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Lesson time: (3min 2sec)
Ollie présente le blues et démontre le morceau Leaving Town
This lesson is part of the course Exploring Jazz Saxophone : Partie 1 - Pour commencer
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Lesson transcript:
In this lesson, we're going to look at the blues. A study of jazz would be incomplete without some background knowledge of the blues, like a kind of musical DNA that runs through the music of the last hundred years.
Very few styles of popular music have not been touched by the blues. Genres such as:
All bear the influence of the blues.
Some notable artists who have absorbed this style include:
The list of icons is endless!
Legend has it that guitarist Robert Johnson met with the devil, selling his soul in exchange for guitar prowess in return for a new style of music: the blues.
In this lesson, we will:
I will start by playing two versions of a tune called "Leaving Town," which is influenced by the great blues musicians Robert Johnson and singer Bessie Smith. We will contrast these two versions and examine how the blues can be used effectively.
Play along: 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4.
So that's a blues in D. It's called a 12-bar blues, which we'll explore a bit later.
It is in D, so I'm playing F sharps and C sharps according to the key signature. Notice the structure of the blues as well, it's divided into three four-bar sections:
Now, I will play a bluesed-up version of "Leaving Town." Hopefully, you'll hear the blues sound that I've referred to with Robert Johnson and his meeting with the devil.
Play along: 1, 2, 3, 4.
I hope you agree that the second version sounds more authentic and more bluesy.
So why is that? Let's have a look at how a blues scale is constructed and create some bluesy-sounding lines.
Depuis l'obtention de son diplôme au Leeds College of Music (BA Hons) et à la Guildhall School of Music (Post Graduate Diploma in Performance), Ollie a bâti une carrière riche et variée dans la musique. En tant que saxophoniste, il s'est produit en concert et en studio avec des artistes aussi divers qu'Amy Winehouse, Tim Minchin, Bonobo, Frank Turner, le London Jazz Orchestra, le Hackney Colliery Band, l'Ambient Jazz Ensemble et le Nelson Riddle Orchestra. Il est également coleader du quartet de jazz 'Time Is Of The Essence', et compose et arrange du matériel pour cette formation et d'autres ensembles. Ollie est actif dans l'éducation musicale, actuellement comme responsable de cours du département jazz de la Guildhall School of Music and Drama (école junior), où il dirige des ensembles de jazz, un big band et des cours de théorie. Il a écrit une série de livres 'Exploring Jazz' pour Schott Music, publiés dans le monde entier et inscrits aux programmes d'examen au Royaume-Uni. Ollie a également animé des ateliers pour l'Oxford University, Pro Corda Strings et BABSWE, ainsi que pour les écoles d'été de la Guildhall School of Music. Dans ses cours Exploring Jazz Saxophone, Ollie te mène des tout premiers pas jusqu'à improviser en toute confiance sur des morceaux et des grilles d'accords, en développant les compétences d'improvisation qui mettent le vocabulaire d'un véritable jazzman à portée de tes doigts. read more
