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Just think of, and learn, the bass lines as another melody.also i normally play the melody so playing the basslines over chords is quite chaotic at full speed.
Just think of, and learn, the bass lines as another melody.also i normally play the melody so playing the basslines over chords is quite chaotic at full speed.
The thing to not do is read the music and learn by repetition. The thing to do is know the scale and be thinking 1 3 & 5 based off the first note of the scale, and also 1, 3 and 5 based off the fifth note of the scale.and learn
I think you may be going about this the wrong way. You don't have to play the example I gave above,also i normally play the melody so playing the basslines over chords is quite chaotic at full speed..
Lol i know..im just trying to perform the whole of the carpenters version..was looking to see if theres a rule to the patterns..I do have to sort of go with the tempo don't i..Once these 3 songs are sorted ill have my set so will completely focus on the topic..it's a bit blurred lines at the mo..thanks for all the help..EddieI think you may be going about this the wrong way. You don't have to play the example I gave above,
it is just an example, you aren't supposed to try and read it. Once you learn the arpeggios of the two chords, you can play the notes as you wish. One per bar if you like so the tempo shouldn't even be an issue.
General posts about the song now moved here:I think it would be best to keep this on topic, ie re: the impro exercise. I think we already have a thread for Jambalaya in general, I'll see if I can find and move the last few posts.
It's a valid way and actually I do this too...but your reply made me remember about 2 years ago here there was a bloke who was posting essentially a 'diary' of his progress as a beginning player. At one stage he posted some vids of him doing just what you said....Well I'm not a non-improvisor (though perhaps that's a matter of opinion), but I used to be one. Chord tones were definitely a much better "way in" for me than scales. And one of the first things I do when learning a new song is to arpeggiate the chords (with or without a backing track) to learn to find my way through the harmony.
Thanks, but more importantly - where do we post our Jambalaya recipes... ????General posts about the song now moved here:
Jambalaya - versions and keys - CafeSaxophone Forum
Hi does anyone know what key the original was in. I bought a copy transposed it but it didn't sound right against the carpenters version. Google is giving d major or G major music notes c major another site G major...cafesaxophone.com
So to discuss the song in general do it on that thread
I din't mean to get into a debate, just reporiting my own experience. But I can use the modes/scales much better if I know where the chord tones are at any given moment. And to know that, I have to play them. A lot. And even in a modal tune, just saying "play this scale" is too much freedom for me. It's helpful to impose some sort of limitation or structure (like triad pairs for instance) for my and the listeners' ears to latch onto....and it became an interesting thread as it turned into something a bit more contentious than I would have expected...with some members of a decidedly conventionally academic side espousing the modes concept and poo-pooing the use of the arpeggios as being a bit of a dead end.
Well we used to have a section but they should go in the Breakfast room with the prefix recipe. There are plenty in thereThanks, but more importantly - where do we post our Jambalaya recipes... ????