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| I am a classicly trained (read, SQUARE) amateur cellist who is interested in learning to play some basic jazz style including a bit of improvisation. Does anyone know of a good resource (book, method, etc.) that could help me to self-train a bit on jazz (given that I already have a decent knowlege of basic music theory and notation)? I am also interested in any suggestions for bowed-instrument jazz artists I should listen to to get a feel for some of the many different styles of jazz playing. Thanks! |
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| Hey cello guy.
Hows the jazz going? I would suggest the jazz fake books, with lots of favorite tunes, and Jamie Abersold's books too. There's also a new video from Darol Anger called "Chop and Groove" which is really fun, and has Rushad Egelston playing cello.
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| | Cello Guy, Where you have all the theory part down have you tried just throwing in a Jazz CD and playing along to that? As an example on AOL Radio they have "Watercolors" a smooth jazz improv station and even though I'm a blues guitarist, I put that on and play along learning Jazz improv, and adding that into my style of play.
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| | Thanks to you both for your suggestions. I am currently doing quite a bit of listening to various artist's recordings (Jean-Luc Ponty, Turtle Island Stg. Quartet, Darol Anger, and others) to get a better feel for various styles. I will also check out some of the related literature down at the music store. Thanks again! |
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| Hi. I'm a classically trained violist who got tired of orchestral music and launched myself into jazz, old-time, Irish, and bluegrass, swing, and now klezmer, about 5 years ago. This is what I found:
1. Very little non-classical music is written in any other clef other than G clef. Thus, I was forced to learn entirely by ear. This freed me from my classical past.
2. Find the music jams going on in your area and join them. No matter what the genre. They are all fun! Your brain will need the practice to learn to listen for the chord changes and react to/predict them. Your brain will also have to learn the non-classical scales. The modal scales of folk music are very close to the jazz scales.
3. To learn Darol Anger music or Jean-luc Ponty music or others of this non-standard type, I think you'll have to purchase their music scores. I have not yet found local jammers who want to go this far afield. But I don't live in a big city.
4. Go to music festivals.
5. Go to music camps. On the East Coast, Swannanoa and Augusta and Jamie Aebersold are fabulous ones. Not that I have attended, yet, myself, but that is only that the minor issues of time & money have gotten in the way. Actually, music camps are not that expensive.
6. Find a local jazz musician to take lessons from. Or a klezmer musician, or a bluegrass musician. Just keep in mind that they will likely be stumped by cello technique, unless you are lucky enough to have non-conformist cellists living near you.
7. Be aware of and proud of the fact that you will be one of the ones forging a new genre.
8. Explore the web page of my multi-genre, cello-playing friend:
http://www.petermarkushmusic.com/
9. Two out-of-the--box cellists on this CD:
http://www.marzaks.com/band.html
10. Jam, jam, jam! |
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