psionic11 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 I've been a jazz newbie for decades now. Only 2 songs I know are Autumn Leaves and 'Round Midnight (which I just learned last month). Here's an amazing overview that might appeal to some of you: [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Adam's videos are always interesting and good info spread throughout. It would be good learning tool to take those levels and try using them on any song you know to develop an ear for adding changes and progressing from simple adding chords to really reharming a tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Great production values in this vid, as well as interesting content. This reminds me that I was going to share Adam's most recent Q+A vid, where he recommends "being the worst musician in the band". This certainly applies to the soul/disco group I work with - I'm probably the weakest muso in the line-up. Not by much, but I notice I have to bring my utmost A game to every song on every gig to keep up. And that's a good thing. The others are all groove monsters, and I'm noticing my sense of time improving through sheer osmosis. Cheers, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzpiano88 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 This is really great! As a musician who has picked up jazz harmony mainly by ear, it resonates. I can do up to the meat and potatos + tritone substitutions fairly comfortably, and love playing pedal point stuff, but struggle with the more advanced levels 5 and 6 reharm. I would love to be able to take tunes and reharmonize to that level, but doing so on a more delicate scale (than Adam's examples) with the intent of creating tear inducing emotions. I'd like to get Linwood's take on this. Calling Dr. Linwood.... Calling Dr. Linwood.... Quote J a z z P i a n o 8 8 -- Yamaha C7D Montage M8x | CP300 | CP4 | SK1-73 | OB6 | Seven K8.2 | 3300 | CPSv.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keysguy Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Good stuff, tha thanks for posting. I like info distilled down and to the point. Great referance for the most used tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psionic11 Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 I also like the way all that knowledge was distilled and put into bite-size segments. Great content and great delivery. My music theory is all theory and not enough put into practice. So Adam's video really hit home as it gave me a bird's eye view of jazz levels. For some reason, this version of "Round Midnight" caught and kept my ear. I'm very happy I can play it by memory now. A lot of things here 'click' more thanks to Adam's examples. [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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