Block Chord Solo Transcription
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marksmartus
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Joined: Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:01 am Posts: 42 Location: Champaign, Illinois, USA
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Block Chord Solo Transcription
Hi all. If you're interested, I just put up a page with a transcription one of the mp3s I've had up on my site for a long time. In the recording, I play a solo using right-hand drop 2 block chords over a walking bass on blues changes: http://www.marksmart.net/instruments/st ... Chords.phpThere is a link to a page showing the shapes in use. If the page asks, select your instrument and tuning and it will try to figure out how to play it on your instrument.
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Tue Aug 20, 2019 12:47 pm |
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Markussz
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Joined: Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:43 am Posts: 861
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Re: Block Chord Solo Transcription
It has a nice jazz sound. Your chord fingerings are interesting on the right hand. I've never used my thumb for right hand chords (or left hand) on the stick. I think I might give it a stab!
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Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:49 pm |
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giedosst
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Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:47 pm Posts: 487 Location: Bergen Norway
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Re: Block Chord Solo Transcription
marksmartus wrote: Hi all. If you're interested, I just put up a page with a transcription one of the mp3s I've had up on my site for a long time. In the recording, I play a solo using right-hand drop 2 block chords over a walking bass on blues changes: http://www.marksmart.net/instruments/st ... Chords.phpThere is a link to a page showing the shapes in use. If the page asks, select your instrument and tuning and it will try to figure out how to play it on your instrument. Whoa! Do you have any video of you doing this chordal wizardry?!?
_________________ Instruments don't make music, people do. 10 String BM Tarara Stick #5334 Bergen Norway
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Wed Aug 21, 2019 5:04 am |
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marksmartus
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Joined: Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:01 am Posts: 42 Location: Champaign, Illinois, USA
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Re: Block Chord Solo Transcription
Thanks! No videos yet, I need to make some.
_________________ Mark Smart Rosewood Grand #965 Matched Reciprocal High Bass 4th Tuning http://www.marksmart.net/instruments/stick/stickmain.html
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Wed Aug 21, 2019 7:19 am |
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giedosst
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Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:47 pm Posts: 487 Location: Bergen Norway
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Re: Block Chord Solo Transcription
marksmartus wrote: Thanks! No videos yet, I need to make some. Please! In the meantime I'm all over this!
_________________ Instruments don't make music, people do. 10 String BM Tarara Stick #5334 Bergen Norway
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Wed Aug 21, 2019 12:16 pm |
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marksmartus
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Joined: Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:01 am Posts: 42 Location: Champaign, Illinois, USA
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Re: Block Chord Solo Transcription
If you use your left hand to do diminished chords on the melody side rather than bass, you can play the chords solos faster: http://www.marksmart.net/instruments/st ... rBlues.php
_________________ Mark Smart Rosewood Grand #965 Matched Reciprocal High Bass 4th Tuning http://www.marksmart.net/instruments/stick/stickmain.html
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Wed Aug 21, 2019 1:35 pm |
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giedosst
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Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:47 pm Posts: 487 Location: Bergen Norway
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Re: Block Chord Solo Transcription
Hey Mark,
The information you have here is fantastic, I've been slowly working on this myself and you helped a lot, I'm plugging it into my jazz piano knowledge and going from there.
I noticed that on the stick portion of your site that not all concepts for stick have a link, is there any place where it's all available? Perhaps a pdf or text?
Thanks again.
Steve
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Thu Aug 22, 2019 5:05 am |
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marksmartus
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Joined: Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:01 am Posts: 42 Location: Champaign, Illinois, USA
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Re: Block Chord Solo Transcription
. Glad you are finding the pages useful. Yeah, I'm stealing a lot of it from piano players, especially Mark Levine's "The Jazz Piano Book". The missing links are for pages that I intend to create but haven't created yet, sorry! I can think of the things way faster than I can make pages about them. LOL.
_________________ Mark Smart Rosewood Grand #965 Matched Reciprocal High Bass 4th Tuning http://www.marksmart.net/instruments/stick/stickmain.html
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Thu Aug 22, 2019 7:00 am |
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giedosst
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Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:47 pm Posts: 487 Location: Bergen Norway
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Re: Block Chord Solo Transcription
marksmartus wrote: . Glad you are finding the pages useful. Yeah, I'm stealing a lot of it from piano players, especially Mark Levine's "The Jazz Piano Book". The missing links are for pages that I intend to create but haven't created yet, sorry! I can think of the things way faster than I can make pages about them. LOL. I adore that book, a vital jazz tome!
_________________ Instruments don't make music, people do. 10 String BM Tarara Stick #5334 Bergen Norway
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