Contrastar mayor y menor en el blues
Lesson time: (2min 16sec)
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This lesson is part of the course Exploring Jazz Saxophone: Parte 1 - Primeros pasos
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Lesson transcript:
Exploring Major and Minor Tonality in Blues
By contrasting F sharp and F natural within the blues sequence, specifically, finding the third of D7 and the seventh of G7, we can create a really interesting contrast between major and minor tonality.
Key Concepts
- The blues scale imposes minorness uniformly over the music.
- However, by using seventh chords, we can access both these sounds, allowing for a blend of major and minor within the blues.
Practical Application
Example Exercise:
I'm going to play a 12-bar blues where I use F sharp and F over the relevant chords. You'll hear how this contrast adds extra color to my chord sequence.
Countdown to Play:
1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4.
While this may not sound particularly melodic on its own, it serves as a way to access the detailed sounds within these chords, it's really useful!
Historical Context
Lots of musicians have utilized this major-minor contrast in their tunes. There is a blues tune we're going to explore in this chapter where I echo my phrasing between major and minor keys.
- It starts on a major third, but then I will reverse it and begin with a minor.
Skill Development
Having the option and dexterity to switch between major and minor within melodies is a really helpful skill. This ability should unlock the blues sequence for you!
About the instructor
Desde que se graduó en el Leeds College of Music (BA Hons) y en la Guildhall School of Music (Post Graduate Diploma in Performance), Ollie ha construido una carrera intensa y variada en la música. Como saxofonista ha actuado en directo y en estudio con artistas tan diversos como Amy Winehouse, Tim Minchin, Bonobo, Frank Turner, la London Jazz Orchestra, la Hackney Colliery Band, el Ambient Jazz Ensemble y la Nelson Riddle Orchestra. También es colíder del cuarteto de jazz 'Time Is Of The Essence', y compone y arregla material para esta y otras agrupaciones. Ollie está activo en la educación musical, actualmente como responsable del curso del departamento de jazz de la Guildhall School of Music and Drama (escuela junior), donde dirige conjuntos de jazz, big band y clases de teoría. Ha escrito una serie de libros 'Exploring Jazz' para Schott Music que se publican en todo el mundo y figuran en los temarios de examen del Reino Unido. Ollie también ha impartido talleres para la Oxford University, Pro Corda Strings y BABSWE, así como en las escuelas de verano de la Guildhall School of Music. En sus cursos Exploring Jazz Saxophone, Ollie te lleva desde los primeros pasos hasta improvisar con confianza sobre canciones y secuencias de acordes, desarrollando las habilidades de improvisación que ponen a tu alcance el vocabulario de un auténtico músico de jazz. read more