Trying scat singing to tunes. The real process is getting what is in
your head onto the keyboard or instrument. Bebop is really more of a
"feel" than anything else. There is a trick to leaving the end of a
phrase on the offbeat which helps inspire the improviser for the next
phrase. Drumwise, improvising a solo on a keyboard can be compared to
diddling over some scale tones. On a dominant chord try a scale a half
step above the major to get more tension and sound more jazzy.
On 08/20/2017 11:56 AM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
If you played the drums, you should be able to play bebop music well.
From what I understand, one is supposed to play the chord tones on
the downbeat, and the non-chord or passing tones on the upbeat. Rick
Beato at You Tube has an excellent tutorial for playing bebop. style
during solos. However, this idea is opposed to the concept of
appogiatura which requires playing non-chord tones on the down beat.
But a good musician should be able to use the appogiaturas like salt
and pepper in one's music repertoire.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote :
Haven't played "Connecticut Half Time" since my high school days.
What's wrong with their performance? They did okay. They're playing
it at a more traditional slower tempo while if you watch the West
Point Hellcats version they play it faster. The back end of that
piece though gets really tricky.
On 08/20/2017 04:22 AM, hepa7@... <mailto:hepa7@...>
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
I wonder, how much does ones native language affect ones drumming?
Two supposedly Finnish (might well be Swedish speaking, tho) guys
trying to play Connecticut Half Time.
It sucks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvMvBd7cvwM
