Shape Shifting - Try This If You Play Jazz
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- I find exercises like this to be enormously helpful for practicing jazz improvisation. There's something about narrowing the field of options to something measurable, yet still spontaneous and fun, that leaves me feeling challenged AND satisfied with the practice.
These studio lessons go deeper on this practice:
“Stella By Starlight” - Interchangeable Modes and the Value of Repetition
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“Stella by Starlight” - Building a Solo from Fundamental Elements to Melodic Shapes
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Here's the audio file I looped to practice with:
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Bob Reynolds is an American jazz saxophonist and 3x Grammy Award-winning member of Snarky Puppy. He's toured with John Mayer, Larry Carlton, and many others and released 12 solo albums-4 of which reached the Top 10 in Billboard's Jazz Charts. A pioneering educator, Bob has coached thousands of musicians through his innovative Virtual Teaching Studio bobreynoldsmus.... He is a Selmer and D'Addario Woodwinds artist and lives with his wife and kids in Los Angeles, CA.
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These studio lessons go deeper on this practice:
“Stella By Starlight” - Interchangeable Modes and the Value of Repetition
lessons.bobreynoldsmusic.com/shedding-session-on-a-minor-ii-v-over-stella-by-starlight-interchangeable-modes-and-the-value-of-repetition/
“Stella by Starlight” - Building a Solo from Fundamental Elements to Melodic Shapes
lessons.bobreynoldsmusic.com/shedding-stella-by-starlight-from-ground-up/
he said “I like this because It keeps me from shredding”
Lol
Often called "sequencing" in classical music analysis. Very common compositional technique, particularly in the Classical and Romantic periods, etc. Gives the listener a chance to subconsciously anticipate what's coming. More engagement. Super idea for jazz improvisation, which often wanders in a through-composed sort of way, and quickly loses the common man. Love it.
That's what Aebersold's "red book" calls this
Bob, that mouthpiece sounds fantastic! The metals ones sounded great but I’m happy to see you back on hard rubber.
I agree
I personally prefer the otto link mouthpiece because it is warmer and less metallic than this one weirdly.
Totally agree
The Link had you in a trance. LOL
I remember the day I met you Bob 2 years ago, you taught me a lot about jazz.
Great suggestion and discussion. Thank you.
Extremely valuable, thanks a lot.
It is great to see that, even with your fantastic level playing, you still practice with structure, discipline … and fun. Thanks also for being so transparent with the practical aspects of you executing the exercise.
He's not just an excellent player (to put it mildly), he can explain the mechanics. Glad I discovered Bob!
You hit the nail again. This is really effective way of or guidance to find your improvisation. And there are so many collegues which only want to show their technique skills, (Chad LB😂) ....but this is music without a heart in my opinion. So you are aiming for a melodic approach with finally the add of more advanced improvisation. Good job Bob
Yep indeed, instead of superposing patterns and shredding and blah blah blah, finding a melodic idea and shifting it to the chord progression is really rewarding, now it's easier for us bass players and also guitarists: transposing on those stringed instruments is really easy, your fingers do basically the same thing at different locations over the fretboard, on piano and horns... heck, I guess it's another story hahaha
Very useful exercise! I hear a lot of players use this in the beginning of their solos (like an ‘opening bid’)- creating a melodic cell and then taking it through the harmonic progression of the tune. Also helps the listener to really lock into the song. Good stuff, thx Bob!
I love this lesson and certainly intend to employ it in my practicing!…however, I also want to transcribe the “mindless rambles” 😂😂
Now I want to transcribe the bits between 2:23 - 2:52 🥲
Bob you're sounding here a lot like Gonz. Wonderful! BTW Another great vid, thanks!
Great stuff, Bob! I am delinquent, but will check out the studio lessons soon.
Excellent!
Space is good.
You deserve a martini! ‼
Thanks! 🍸
locrian#2 the best
Practice with my flute. Nice lines on samba jazz.
that mark VI is beautiful ... I no longer play but when i did I had 2 an alto 88k serial number and a tenor 150k ... I sometimes think about buying another one just to own one again but i know it would just sit in the closet and are so expensive now ..
11:52 that was not wrong that was ambitious and to me it sounded like the beginning of something nice
Great Video...
This, ear first
Very good
☮️Nice🎶🎵🎶🎷
Thank you for the lesson! What backing tracks are you playing on, it sounds so good.
I understand there's a small loop but I was enquiring more from the whole track, thanks
It's called MOTIVic work ;)
Seems like a more more diatonic version of Dave liebman's side slipping concept
The tone edge from AN?
melodic sequencing: "tonal" sequencing rather than "absolute" or "real" sequencing.
Not for me,: instaed take one phease , sing variations of it through the changes, like Dexter does it ,now thats a work out