Miscellaneous #300

[Wade Cornell]

Here's another difficult to categorize track. It's wonderfully tuneful yet missing a melody. It's a simple, slow progression of related chords and in a good key for saxes. It's also expansive so let your spirit soar with this one.
You're in Concert F minor, so tenor and soprano play in G minor while baritone, alto and sopranino players are in D minor. EASY!
The first track is with sopranino. The second track is all yours.

This track is embedded with the friendly permission by the creatives on wikiloops.com

View: https://www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack-jam-190119.php

This track is embedded with the friendly permission by the creatives on wikiloops.com

View: https://www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack-jam-182510.php

 

[Wade Cornell]

As this is the last in this series of "improvisation by ear" practice tracks I'd be happy to hear any sort of feedback you may have or if you'd like more tracks and what style have been of most use to you.

Wishing you good practicing and enjoyment in playing.

 

[hedgehog]

Thank you for making all these available. As I look at my bookmarks, I see Latin styles because that's what I'm most comfortable playing. But with the quality and variety of the tracks, I'm going to try to expand. You've been pretty consistent on noting the key of the tune...that's really helpful to get started.

 

[Nick Wyver]

This track is embedded with the friendly permission by the creatives on wikiloops.com

View: https://www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack-jam-243190.php


Resurrecting this just see how easy the process was. Answer: not at all hard.

 

[Wade Cornell]

So good to hear your take this on on Nick. Beautiful sop playing and build to your composition.

 

[cjR]

very cool - just stumbled over these. I like the vibe of that track and both cuts with Sax sounded great.
I will have to check out wikiloops some more.

Fun game I was just playing - trying to get the 2 audio streams to play in sync to create a duet.
Is that an example of something you could do for real over on the wikiloops site ?

 

[wakyct]

Is that an example of something you could do for real over on the wikiloops site ?

The site is meant more for downloading the tracks and overdubbing and mixing them.

It is a really fun site, I created an account there with the intent to spend more time with these tracks but...there's just a lot of stuff to practice 😉.

 

[Wade Cornell]

very cool - just stumbled over these. I like the vibe of that track and both cuts with Sax sounded great.
I will have to check out wikiloops some more.

Fun game I was just playing - trying to get the 2 audio streams to play in sync to create a duet.
Is that an example of something you could do for real over on the wikiloops site ?

Yes, you can record as many takes/adds as you'd like. Someone usually posts a "template" which can be anything... drums, guitar, keys, etc., or they may have several instruments in the template. After that various individuals add whatever they want. You don't have to follow the latest add, and can instead go back to just the template and add to that. They call it a "tree" to which you can add as many branches as you wish. If you need specific help let me know.

Cheers!

 

[cjR]

But...there's just a lot of stuff to practice 😉.

I know that feeling well ! Since returning to sax I wanted to be really serious about the fundamentals and prioritise as much of that as I could - but it takes time, and I have to clip my own wings from time to time 😄

 

[Wade Cornell]

This type of practice (IMHO) goes hand in hand with all other practices. If a player wishes to eventually arrive at a point where they can play whatever is in their head (by ear... no notation/theory), then that requires at some point developing the ear to hands pathway. It's a distinctly different mental pathway compared to reading or using "theory", which is extremely limiting in prescribing specific patterns that don't engage creative improvisation. Theory is strictly for specific types of jazz rather than being useful for all types of music and winds up being more of a "cut and paste" style that seldom is melodic or conveys much to a listener other than the development of that technical ability.

Being "musical" requires technique, but falls flat if that's your only musical message.

Practice with happiness and grace!