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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
This is really interesting, this is my initial take as to how classical harmony differs from jazz ( please correct me if I’m wrong!!) in baroque/classical the emphasis is on harmonising the baseline…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
Hi Maria, I’m aware of it and I’ve watched some fascinating videos from John Mortensen and Noam Sivan ( that guy is a genius!!) personally I know very little detail about classical improvisation but…
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Ken Radford mental practice, excellent idea , I’m trying to develop this skill with my classical pieces , but definitely applicable here too …..
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Ken Radford Hi Ken great discussion. Interestingly the scales you use are essentially identical to mine but I just call them differently. The g ascending melodic minor you use for the ii chord is…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Ken Radford thank you Ken ! this project we are undertaking is proving to be challenging but interesting and enlightening too. I have never considered myself as a ‘scale’ person ,…
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
Hi all apologies for the slightly long winded video… my take on the D minor 2-5-1 note correction: when I mention the 6 chord B Flat , it should be major 7th ( not dominant) another correction ,…
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Ken Radford sorry for late reply Ken, ( Issues with TB forum sorted ….) no you didn’t dream it , and you correctly emphasised that the guide tones define the character of a chord onto to D minor !!
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
Hi all We continue our journey through the 2-5-1-6 progression below my discussion of F major I have found that the process of trying to explain what I’m doing is highly educational for myself,…
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Re: Week 4 — Share Your Playing 🎶
@Peter William thanks Peter! Yes it was fun and we hope to do more of this ….
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Re: Week 3: Keep the Momentum
@Larry K yes I agree 100% Its basically the brain firing neurons in sequence to activate the muscles . By implication, the brain may not necessarily know the individual notes or understand the chord…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Andrew Smith great job Andrew! I’ve had a go at this one in the past too, and I know what you mean about sore arms 😓
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Share It
Great job so far Sindre, i enjoyed listening to this , that last section appears devilishly difficult 😥, @Sindre Skarelven
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Larry K yes I’ve heard of that program , I think one could catch it on a local Fm station here I am also old enough to remember Karl Haas….
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Dustin Anderson wonderful performance Dustin, great that you managed to get this done
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Larry K ok fair enough a shame you lost your Russian teacher. I did study for a few years with a Russian/ukranian teacher, learned a lot from him . i have a first cousin living in borough park ,…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Fionna Zhang wonderful performance Fiona , you really have it under your fingers!! thanks for posting, it’s also one of my all time favourite Chopin pieces( to listen to, I don’t play it 😓)
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Larry K what a shame , especially the Angela Hewitt concert, is she no longer performing?? we only occasionally get high calibre overseas pianists coming to perform down here in Australia.…
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Larry K I have small hands, so I better get hold of those blocks of wood quick smart
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Juan Carlos Olite amazing performance Juan Carlos , I wasn’t aware that this Brahms piece existed. And again I am so impressed with the memory work just superb, I loved watching this 👏
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Meiko wonderful playing Meiko, it was interesting to compare this to your previous practice video , the practice clearly made a difference !
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- 4 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Sindre Skarelven thank you Sindre! (Ha ha 😂)
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Philippa thank you Philippa, much appreciated !
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Week 4: Share It
@Dustin Anderson sorry to hear all of this Dustin, hope you feel better very soon
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Ken Radford great job Ken! I can see that we are basically on the same page , I’m excited to press on with our project …
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- 5 mths ago
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Vicki Hi Vicki, there are plenty of courses and books out there including material here on tonebase. but I think that it’s very difficult learning jazz lines from books and courses .…
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- 5 mths ago
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