I am new to this Forum, I hope it is an active forum. I have just signed up; I find it interesting that one can talk to people who have ideas and perhaps important experiences regarding musi...
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I started studying music and became very interested in the flugelhorn, but I don't know where to start when it comes to buying one and choosing the best one for me since I am just starting o...
What harmonic functions would you assign to the chords in these sequences? in C major: E-7 Eb° D-7 C E° D-7 C C° C C7 C° C7 F F#° C C F#Ø F C F#Ø F- Bb7 C F-7 Bb7 C F Bb7 C C F D7 C C F7 C i...
Hello everyone, I am studying jazz piano as a self-taught musician (at least as far as I can manage). During this period, I am practicing piano technique using pentatonic scales. Not having...
hi everyone, could you suggest the name of some relevant "alto saxophonists" (except for the legends, like Bird!) whose solos I could transcribe? thanks
I am proposing some tips for learning jazz repertoire by heart. This is my method, it works quite well for me, even though my memory is not exceptional at all. In the article, you will also...
The spirit of the Dionysian irrational opposed to Apollonian rationality. Dionysus is the god of music, of theater makers and bacchanals, he who represents the impetus of the senses whereas...
Modal Harmony In effect, in J. Coltrane, the rhythmic dimension understood as the scanning of time with metronomic type actions is widely surpassed in the final stages of Coltrane's art. Thi...
hi everyone, i have transcribed (melodically) Kenny Barron's solo from this version of "Bouncin' with Bud" (taken from the 2009 album "People Time") but I can't figure out (harmonically) whi...
hello everyone, in the grip of the sweaty fumes of this torrid summer, a thought just occurred to me: if I remember correctly, some time ago (perhaps a few years back), on this forum, it was...
hi everyone! i don't know if it has been noticed from my recent posts... but I have started studying jazz harmony (on my own) and I am really enjoying it!!! in tiny little steps, my very mea...
hello everyone, i would like to know your opinion on the subject text: "1001 JAZZ LICKS". in particular, I am interested in knowing if it is designed for a specific instrument or if it is ge...
hi everyone, a few days ago I purchased the jazzmaster cookbook by J. Grantham and I must say that the numerous positive feedbacks found around the web and also in this forum are true; as a...
hello everyone i happened to get my hands on a method for latin piano by carlos campos: https://www.scribd.com/doc/312977782/Carlos-Campos-Salsa-Afro-Cuban-Montunos-for-Piano-pdf it is a col...
hello everyone does anyone of you happen to have a 'real book version' sheet music for the song "MIRROR MIRROR" (which I believe is by Chick Corea)? thanks and happy music making ScalaQuaran...
In some musical manuscripts I have found chord notations with fractions and bars that represent a single complex chord of the type: Do-7/Bb Re7+/F# I was wondering if this is a modern norm n...