Joe Corn Mo Member since Aug 29th 2010 15139 posts
Sun Jun-15-14 01:00 PM
41. "and all this time, i thought i was faking the funk. " In response to In response to 35 Sun Jun-15-14 01:01 PM by Joe Corn Mo
when i am learning a song on piano, i typically come up with a rhythm pattern for the main chord changes on my left hand, and then come up with at least a loose melody line and a loose solo part that i can play on my right.
when ppl hear me play and say to me, "i have a jazz style," i never know how to take it.
because 1: i don't really listen to jazz. but i do listen to a lot of jazz influenced stuff (Marvin's "here, my dear" album, for instance)
and 2: i can't follow jazz changes when i hear them on a record. but if i play a pop song on piano, i do tend to "jazz" them up a bit because block chords sound boring to me usually.
but to me, that's not jazz playing because i can't make those substitutions on the fly... i have to write the arrangement and then play it over and over again until i have muscle memory.
if i had to sit in with a band, i'd get a cymbal thrown at me because if they modulated to another key, i'd be lost... hitting clams... couldn't pick up on the shit quickly enough... and told to get lost.
i know that because it happened when i tried to sit in with some folks at my church. but that was when i was a kid... maybe i'd be better at it now lol.
>>There is also rhythmic, >>harmonic, and compositional improvisation. >