Suzanna
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Try and play your left hand chords softer (treat them like a shadow) and play the melody louder in your right hand.
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Hi,
Rootless 2-5-1’s do take a lot of practice to learn! I find a good way to get muscle memory and cement the sound of each chord is to isolate them.
For example, only do all the rootless 5’s (Dominants) through the circle of 5ths. Then, play all the 2-5-1 progressions through the circle of 5ths to “set” the chords into memory. Next, vary the exercise and play only the 2’s or, only the 1’s right through the circle of 5ths. It will start to become automatic.
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You could try applying some of them to a standard you know very well and when you do this often enough you will learn them (it will “click”).
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Hi, I would appreciate various “Voicings Vamps” streams complete with relevant transcription pdf, if possible, please. The purpose of this would be to improve soloing and comping skills and, to apply them to standards, introductions & “outros”. Thank you very much.
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“Dolphin Dance” from the album Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock.
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Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock.
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Thanks for asking this. I found Autumn Leaves very easy to solo to. (By contrast, My Romance is more challenging).
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Hi Vadim, Do you want to learn melodies or, do you want to play songs in other keys? It is not clear. If you learn a lot of tunes, you will learn many melodies. Any standard can be transposed to another key. If you want, you can learn 1 standard by heart and play it in 2 different keys. That will give you chord mastery.
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Yes, absolutely! A set group of chord changes to play something interesting before actually starting to play a jazz standard (say, as in intro/outro). Thank you.
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Hi Nico, Re. Autumn Leaves. You ask what the next step is. You could try adding a (G major) pentatonic scale, a blues scale and a (G minor) scale, for example. There are also (G7 alternative) and Db7 voicings you could try.
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Fly Me To The Moon is very simple, too.
