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As it will be the 1st month of the new format starting in September i am giving it a little head start now by letting everyone know the the tune i will be putting forward for people to work on, this also gives me a little extra time in case of any "teething problems".
1....the tune will be "DOXY"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=VDvk3NigkvI
I chose this tune for a number of reasons being that it has a great melody and harmony which at first may seem a little testing for some but i assure you when you get into the "swing" of it you will hopefully like this tune and add it to a list of tunes that should be logged to memory as in time some may encounter this tune being pulled out in a jam session or some other setting.
About the melody and structure in brief.
The melody is mainly based on intervals of 3rds, arpeggiated figures that revolve around an ''altered bebop blues'' progression in Bb concert.
Before people scratch heads wondering what the above description means I know a lot or most may have never come across this kind of description "altered bebop blues progression" so I will just break it all down so we all don't need to worry too much about it and can improvise over it with ease.
For Tenor it is in C and for Alto it is in G and all you need to do for a basic start on improvisation for this piece is to think of it as a simple "12 bar blues" progression in the key you are in (tenor -C, Alto - G)
Basically I am asking people to get a grasp of their basic "blues scales" with this months selection.
2...Exercise for "DOXY" is going to be learning the pentatonic blues scale notes for Tenor and/or Alto with my numerical breakdown in relation to it's major scale.
C blues for Tenor: C-Eb-F-F#-G-Bb-C in C major try to think 1-flat3-4-sharp4-5-flat7-1*
G blues for Alto: G-Bb-C-C#-D-F-G in G major try to think 1-flat3-4-sharp4-5-flat7-1*
* this number formula can be applied to all keys to work out your pentatonic blues scale if you simply think of the numbers being as to which note of the major scale to start on.
good luck and i hope this is explained well enough, i can understand still if anyone may be still a little confused so feel free to PM me your questions so i can answer personally and also simply so we don't clog up the thread before it starts.
p.s.
I will start the new "DOXY" thread in September, and i will cut and paste the above information there too. This is just a head start for people to look at.
thanks,
Ian
1....the tune will be "DOXY"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=VDvk3NigkvI
I chose this tune for a number of reasons being that it has a great melody and harmony which at first may seem a little testing for some but i assure you when you get into the "swing" of it you will hopefully like this tune and add it to a list of tunes that should be logged to memory as in time some may encounter this tune being pulled out in a jam session or some other setting.
About the melody and structure in brief.
The melody is mainly based on intervals of 3rds, arpeggiated figures that revolve around an ''altered bebop blues'' progression in Bb concert.
Before people scratch heads wondering what the above description means I know a lot or most may have never come across this kind of description "altered bebop blues progression" so I will just break it all down so we all don't need to worry too much about it and can improvise over it with ease.
For Tenor it is in C and for Alto it is in G and all you need to do for a basic start on improvisation for this piece is to think of it as a simple "12 bar blues" progression in the key you are in (tenor -C, Alto - G)
Basically I am asking people to get a grasp of their basic "blues scales" with this months selection.
2...Exercise for "DOXY" is going to be learning the pentatonic blues scale notes for Tenor and/or Alto with my numerical breakdown in relation to it's major scale.
C blues for Tenor: C-Eb-F-F#-G-Bb-C in C major try to think 1-flat3-4-sharp4-5-flat7-1*
G blues for Alto: G-Bb-C-C#-D-F-G in G major try to think 1-flat3-4-sharp4-5-flat7-1*
* this number formula can be applied to all keys to work out your pentatonic blues scale if you simply think of the numbers being as to which note of the major scale to start on.
good luck and i hope this is explained well enough, i can understand still if anyone may be still a little confused so feel free to PM me your questions so i can answer personally and also simply so we don't clog up the thread before it starts.
p.s.
I will start the new "DOXY" thread in September, and i will cut and paste the above information there too. This is just a head start for people to look at.
thanks,
Ian