When I first heard this from Django and learned the Diminished solos I was frustrated,angry, and declared “That has nothing to do with do with Honeysuckle Rose”. I now realize the music is all about Ravel and Debussy,and advanced jazz concepts, not my ethnocentrism and comfort zone.
There are many levels of improvisation. Sometimes I like to stay close to the melody, including the alterations and colors over Dominic chords. However, Django Reinhardt definitely had a unique approach to soloing and would color up, chordates how he heard it. Often influenced by impressionistic composer, such as Maurice Ravel, and Claude Debussy. After you play the melody, you can have fun being creative and exploring the court progression and solo ideas. I like to write out Ates to demonstrate these ideas from playing inside and closer to the melody, but also showing how to have fun taking it further out to get some outlandish colors and flavors.
@@TracyKimMusic Robin Nolan teaches “Get your ear used to this sound”. That’s the key to this whole learning-- playing game as far as I’m concerned. The ‘ear/hand’ connection.
When I first heard this from Django and learned the Diminished solos I was frustrated,angry, and declared “That has nothing to do with do with Honeysuckle Rose”. I now realize the music is all about Ravel and Debussy,and advanced jazz concepts, not my ethnocentrism and comfort zone.
There are many levels of improvisation. Sometimes I like to stay close to the melody, including the alterations and colors over Dominic chords. However, Django Reinhardt definitely had a unique approach to soloing and would color up, chordates how he heard it. Often influenced by impressionistic composer, such as Maurice Ravel, and Claude Debussy.
After you play the melody, you can have fun being creative and exploring the court progression and solo ideas. I like to write out Ates to demonstrate these ideas from playing inside and closer to the melody, but also showing how to have fun taking it further out to get some outlandish colors and flavors.
@@TracyKimMusic Robin Nolan teaches “Get your ear used to this sound”. That’s the key to this whole learning-- playing game as far as I’m concerned. The ‘ear/hand’ connection.
@@jameslifetimelearner yes, absolutely! I agree 100%