great practice tune - has everything - two five ones, diminished, tritones. Been working it up and down the metronome. I guess a lot of people are working on this tune. Everyone should. I mean why Buck Trends?
My piano instructor regards the Levine book as the essential text for my course with him. Early on in class, he flipped to that harmonization and suggested strongly that I work on it. That was an offer I couldn't refuse.
Every disease is a musical problem. Its cure, a musical solution. -- Novalis
Hey Norm and Ron I love these types of tunes - everybody seems to know them, but do we really know them ? This tune, as your article points out, gives us harmonic options. The more I study All The Things You Are, the more I think the A section can be interpreted as Db maj, as well as the traditional Ab maj.
Norm How are those jazz lessons going ?
Ron Can't remember if I welcomed you but it's great to see you on this thread.
I love these types of tunes - everybody seems to know them, but do we really know them ? This tune, as your article points out, gives us harmonic options.
It was also quite instructive seeing Leibson reverse engineer the song, noting what problems Klenner faced in composition, what substitutions and solutions he used, and how it may have morphed into its final form. As he admits, he may be wrong. But as he states, "I find the speculation worthwhile. The question of how a work is created can lead to fresh perspectives, occasional revelations, and – quite often – to inspiration."
Every disease is a musical problem. Its cure, a musical solution. -- Novalis
Play Melancholy Baby just one more time! I've said it many times before, but there is a breezy, dreamy, romantic, and in the case of this particular tune, brightly melancholy flavor to your playing. Your harmonizations made it more of what is. Your playing makes you more of who you are.
I'm working on making more of myself too. That's why I'm sticking with the piano teacher. I'm still working on Just Friends. I recorded a version of How High the Blues for him, and I'm learning the difference between Practice and Performance.
There's so much more to learn...
Every disease is a musical problem. Its cure, a musical solution. -- Novalis
My piano instructor regards the Levine book as the essential text for my course with him. Early on in class, he flipped to that harmonization and suggested strongly that I work on it. That was an offer I couldn't refuse.