Here’s an interesting thought that came my way while talking to some fellow musicians: Is Jazz Hard? I thought it might give students some insight about the difficulty or non-difficulty of playing different styles of music, and help you get past feeling reluctant to try a style out of ignorance,
The V7b9 (“five-seven-flat-nine” or “dominant-seven-flat-nine” or 1-3-5-b7-b9) chord is not really a full substitution of the whole chord with another, but this time, more simply just an addition to a chord, with the flatted ninth of the chord’s key added to your scale while improvising …whether that note is
Jazz Jazz can be a fairly wide category for sure! To me, any style that leans on improvisation as a core concept can be called Jazz. I will try to address as many Jazz isms and schisms as I can. Here’s the main Jazz categry list. Below that you should
Cornerstone Styles: Jazz: Straight Ahead, American Standards, BeBop, Gypsy Jazz, Latin Jazz, Jazz Fusion Blues: Chicago, Memphis, Peidmont, Delta Rock: Classic, Pop, Punk, Grunge, Metal, Roots, Rock n Roll, Country Rock, Progressive Rock Country: Modern Country, Country & Western, Western Swing, Bluegrass, Fiddle Tunes, Old Time Fiddle Other style isms,
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Jazz in the Latin Bossa Nova style. Babik performed this song in our live shows for a while, but it did not end up on any of our CD’s. It’s still a good tune for study I think though. Enjoy! Improv: AABA song form with the A sections being straight
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