Corcheas swing
Lesson time: (1min 42sec)
Ollie Weston muestra cómo sentir las corcheas swing del jazz usando un tresillo: decir 'sax-phone' para encontrar ese bounce rítmico auténtico.
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This lesson is part of the course Exploring Jazz Saxophone: Parte 1 - Primeros pasos
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Lesson transcript:
Introduction to Swing Quavers
In this lesson, I'm going to do a quick introduction to swing quavers, which will really help get an authentic rhythmic feel in your playing.
Understanding the Blues Scale
Having met the blues scale and got a good palette of six notes, we just need to establish a solid rhythmic feel as well.
Setting the Pulse
If I set up a pulse, we're used to quavers being even pairs of notes, dividing halfway between the beats to achieve nice, even balance quavers.
Finding Swing Quavers
To find swing quavers, I need to identify a triplet in here.
Using a Three-Syllable Word
I'm holding a saxophone, so I'm going to use that three-syllable word:
- Saxophone
- Saxophone
- Saxophone
To find a triplet rhythm, I'm going to miss out the middle syllable. So, I just want the "sax" and the "phone" sounds.
The Rhythm
Here's how it goes:
- Sax, phone
- Sax, phone
- Sax, phone
- Sax, phone
- Sax
And that is the basis of swing playing.
Demonstration
I'm just going to play a blues scale and just two notes on each to demonstrate a swing feel:
3, 4...
Whenever you see the word swing at the top of a tune, that's what it means. It's saying to play your quavers with that triplet-y feel in the background, underlying your playing.
By combining good note choices from your blues scale with this rhythmic feel, you'll enhance your musical expression significantly.
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