Friday, October 5, 2012
Ceora
Nice job on this. We missed you Tyler, and hope you are feeling better.
The guitar chords in the intro had a few little mistakes, no big deal. Just remember to vamp on the ii V I until the head begins on cue from Christian.
There were a few obvious melody blunders in the head. Again, no big deal, I'm sure you know what you did, and I've heard you play this melody clean before. The background parts (Curran's part) need a little cleaning up too. I'll post a MIDI version of the arrangement soon so you can hear a computer version of how it's supposed to go.
During the solos, Make sure the drum break occurs in the right place. I appreciate the fact that you went with it (jump off the cliff) and played with conviction, but you were a measure early.
Very nice build in energy in the trumpet solo towards the end. Some of the notes were incorrect, meaning that they didn't fit with the chords but we'll fix that later. the energy was remarkable.
For Curran's solo, I'd like to have you drill your guide tone line at home with the practice track a few dozen times. Really focus on smooth voice leading and let you ear be your guide.
In the guitar solo, I'd like to hear more space between ideas. let the beauty of the chord progression come through. You played very well. Think more about your phrasing. Listen to the original recording for inspiration (Google Lee Morgan, Cornbread, Ceora)
I mentioned in class the F7+9 chord and the use of the augmented arpeggio over it. Just to clarify, here's the deal:
Any dominant chord with that + sign after it, or a dominant chord that uses a bunch of altered tones is considered an altered dominant chord. They are unstable and can take a variety of tensions. In this case, we're playing with the 5th degree by raising it up a half step (augmented) so the arpeggio is F,A,C#. Try resolving this to Bbmin7 (the next chord in the tune). The F is a common tone, the A can go to Bb(the root) and the C# can resolve to D (the 5th of Bbmin7). Lee Morgan uses this in his solo, and Dom used it in this recording.
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Yeah, I know I messed up the head, endurance is most of the trouble I think (although I'm still a little confused I liked the start of my solo, I did get lost in the middle though. The second head was better, I think most of us forgot about the ending, I know I did.
ReplyDeleteThe head was a little shaky. Christian I agree that the start of your solo was great but after it seemed like you got a little lost after and then I got lost around 2:00. Curran it seemed like you werent ready for when your solo started but then you did good afterwards. At 3:07 you held a funky note though. Our transition back into the head after was pretty good and the head sounded better at the end but still not perfect. We've definitely played it better since then and I need to listen to Lee Morgan's version more and get more ideas for fill and stuff.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I wasn't there i agree with Chris, the head sounded a little shaky but other than that it sounded pretty good!
ReplyDeleteHmm I hit some funky chord in the intro... and I really can't stand my comping during the head, I need to simplify and save the extensions and what not for the solo sections.
ReplyDeleteChristian, fantastic tone and solid solo, but as already mentioned, it tends to deviate a bit.
and yes, Curran, at this time, the background seems a bit odd. I'll make sure I listen to it next to time we play it to see wheres its gotten.
Not bad for an early recording, sort of dug my solo for once in my life, but as Henry David Thoreau would say, "Simplify, simplify." and this is applicable to all of our soloing.