Tuesday, September 27, 2011
I want to learn to play the keyboard in a rock/jazz way?
I don't have any keyboard experience other than old macdonald, are there any free online lessons that will teach me to play rock/jazz from where I am now without going through the whole classical piano style?|||Are you in luck?! There are several "free" teachers on YouTube and they are very good! I've played jazz piano for many years and I especially like jazz/rock fusion. You will find lots on help on the internet. But don't forget, the main thing about jazz is that you are always striving to play your best. You have to be able to go in any possible direction at any given moment! To have that ability, above all you have to master your instrument. It is easier if you have a live teacher pointing out what YOU are doing wrong and explaining the right thing to YOU. Personally. You won't be playing "classical piano style" but having done classical study makes it easier to get properly into jazz! It is not the ONLY way, but it doesn't hurt. When you listen to great keyboardists like Dave Brubeck and Keith Emerson, you'll hear what I'm talking about.
What do you feel when you listen to Jazz music?
How is meaning derived from this music (for yourself )?
To which category does Jazz music belongs? "art, popular, folk/traditional, religious, etc...
Does Jazz music exemplify any unique aspects in terms of musical materials?|||Jazz is relaxing,calm and only for the cultured.enough said.|||The feeling I have depends upon the Jazz artist. The listener will respond differently to different kinds of Jazz. As the listener develops an ear for Jazz, other songs he/she did not "get" earlier are understood and felt. I love Miles Davis and John Coltrane for example, but I had a hard time following Thelonious Monk at first. However, after listening to Monk for awhile, I noticed the style and melody that didn't before. Jazz can fit the expectation of the listener or it can bend it and reshape it over time.
Jazz has established itself as its own category. It is definitely an art. It has a tradition of improvisation and breaking the rules of expectation. Take Ornette Coleman, a musician among the greats who didn't bother with the piano in his groups, which was a long time expectation of the listener. Critics at first didn't appreciate it. Today however, he is recognized as a "great."
One common standard/expectation of Jazz would be: A well known song is interpreted by the artist and replayed in such a way that the original song is distorted by any number of musical devices, yet remains recognizable to the listener. Take Vijay Iyer's remake of Jimi Hendrix's "hey joe."
Vijay Iyer renamed it "because of guns."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KQG鈥?/a>
Another expectation that musicians usually impose themselves is that any playing of one song two times in a row will be different from each other, yet will remain recognizable as that song. This creative element of Jazz is different from the classical musician's approach that expects perfection and repetition.
Each genre of Jazz has its own established norms. In some of the more traditional forms, a recognizable song will be interspersed with a solo performance by one of the members of the band. Other forms have several solo performances going at once|||I think Jazz is talented and great but I don't like how it sounds. It makes me feel awkward and squirmy.|||jazz makes me bored.|||Like "this is what I want to hear in heaven."
To which category does Jazz music belongs? "art, popular, folk/traditional, religious, etc...
Does Jazz music exemplify any unique aspects in terms of musical materials?|||Jazz is relaxing,calm and only for the cultured.enough said.|||The feeling I have depends upon the Jazz artist. The listener will respond differently to different kinds of Jazz. As the listener develops an ear for Jazz, other songs he/she did not "get" earlier are understood and felt. I love Miles Davis and John Coltrane for example, but I had a hard time following Thelonious Monk at first. However, after listening to Monk for awhile, I noticed the style and melody that didn't before. Jazz can fit the expectation of the listener or it can bend it and reshape it over time.
Jazz has established itself as its own category. It is definitely an art. It has a tradition of improvisation and breaking the rules of expectation. Take Ornette Coleman, a musician among the greats who didn't bother with the piano in his groups, which was a long time expectation of the listener. Critics at first didn't appreciate it. Today however, he is recognized as a "great."
One common standard/expectation of Jazz would be: A well known song is interpreted by the artist and replayed in such a way that the original song is distorted by any number of musical devices, yet remains recognizable to the listener. Take Vijay Iyer's remake of Jimi Hendrix's "hey joe."
Vijay Iyer renamed it "because of guns."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KQG鈥?/a>
Another expectation that musicians usually impose themselves is that any playing of one song two times in a row will be different from each other, yet will remain recognizable as that song. This creative element of Jazz is different from the classical musician's approach that expects perfection and repetition.
Each genre of Jazz has its own established norms. In some of the more traditional forms, a recognizable song will be interspersed with a solo performance by one of the members of the band. Other forms have several solo performances going at once|||I think Jazz is talented and great but I don't like how it sounds. It makes me feel awkward and squirmy.|||jazz makes me bored.|||Like "this is what I want to hear in heaven."
What are the first things to learn for jazz style guitar?
I'm a noob to jazz guitar and well...jazz period. But I've reached a point in my playing, that I'm ready to branch out from the genres I normally play. (Blues, Rock, Metal, r%26amp;b, ect.) Can someone give me help? Video links? Anything really. Thanks!|||http://www.jazzguitar.be/jazzguitar_lick鈥?/a>|||Begin by learning a bunch of really odd chords. Then begin learning how to invert them. From that point, invert them so you are only playing 4-3 strings (the higher ones) at once. You want to avoid the lower strings as the bass needs some movement room. From there learn to embellish from chord to chord. After learning to embellish start adding your own basslines to the chords. Then learn to improvise over the chord structure you are playing. Improvisation is the heart of jazz.|||You should try the Jamorama courses. http://goo.gl/PfiD9
They teach you about alternate picking, bending, finger picking, hammer-ons, legato, palm muting, pull-offs, slide, strumming vibrato, and like pratically everything else there is to know about keeping your guitar up like changing the strings, fine tune, (You'd be surprised by how many people play but don't know how to do that). Anyways check it out, it's how I learned how to play.|||to elaborate on the "odd chord" note above, you will need to know:
Major 7: 1 3 5 7
Dominant 7: 1 3 5 b7
Minor 7: 1 b3 5 b7
Diminished 7: 1 b3 b5 b7
Augmented 7: 1 3 sharp5 b7
7 suspended 4: 1 4 5 b7
along with:
half-diminished 7: 1 b3 b5 6 (bb7)
all the altered dominant chords b13, sharp9, b9
those are just to start, from there there are still more!|||I tried for many years on and off trying to learn the guitar but never got the hang of it untill I started using oline lessons as I was able to learn at my own pace as the home tutor I had cost me a fortune
They teach you about alternate picking, bending, finger picking, hammer-ons, legato, palm muting, pull-offs, slide, strumming vibrato, and like pratically everything else there is to know about keeping your guitar up like changing the strings, fine tune, (You'd be surprised by how many people play but don't know how to do that). Anyways check it out, it's how I learned how to play.|||to elaborate on the "odd chord" note above, you will need to know:
Major 7: 1 3 5 7
Dominant 7: 1 3 5 b7
Minor 7: 1 b3 5 b7
Diminished 7: 1 b3 b5 b7
Augmented 7: 1 3 sharp5 b7
7 suspended 4: 1 4 5 b7
along with:
half-diminished 7: 1 b3 b5 6 (bb7)
all the altered dominant chords b13, sharp9, b9
those are just to start, from there there are still more!|||I tried for many years on and off trying to learn the guitar but never got the hang of it untill I started using oline lessons as I was able to learn at my own pace as the home tutor I had cost me a fortune
What's a good bass piece to audition into a Jazz Band with?
I'm trying out for my High School's Jazz Band and want an awesome piece to play on the Bass Guitar. Does anybody know some good ones?|||Most jazz band auditions concentrate on two things: sight reading and improvisation. Unless you've been told to prepare a solo piece, you may not need one at all. Ask your band director for info on what he's looking for out of auditionees.
If you do need to perform a solo piece, play any piece you play well. Concentrate on playing musically, not on the actual piece you are going to play. By "playing musically" I mean playing with steady time, good tone, and appropriate dynamics. You'll do better to play "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" beautifully than to butcher a Jaco Pastorius tune.
Finally, don't plan to become an awesome jazz player overnight. Playing jazz, like playing anything well, takes sustained effort over years of practice.|||It would depend on your level of playing.
If you don't listen to much jazz, start now. I recommend starting with Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Stan Getz.
As a bassist, you will definitely enjoy Jaco Pastorius, John Patitucci, Jeff Berlin, Paul Chambers and Ray Brown.
As for a good piece to play, Pitter Panther Patter by Jimmy Blanton (of the Ellington Band) is not too difficult, but very impressive. If you want something REALLY challenging, try Havona by Jaco Pastorius and Weather Report. If you need something simpler than these two, I recommend just being able to play the head and walking lines of Miles Davis' So What.
If you do need to perform a solo piece, play any piece you play well. Concentrate on playing musically, not on the actual piece you are going to play. By "playing musically" I mean playing with steady time, good tone, and appropriate dynamics. You'll do better to play "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" beautifully than to butcher a Jaco Pastorius tune.
Finally, don't plan to become an awesome jazz player overnight. Playing jazz, like playing anything well, takes sustained effort over years of practice.|||It would depend on your level of playing.
If you don't listen to much jazz, start now. I recommend starting with Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Stan Getz.
As a bassist, you will definitely enjoy Jaco Pastorius, John Patitucci, Jeff Berlin, Paul Chambers and Ray Brown.
As for a good piece to play, Pitter Panther Patter by Jimmy Blanton (of the Ellington Band) is not too difficult, but very impressive. If you want something REALLY challenging, try Havona by Jaco Pastorius and Weather Report. If you need something simpler than these two, I recommend just being able to play the head and walking lines of Miles Davis' So What.
Where is the line between jazz and lyrical dance?
I'm teaching a class and it's technically jazz... but how much lyrical can i do?|||When I teach jazz, I do most of the warm ups and isolation and across the floor with technical jazz exercises. Then when I give combos to learn each week I will change up the styles.
Sometimes a lyrical feel, sometimes a salsa feel, sometimes broadway, you get the idea. It is good for the students to get used to different styles, when they go to an audition you'll never know what style they will encounter. So I try to prepare them for anything. This is more work for me as a teacher since I am not comfortable at teaching all those different styles, I have "my" styles that work for me and I love. It stretches me artistically and makes me work outside of class to make sure I give my students the best experience I can.
So my advice is give them lyrical, but not only lyrical....expand their minds and bodies to a multitude of styles!|||You can do a little lyrical, not for the recital dance, but across the floor would be fine, as "a taste of lyrical." You can add some lyrical turns to your dance if the music is soft enough, but if you're doing a strictly Broadway type jazz song, I'd reccomend no lyrical. Then again, you're the teacher, so I'd say you can draw the line wherever you want.|||A LOT
Sometimes a lyrical feel, sometimes a salsa feel, sometimes broadway, you get the idea. It is good for the students to get used to different styles, when they go to an audition you'll never know what style they will encounter. So I try to prepare them for anything. This is more work for me as a teacher since I am not comfortable at teaching all those different styles, I have "my" styles that work for me and I love. It stretches me artistically and makes me work outside of class to make sure I give my students the best experience I can.
So my advice is give them lyrical, but not only lyrical....expand their minds and bodies to a multitude of styles!|||You can do a little lyrical, not for the recital dance, but across the floor would be fine, as "a taste of lyrical." You can add some lyrical turns to your dance if the music is soft enough, but if you're doing a strictly Broadway type jazz song, I'd reccomend no lyrical. Then again, you're the teacher, so I'd say you can draw the line wherever you want.|||A LOT
What is some good slow jazz to listen to when it's nighttime and raining?
The kind of jazz that has a saxophone leading and then the drums and bass are playing slow. If anyone can name me the artist and song names that would be great. Thank you.|||Thumb's up to the L.A. jazz station person's answer! Listened to it all the time when in L.A.
I love Stanley Turrentine (Sax) - my actual favorite album of his is "Soulful Saxaphone" (All songs) and next would be the "Blue Hour"; I have his "Ballads" CD as well,
It may sound odd, but during rain I so prefer classical music, my favorites are Handel, Vivaldi, and I also like certain operas (operas would be more for daytime rain, though, heh).
Another sax player that plays nice cool jazz is Nino Tempo - very, very nice and soothing (his self-titled CD anyways).
My favorite, however, at any time, any weather is Bossa Nova. here are some tunes for you to check out to see if you like: (Also added names of other great jazz players, not all Sax, though:
•
• - Manha de Carnaval - Original 1959 movie, "Black Orpheus", sung by Agostinho dos Santos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0W12dVKD…
- Bem Bom (Gal Costa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VLefxheB…
- Madalena (Elis Regina)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQIcSPdMq…
- Tarde em Itapoa (Maria Bethania w/Vinicius Moraes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56NvUAPR7…
- Estrada do Sol (Elis Regina and Gal Costa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcshTxLT6…
- O Pato (sung by [a very young] Joao Gilberto "O Pato" = The Duck and "Quem"= Quack in Port.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S4dci8J1…
- You and I (Stanley Turrentine) (no YouTube, on his "Soulful Saxaphone" CD, LOVE it.
- Blues in Hoss Flat (Stanley Turrentine, '63)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLsWR8piT…
- Half a Minute (Matt Bianco and where Basia got her start) LOVE his stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDzagmJbw…
- Do you want to know what I want? (New York Voices, LOVE them)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUI49344B…
- What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVG80vqVf…
Also love Thelonius Monk; "Round about Midnight", "April in Paris", I like "The Essential . . ." and "The Best of Thelonius Monk" CDs
Eliane Elias is a wonderful jazz pianist from Brasil
Ack! Wish I had room for more links! You will LOVE:
Esperanza Spalding - newer on the circuit; while attending Berklee School of Music she was also on staff teaching there! Plays stand-up bass and sings like a spicy angel! (English %26amp; Brasilian Portuguese)
Sings:
- I know you know
- Grooves
- Ponta de Areia
- Precious
(These are my favorites of hers so far - on her self-titled CD)
Ah! And you MUST listen to Brasilian pianist and singer,
Tania Maria singing and playing “Sangria”!
- Miles Davis
- Stanley Turrentine
- Thelonius Monk
- Art Tatum
- Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Matt Bianco
- John Coltrane
- Billy Holliday
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Esperanza Spalding
- New York Voices
- Manhattan Transfer
- Stan Getz
- Tania Maria (Brasil)
- "Kissed by Nature" album (Eliane Elias)|||I'm not sure about 311, they're not exactly Jazz. However, I'm not sure if you live in the Los Angeles area, but even if you are not you can listen to the Jazz station online at-
http://www.kkjz.org/
If you do live in the LA area, just tune your radio to 88.1
If you don't, then just play the station on that website, and you can unplug your laptop so that It'll die turn off eventually. Perhaps, even screw with your settings so it the 'Stand By' alarm goes off at 50% or something.
I really enjoy sleeping to it at night. Enjoy!|||Try some 311
I love Stanley Turrentine (Sax) - my actual favorite album of his is "Soulful Saxaphone" (All songs) and next would be the "Blue Hour"; I have his "Ballads" CD as well,
It may sound odd, but during rain I so prefer classical music, my favorites are Handel, Vivaldi, and I also like certain operas (operas would be more for daytime rain, though, heh).
Another sax player that plays nice cool jazz is Nino Tempo - very, very nice and soothing (his self-titled CD anyways).
My favorite, however, at any time, any weather is Bossa Nova. here are some tunes for you to check out to see if you like: (Also added names of other great jazz players, not all Sax, though:
•
• - Manha de Carnaval - Original 1959 movie, "Black Orpheus", sung by Agostinho dos Santos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0W12dVKD…
- Bem Bom (Gal Costa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VLefxheB…
- Madalena (Elis Regina)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQIcSPdMq…
- Tarde em Itapoa (Maria Bethania w/Vinicius Moraes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56NvUAPR7…
- Estrada do Sol (Elis Regina and Gal Costa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcshTxLT6…
- O Pato (sung by [a very young] Joao Gilberto "O Pato" = The Duck and "Quem"= Quack in Port.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S4dci8J1…
- You and I (Stanley Turrentine) (no YouTube, on his "Soulful Saxaphone" CD, LOVE it.
- Blues in Hoss Flat (Stanley Turrentine, '63)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLsWR8piT…
- Half a Minute (Matt Bianco and where Basia got her start) LOVE his stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDzagmJbw…
- Do you want to know what I want? (New York Voices, LOVE them)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUI49344B…
- What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVG80vqVf…
Also love Thelonius Monk; "Round about Midnight", "April in Paris", I like "The Essential . . ." and "The Best of Thelonius Monk" CDs
Eliane Elias is a wonderful jazz pianist from Brasil
Ack! Wish I had room for more links! You will LOVE:
Esperanza Spalding - newer on the circuit; while attending Berklee School of Music she was also on staff teaching there! Plays stand-up bass and sings like a spicy angel! (English %26amp; Brasilian Portuguese)
Sings:
- I know you know
- Grooves
- Ponta de Areia
- Precious
(These are my favorites of hers so far - on her self-titled CD)
Ah! And you MUST listen to Brasilian pianist and singer,
Tania Maria singing and playing “Sangria”!
- Miles Davis
- Stanley Turrentine
- Thelonius Monk
- Art Tatum
- Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Matt Bianco
- John Coltrane
- Billy Holliday
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Esperanza Spalding
- New York Voices
- Manhattan Transfer
- Stan Getz
- Tania Maria (Brasil)
- "Kissed by Nature" album (Eliane Elias)|||I'm not sure about 311, they're not exactly Jazz. However, I'm not sure if you live in the Los Angeles area, but even if you are not you can listen to the Jazz station online at-
http://www.kkjz.org/
If you do live in the LA area, just tune your radio to 88.1
If you don't, then just play the station on that website, and you can unplug your laptop so that It'll die turn off eventually. Perhaps, even screw with your settings so it the 'Stand By' alarm goes off at 50% or something.
I really enjoy sleeping to it at night. Enjoy!|||Try some 311
What are some good dance songs for a jazz/lyrical solo?
I am looking for an awesome song to dance to for my jazz/lyrical solo. I can't decide if I want an upbeat jazz-y song or a song better suited for lyrical dance. Please help me find some songs for my solo! :) Thank you!!!|||hmmm more lyrical...
Wild Horse- natasha bedingfeild
Reflections- Christina Agulara
bring me to life - Evanescence
volcano - damien rice (or anyother damien rice somg)
serenity - godsmack
You raise me up - josh Gorban
out of my head - fastball
A little more upbeat...
Outside - roonie day
Not about love - fiona apple
Vindicated - dashboard confessional
Behind these hazel eyes - Kelly clarkson
I could go on and on the thing with lyrical is that really anysong with words is great for it! I recomend doing something out of the ordenary and not expected!|||for the lyrical solo.. try little wonders by rob thomas %26amp; bubbly by colbie caillat
Wild Horse- natasha bedingfeild
Reflections- Christina Agulara
bring me to life - Evanescence
volcano - damien rice (or anyother damien rice somg)
serenity - godsmack
You raise me up - josh Gorban
out of my head - fastball
A little more upbeat...
Outside - roonie day
Not about love - fiona apple
Vindicated - dashboard confessional
Behind these hazel eyes - Kelly clarkson
I could go on and on the thing with lyrical is that really anysong with words is great for it! I recomend doing something out of the ordenary and not expected!|||for the lyrical solo.. try little wonders by rob thomas %26amp; bubbly by colbie caillat
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