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Jazzmaster Cookbook sounds good not akward. :)

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earthgene wrote:

If you have a challenging chord, first check to see if the outlying quality isnt already being realized in the melody. Stickists make things hard on chording notes in left hand, you don't need to. Try a simple Real Book arrangement like Someday my prince will come or In a sentimental Mood. You can fret something simple in the left hand and have the right hand complete the chord.



Spot on....I believe that they call these shell voicings in jazz piano terminology - and in a lot of cases you can get away with dropping the root entirely out of the cord and then shuffling around the other two notes.

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Hi Brett,
I checked out the link to the books and think they are interesting. Isee there are different versions based on the instrument one plays.
Which one would be suitable for the stick. My guess would be the C, Eb or F version..


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I'm almost sure it's not the answer you'd like to read but...my guitar teacher told me in 1980 "there is no shortcut in music"...that means you have to work on everything you can. If you cannot buy a book, just go to a public Library close to your house and check all of them. Maybe you'll encounter one which is perfect for what you're looking for. That is a good habit...then you'll switch to another one, and another one, etc...If you start one thing at a time and not trying to learn everything in 2 weeks you'll go further without noticing it. You cannot eat a cow in 1 day...Good luck...music a a whole life story...step by step, little by little. This way you'll always be hungry about learning.

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Kataway wrote:
You cannot eat a cow in 1 day...Good luck...music a a whole life story...step by step, little by little. This way you'll always be hungry about learning.


...very well said, Sir...


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Balt-A-Sar wrote:
Kataway wrote:
You cannot eat a cow in 1 day...Good luck...music a a whole life story...step by step, little by little. This way you'll always be hungry about learning.


...very well said, Sir...


plus 1 Alain!

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kevin-c wrote:
Balt-A-Sar wrote:
Kataway wrote:
You cannot eat a cow in 1 day...Good luck...music a a whole life story...step by step, little by little. This way you'll always be hungry about learning.


...very well said, Sir...


plus 1 Alain!

cheers,
kev

Amen...
Little by little, we'll all get it...just in time for that great Stick Seminar in the Sky. :D

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Berklee has some online classes which seem promising:

http://online.berklee.edu/courses/music-theory-101

I believe that Coursera.org also has music theory classes periodically. I took the Gary Burton improvisation class at Coursera and found it to be very, very helpful.

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Coursera does have a free one:

https://www.coursera.org/course/musictheory

Starts in July, 2014.

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Yiehaaa!!
The fireworks are still going off here and I already took a step towards my musical development for 2014 :-) i enlisted for the course !


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