“Left out of this discussion is the way musicians, and especially jazz musicians, communicate in the moment and react while listening and playing….no language involved, thinking in rhythm and harmony”
Harmony is a language. Most jazz improvisation occurs over fixed chord sequences, or “progressions,” which follow certain patterns (ii-V is common ) and like spoken language can be written down (A MAJ—D7—F# dim, etc) as well as apprehended by ear. Musicians do react in the moment to what they hear, but so do speakers of English or Chinese. Before meeting to jam, jazz musicians often study a “chart,” the written chord progressions of a tune, to prepare. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33078): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33078 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109108434/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
