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Term 2 Rep tunes

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Billies Singing transcription Denzils Best Hi Frazer. I think the first chorus of this piano solo would be ideal for your transcription. (This time you need to do the transcribing yourself. I’ve written some simple exercises to help you with rhythm reading which I’ll send after this. Cheers, Steve https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=eX-EIRAtlzQ Hi Frazer Just a note of explanation… I often wondered why drummers seemed to learn to read syncopation so easily compared to other instrumentalists. I knew it wasn’t simply because they were only concerned with time. Finally, it occurred to me that their music often has a cymbal or hi-hat part that plays all of the 8ths or 16ths continually, and that they could therefore see the logic of the the kick and snare notation against this constant reference. So I have adapted that idea to a little etude, with a quaver ostina...
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Assignment Term 2

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Term 3 Monday 10 July - Friday 15 September 10 weeks Term 4 Tuesday 3 October - Friday 8 December 10 weeks spring holidays 16 sep to 2 oct JMI 17 weeks 24 July -19th November Holidays 16 th August Ekka Day 2 October Queens Birthday Week 1 24 July  to 30 July Week 2 31 July  to 6 August Week 3 7 August    13 August Week 4  14 August 20th August ------------------------------------------------------------------- CPP Performance James Aural Assessment 1 – Recognition of Intervals, Melodies, Chords, Chord progressions, Modes, Rhythms and core rep listening. Weight: 50% Due Date: Weeks 4 and 11 Submitted: in class Format: hand written Assessment 2 – Transcription assignment Weight: 50% Due Date: Weeks 4, 7, 10, 12-13 Submitted: hard copy, in class Format: Must be hand written only. a) Melodies Students will be required to memorize and sing three chosen melodic material. Students will be required to sing from recorded ...
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Improvisation Techniques 2

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WEEK2 Diary with Chord Tone Root 3 5 7 Then with Approach Tones 4 of them Melodic Rhythm with 2 notes ,melody Improv 2B week 2 lesson notes by  Dan Quigley  - Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 4:54 PM   In class we looked at 'Beautiful Love' We spoke about the Minor 2/5/1 and its relationship with the Major 2/5/1. The key in the book for this tune is in D- which means that it's related to F Major. One thing that came up is to remember that the chord you're on dictates what notes you play for the duration of that chord. When you change to another chord this process happens again, and again. Some chords are related to each other and the key that the tune is in but not all chords are related to each other. We went through the process for learning tunes and applying language. Try and practice this everyday. Here is the process, in case you missed it. Melody Arpeggios Chord Tones Approach Tones into Chord tones. We looked at a couple of ne...
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Jazz Principal July 2017

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Assesment
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Jazz Aural 2017 July

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Learning OUTCOME WEEK 1 “Beautiful Love” is a tune written by Victor Young, Wayne King and Egbert Van Alstyne in 1931 with lyrics written by Haven Gillespie. It has been performed and recorded by many jazz musicians. This tune is most commonly played in the key of D minor. Autumn Leaves'' Polkadots and Moonbeans Lady Bird  was written by pianist and composer Tadd Dameron in 1939. It was first released to the public in 1948. It’s most ground-breaking harmonic feature for its time was its turn around in the last two bars:  (Cmaj7 Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 Dbmaj7) . This is a great tune to know, and great for improvising. WEEK 4 Billie’s Bounce – 1 st chorus of Charlie Parker solo – Savoy’s Charlie Volume 3 WEEK 7 Remember – Hank Mobley – Soul Station Remember  was written by Irving Berlin in 1925. It has been recorded by greats such as Red Norvo and his Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, among ...
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Jazz Context 2 2017 July

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Today's listening was all from 1963. We are hearing an evolution of musical progression where things are starting to get a lot looser. Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack Miles - Seven Steps to Heaven, Basin st Blues, I fall in love too easily. Kenny Burrell - Chitlins Con Carne Sheila Jordan - If you could see me now, Dat Dere Joe Henderson - Jinrikisha Betty Carter - 'Round Midnight Grant Green - Idle Moments (didn't work) Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder, Totem Pole Art Blakey - Ugestu Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers' version of "Ugetsu" (Walton) from their album Ugetsu. Recorded live at Birdland, New York City, NY on 16 June 1963. Produced by Orrin Keepnews for Riverside Records. Personnel: Art Blakey (drums), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Cedar Walton (piano), and Reggie Workman (bass). Peace to Cedar Walton and his family. We compiled a tribute to his work from the 1960s in h...
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Jazz Material 2 2017

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week2 Jazz Turnarounds Lester Leaps In Anthropology Good Bait External Triangle week1 modes
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