More Rock, Less Talk!
- Thread starter Jazz Guy
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There was a teacher who once made the distinction between knowing a song and owning the song. (He didn't use "own" in an ASCAP, BMI sense).
Essentially, you've got to have the tune in your bones. It's got to be second nature to you -- the form, the harmony (aka "the changes"), the melody, etc. Oh, and you should know it in all twelve keys to that degree also.
Essentially, you've got to have the tune in your bones. It's got to be second nature to you -- the form, the harmony (aka "the changes"), the melody, etc. Oh, and you should know it in all twelve keys to that degree also.
You can play C mixolydian over a C7 chord. You can play C lydian flat 7 over a C7 chord. Hell, you can play a C dominant diminished scale over C7. It boils down to this: What do YOU like the sound of? The rules come AFTER the music in order to explain and communicate the process to others. Don't confuse theory (or dots on a page) for music.
Damn the rules, you play all 12 notes in your solo.
Damn the rules, you play all 12 notes in your solo.
Addendum
We don't determine music,
The music determines us;
We only follow it
To the end of our life:
Then it goes on without us.
It begs to be born and,
Wants to go its own way,
We just make it up and,
Then we let it out.
Music speaks for itself,
And needs no explanation
Or justification:
Either it is alive,or it is not.
Saxovision © Steve Lacy
We don't determine music,
The music determines us;
We only follow it
To the end of our life:
Then it goes on without us.
It begs to be born and,
Wants to go its own way,
We just make it up and,
Then we let it out.
Music speaks for itself,
And needs no explanation
Or justification:
Either it is alive,or it is not.
Saxovision © Steve Lacy