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Hearle on the Jazz
Sound
- read "the jazz sound"
published by hal leonard
- "hearing" is being
accustomed to a sound not a natural talent
- clarity is responsibility of player
and first object
- (obscurity is a choice-if honestly
heard)
- the jazz sound is the sound of the
altered dominant
- 1 (premise of bop is to) play changes
- 2 use chromatiscism
- be true to melody (should be present
underneath always)
- melody provides information for scale
choice and improvisation
- (honor the composer-from his clues)
- if you don't like the information
provided by the melody write your own
- keep a balance of tension/release
- ch/diatonic
- 1 key areas
- 2 specifics of changes (b9 #9)
- 3 common tones
- (change the minimum based on what is
before or after)
- chords are not isolated-they occur in
sequence
- build scales on 1 common note to see a
comparison
- (for longer phrases try to keep 1 note
as modal center)
- try only practicing the scales in the
keys in the tune you are learning
- learn easy tunes with 1 challenge