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Post by RickW on Sept 7, 2021 8:45:48 GMT -5
I still don't understand why this is true. A Bb instrument is still able to play a concert C note. Why can't they just tell the players that the fingering which produces a concert C note is how you play a C. Problem solved (at least in my inadequate brain.) Me too!! Let’s start a movement. When we are playing in C and the sax player takes a solo we will scream “you are in fookin C not Eb!!” I had to learn how that worked to get through my conservatory theory exams. I apparently learned just enough to pass, without actually understanding WTF the reason was, and then promptly flushed it all as, “I will never need to know this for any reason, every again.” I feel this was a wise decision.
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Post by drlj on Sept 7, 2021 8:49:47 GMT -5
It’s interesting to me how the chords vary from arrangement to arrangement but it still sounds like Autumn Leaves. I have two very different versions of Summertime. One very jazzy, with some m7b5 chords. One just a straight minor blues, with some dominant 7th chords. Both sound great, just give a very different feel. Simple songs, basically, that can be dressed up accordingly. As long as the melody is there, what a person does can really vary. That’s fun to me.
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Post by brucemacneill on Sept 7, 2021 10:33:16 GMT -5
"I've got no kick against modern jazz Unless they try to play it too darn fast And lose the beauty of the melody Until they sound like a symphony"
I think I did this one by ear long ago so it's simple and in Am, well Cm with the capo on 3. My audiences liked it.
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Post by coachdoc on Sept 7, 2021 11:29:30 GMT -5
Bruce, I love your playing and singing. So tasty.
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Post by John B on Sept 7, 2021 20:25:42 GMT -5
I still don't understand why this is true. A Bb instrument is still able to play a concert C note. Why can't they just tell the players that the fingering which produces a concert C note is how you play a C. Problem solved (at least in my inadequate brain.) Me too!! Let’s start a movement. When we are playing in C and the sax player takes a solo we will scream “you are in fookin C not Eb!!” Just think of it as if they are capo'd (or capoed) at the 3rd fret. Their music is written in C (their tab), they're playing a C, but it sounds like an Eb. I just had a long, good conversation with my dad (retired French horn professor) about all of this. He had some good stories involving the British brass band movement, soprano and tenor clefs, finding out the difference between his brother's trumpet music and his trombone music, and much more. It all boils down to TRADITION! By the way, he thought the Nashville number system was interesting.
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