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An Article on Inner Target Note/Guide Tone Application in Jazz Solo Improvisation "If you can't, you must. If you must, you can. " A quote from the great motivation guru, Anthony Robbins. Here's another paragraph from the true story of how Ear Training Guru, David Lucas Burge, first acquire his perfect pitch ability, "Once I stopped straining my ear, I started to listen NATURALLY. Then the simple secret to Perfect Pitch jumped right into my lap." Two contradicting quotes show how different mastering music is, compared to acquiring other skills in life. Simply because music ...

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Nightbird, a very catchy tune from the Brit Jazz scene. With a very melodious piano solo, that's just begging for a transcription. Check out this video of Shakatak playing their Nightbird [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upkpZjnckAc&feature=related] Here's the transcription of the piano solo on Nightbird: Shakatak-Nightbird-piano-solo-transcription Again, we see the application of Forward Motion theory in this solo transcription. According to Hal Galper and his Forward Motion theory, "A chord is spelled out by synchronizing the strong beats (the "on" beats) of the bar with the strong tones (chord tones) of a chord scale, and the weak beats (the "off" beats) ...

Much has been discussed on Pianologist about the tension and release beat of a bar. This knowledge is crucial when it comes to applying Forward Motion Concept in jazz improvisation.  Most music students have been taught to differentiate the strong and weak beat of a bar, but just to make sure no one is left out, here's a useful diagram: it is shown here, that:  All the "&" beats are the weakest beat in a bar  The "one" and "three" are stronger compared to the "two" and "four" The "one" being the strongest of all According by ...

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING??!!" One of the most asked questions among any jazz students, seeing how jazz masters effortlessly improvise beautiful jazzy solo lines even through complicated chord changes. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDfdIf7Yi8M] Notice how Bud Powell's lines melodically weave through the chord changes of Anthropology with ease. You can even hear the changes listening to the solo lines alone, with resolution on strong chord tones, resolving every phrase. In search of an answer to this question, I, for one, have invested quite an amount on any jazz materials I can grab. Not a single one of ...