Estructura
Lesson time: (1min 51sec)
Mike Lovatt muestra cómo la estructura de 'Transposition Blues', incluido su cambio de tonalidad de Re a Fa, moldea una interpretación swing auténtica.
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This lesson is part of the course Toca swing auténtico en la trompeta
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Lesson transcript:
Lesson Overview: Exploring Structure and Style in Music
In this lesson, we're going to learn about how we can use structure to change style and take us on that musical journey we've talked about in previous lessons.
Analyzing the Piece: Transposition Blues
If we look at the piece, Transposition Blues, we can see it's kind of in two distinct parts:
- Part One: Starts off with two sharps in the key of D.
- Part Two: Moves into F.
You can see there's a three-beat rest as the key change goes into F. Halfway through the piece, there's a double bar marked that indicates that change in the structure.
Part One: A Groovy Slow Blues
The first half of the piece could be thought of as quite slow, a bluesy kind of digging in, groovy slow blues.
One of the pieces that springs to mind is from the Atomic Mr. Basie album. The Count Basie Orchestra were absolute perfectionists, playing with a fantastic groovy slow time.
Listen to the way in which they dig into this. We could play that first section thinking along those lines, considering that style.
Part Two: A Declamatory Louis Armstrong Style
The second section is more what I call a kind of declamatory Louis Armstrong style.
- Think of New Orleans.
- Think of Dixieland music.
We can apply that style to this piece, and I think it makes it sound really good.
About the instructor
Mike Lovatt estudió en el Trinity College of Music, donde recibió la Jon Kelly Jazz Scholarship. Ha actuado y grabado en una enorme variedad de estilos con artistas como Quincy Jones, Robbie Williams, Eric Clapton, la Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, la Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Buble, Oasis, Michel Legrand, Tony Bennett, Shirley Bassey y Danny Elfman, entre muchos otros. Como trompeta principal en el West End de Londres, Mike ha actuado en Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, The Producers, Billy Elliot, Guys and Dolls, Saturday Night Fever, My Fair Lady y Spamalot, entre otros. Ha tocado en bandas sonoras de películas como las de James Bond, Harry Potter con la London Symphony Orchestra, la premiada Chicago, Beyond the Sea de Kevin Spacey, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Madagascar y The Corpse Bride. Aparece a la trompeta y la corneta en Mrs Henderson Presents de George Fenton, y a la trompeta en Looking for Eric. Mike es trompeta principal de la John Wilson Orchestra, nominada a un Grammy, y ha destacado en sus célebres conciertos y grabaciones de los BBC Promenade. Mike es muy solicitado como profesor y clínico, y es catedrático de trompeta en la Royal Academy of Music y en el Royal College of Music. En abril de 2013 tuvo el orgullo de recibir la prestigiosa Derek Watkins' Chair of Trumpet en la Royal Academy of Music de Londres. En sus cursos de MusicGurus, Mike comparte los secretos de su versatilidad, mostrándote cómo clavar los estilos de trompeta auténticos de swing, rock y latino para que puedas tocar cualquiera de ellos con confianza y el feel adecuado. read more