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Shambo
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Apr 04, 2010
12:20 PM
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Hi everyone. I am new to Guitar College. I have been working on Rich's CDs and DVDs for about a month now, C minor blues, Bebop builder solos, and the hefty jazz standard starter pack with Killer Joe and Tune Up. They are awesome! The sense of accomplishment and the joy with which I play and memorize the solos is why I play music. However I have some questions. How will memorizing these solos further my playing? I feel like I am lacking in theory, which is a bit tough when I play with folks. Has anyone done any of the beginning jazz theory lessons such as comping and alternative chord voicing? How are they?
Keep up the practicing.
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Eric E
Moderator
59 posts
Apr 07, 2010
7:40 PM
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Welcome to Guitar College. I have done the jazz and theory lessons. The theory knowledge will come with time. Memorizing the solos will help with your vocabulary. Eventually you will start playing what you practice. It takes a few months for the lines that you are playing now to sink into your playing. Try the theory and technique lessons (home study courses) and the theory for the road. The comping lessons will help with your rhythm playing. Best wishes.
--Eric E
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ChrisDowning
79 posts
May 17, 2010
11:50 PM
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Hi Shabo. I guess the real answer is that you need to play first and then if you need it, get the theory stuff along the way. Nobody in a pay audience has ever asked me so far, in 50 years of playing, whether I know theory, or have I done my grades. You can do theory, compositiomn and the histroy of music, get a degree and still not play a single note on any instrument. How strange is that?
All the lessons lead to playing experiences and can all be applied to real life gigs and sessions. But if you feel you might be missing out you might like to try something like Jody Fisher's books on jazz playing for Alfred Publishing called "Beginning Jazz" through four books to "Mastering". These will sit very nicely with Rich's lessons. Rich's teaching is based on playing actual standard / classic pieces and getting the learning points from what's being played. Not theory first and then look for the application. This route leaves you with learning a new element followed by exercises - this allows the published to duck the copyright cost and give you a books that's cheap - but you don't build a repetoire. Trust me you won't like working that way.
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