Jazz Trumpet Lessons

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2011-12-25T23:06:00.000-08:00

New Lead Trumpet Program!
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2011-11-10T04:29:00.001-08:00

Jazz Trumpet Lesson #1

As an improviser, one of my main goals is to be able to play what I hear immediately. This is the basis of my improvisation education.

An improviser is a type of composer. One of the most important things a composer/improviser can do is to listen to as much music as possible and learn how to translate what he or she hears into a performance or composition. This will help immensely when one attempts to translate one's own ideas into a performance or composition.

You can start to develop your translating abilities by mimicking recorded sounds that are easy to recognize, such as major scales or blues scales.

Your first assignment is to learn and perform as little as two or as many as all choruses of Miles Davis' solo on "Trane's Blues" by listening to the recording, on the CD Workin'. If you do not have this recording, please purchase it here.

Miles uses notes from the C major scale and the C blues scale throughout.
C Major: C D E F G A B C
C Blues: C Eb F F# G Bb C

Listen carefully to each phrase as many times as needed. Practice each phrase on your instrument and then play along with Miles. Try to mimic everything exactly as Miles plays it -the rhythm, articulation, style, dynamics, everything. Do not worry about writing anything down. It is more important to listen and play back at this point.

If this solo is too difficult for you, please try learning the melody "Sonnymoon for Two" by Sonny Rollins. The CD, "The Best of Sonny Rollins" on Blue Note has a good recording of this as well as others. The melody is mostly a decending blues scale (minus one note) and repeats itself three times. Please do not use written music (you must rely upon your ears).

Have fun and please share your comments below.

2 comments:

Xenoman said...: Hey Bobby. I've been gone for a while but stopped in to visit. Excellent lesson here. The ironic thing is that I'm working on this solo now!; 7:13 PM
Anonymous said...: Cool site, Bobby.I like your philosophy of improv. This is a very practical lesson. Thanks.-Robert from Grace; 1:54 PM

Jazz Trumpet Lessons

2011-09-12T03:22:00.001-07:00

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