jazzpiano88 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 One of the things that Russ Ferrante emphasizes in his teaching is economy of motion when moving between chords and during melody lines and improv solos. It ties in with good voice leading in the chordal motion, however he emphasizes how this leads to smooth and natural sounding playing as opposed to hopping around between chords that sound very much more disjointed. I have been trying to incorporate this idea in my playing (and was reminded of it by a lot from the Brad Mehldau recordings that have come up recently). Larry Goldings is also a master at this. Here's a good example of this with Russ playing his up tempo tune "Out of Town" (I think there may be better ones, but his melody and solo playing here really blows yet demonstrating his ideas and and displays an understated nature). It's all Bob can do to keep up with Russ in spots . Comments of similar or different experiences welcome! 4 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...
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