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GrantMe



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:42 am    Post subject: just thinkin ..... Reply with quote

i just happend across a little recording of Jaco doing a chromatic little song and strating thinkn.......it seems the biggest part of music is resolution and swing.........seems like everything takes a back seat to those two things......like i could play everything jaco was playin but if i was out of the pocket even alittle it would sound like utter crap mainly because im not jaco lol but also because it was a chromatic song and so by nature is very delicate. i mean alot of songs can be played badly but you still kinda get the idea of what there going for but with a heavy chromatic song it wont sound like anything but bad noise unless there is solid resolution and swing with conviction......just thinkn.......any ideas on this from you guys?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

dude, I so wish I had something useful to say on this subject, but I'm SUCH an amatur, I think I'd embarrass myself!
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol ehh no worries .....thanks for the reply though LOL
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:02 am    Post subject: Re: just thinkin ..... Reply with quote

GrantMe wrote:
i just happend across a little recording of Jaco doing a chromatic little song and strating thinkn.......it seems the biggest part of music is resolution and swing.........seems like everything takes a back seat to those two things......like i could play everything jaco was playin but if i was out of the pocket even alittle it would sound like utter crap mainly because im not jaco lol but also because it was a chromatic song and so by nature is very delicate. i mean alot of songs can be played badly but you still kinda get the idea of what there going for but with a heavy chromatic song it wont sound like anything but bad noise unless there is solid resolution and swing with conviction......just thinkn.......any ideas on this from you guys?


I think you're right.

Very Happy

To me, the key is tension and release. The most beautiful melody in the world can get a tad grating if it doesn't have a tad of bite or a twist to it. Adding a little tension just makes the release that much better. The tension can come from what you mentioned, chromatics and/or timing.

Whatever and however.

I think the biggest mind bender is to take the melody and make it as inviting as possible. Clean, singable, and with a predictable rhythm. Then take the opposite for the tension. Chromatics w/ odd timing and odd steps. Do this to the point where people perk up, and just start to miss the melody, and then...

Give it back to them.

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