spacealf


This is not elevator or muzak music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgw2sbsJNoM Play along, should be simple to do! Elevator music, oh my not! Now go off and do something.

Um, it's not smoothjazz either. If you think that is jazz of any variety, it just confirms my point above.
Nice jam though.


So, I went off and did something. Now what your Highness?

Rus W.

Not sure what you're getting at. Seems a little deep for Janet's initial inquiry (to me).

But, I think your addressing the age old "reading vs. by ear", or "feeling vs. theory" yada yada argument.
I never was much for those topics because in my mind there is no either/Or. It's all one. And, what you usually end up with at the end of the day is a song/composition. So, yea, Janet "should" learn it all but, I think playing songs is the most enjoyable/easiest/fun way to progress IMO. (and, she can learn to sing while she's at it:)

Oh, just looked again and your not talking about that. LOL. OK..

whatever.

Hey, I'll answer you all individually before long...have to help with homework this evening.

But, David, the name of that book is "More Hymns Re-Harmonized" by Carol Tornquist.  It's really pretty fascinating and if I would just settle down and study it, I'd learn tons, I'm sure.

Tim:  get the book and look at it...simple!    I must have had too much to drink when I said I'd have to listen and write the chords down.  Or, I might have been thinking of classical music.  I haven't seen too many chord sheets for them.  :) 


Everyone else...I'll be back!


And I'm listening to Soft Jazz on Pandora now.  15 minutes and I'm about to break something.  But I'll keep trying!!!

Tim...I can learn to sing, too?  :)  I'm trying, man, I'm trying.  May even be seeing progress.  But don't hold your breath thinking of me and a mic...

http://tunein.com/radio/Music-g1/

I wish this forum didn't misbehave with firefox otherwise I'd just type up every note of every key in order of the Circle of Fifths. Then you could just pick a key and start mashing away at the piano. Over thinking music ruins the fun.

Janet


And I'm listening to Soft Jazz on Pandora now.  15 minutes and I'm about to break something.  But I'll keep trying!!!

How about some casual jazz to clear your aural palette...




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDDOFXSgAs

Don't know if you play guitar but if you do, Ted Greene wrote a fantastic couple of books which taught me more about chord voicings and progressions than every other book I ever read combined. They are "Chord Chemistry" and "Modern Chord Progressions." They're quite jazz oriented, but in these books are the raw material to be as creative with chord construction and progression as you could ever wish for. I'm pretty sure you can find them as pdf's online. Ted was such a fantastic teacher and a beautiful player too, in fact screw it here's a video of one of his seminars at GIT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgTnwxvIW9g

20 minutes of free time here...Sam, I tried to work thru your first post.  Lots of fascinating stuff. I couldn't get my head around all of it, but I tried some things and came up with some really cool new stuff I never would have thought of.  So maybe I'll go write a song of those before I forget. :)

No, seriously, thank you.  I can't wait to try all these ideas.  (but everyone please don't give up me if I don't get to it all real soon...in a perfect world maybe I could concentrate on one thing at a time.  Let's just say it's far from perfect...but I'm rarely bored.)  :)  Thanks again!  

Hey Janet,

Glad I could be of assistance :)

Good luck, and let us know how it goes!

Sam