Good stuff! I would analyze the last 5 notes of the first bar as A Major pentatonic (5 2 3 1 5), the next 3 notes as Gb Major scale OR pentatonic (1 2 3), and then Bb Major pentatonic throughout the whole rest of it. So you could almost say the chord progression he is actually PLAYING is EbM AM/GbM Bb7/EbM.
I hope that is of some help! Keep putting these up!
@arcjazzsax The substitutions continue in the second measure. On the first three notes of the Fm7 it looks like he's playing a Locrian scale: (Gb Major starting on the 7th note of the scale: F, Gb, Ab, Bb). That last note in the four note group, G Natural anticipates the next chord: probably a Bb 13.
@arcjazzsax In the first bar I think that he's doing a basic tri-tone substitution with A7 tonality substituting for the Eb Maj 7 tonality. The substitution starts on that E Natural on the third eighth note in Bar 1. Consecutively the notes are E, B, C#, A, E. That's an inverted A9 chord. Eb and A both share a common b7 and major 3rd: G and Db(C#).
mm gotta love material like this! Your horn sounds pretty nice on this vid, tho. is that a soloist? gah even if it was, I dunno if I can find a decent one, huh.
Hey thanks for checking it out. Ya, I am playing a Selmer C* Soloist. It is brand new. My vintage one was stolen a while back. (sadly) However the new one plays just great.
@kcandfen I know It's been a while since the last comment, but could you tell me the reed you use for the Soloist? I'm trying to apply to a university jazz studies program, and I would love to have a bit of that sound for when I play standards...
@kcandfen Thank you! I am currently playing a beechler custom metal 6 with a java 3, and I like the sound, but I just can't stop thinking it doesn't fit the standard jazz genre. Hope you have a great new year! (oh, and it'd be great to see some of your work. any media? vids? cd's?)
BTW - Very nice vid. Please post more like this! It motivates me to want to put some of the tunes I've analyzed up!
SkiCoach1 2 months ago
Good stuff! I would analyze the last 5 notes of the first bar as A Major pentatonic (5 2 3 1 5), the next 3 notes as Gb Major scale OR pentatonic (1 2 3), and then Bb Major pentatonic throughout the whole rest of it. So you could almost say the chord progression he is actually PLAYING is EbM AM/GbM Bb7/EbM.
I hope that is of some help! Keep putting these up!
arcjazzsax 4 months ago
Yes. I like it. Thanks for pointing that out!
kcandfen 4 months ago
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SkiCoach1 2 months ago
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SkiCoach1 2 months ago
@arcjazzsax It really helps if you don't just look at them as notes but the chords that are spelled out if you sound all four notes together.
SkiCoach1 2 months ago
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@arcjazzsax The substitutions continue in the second measure. On the first three notes of the Fm7 it looks like he's playing a Locrian scale: (Gb Major starting on the 7th note of the scale: F, Gb, Ab, Bb). That last note in the four note group, G Natural anticipates the next chord: probably a Bb 13.
SkiCoach1 2 months ago
@arcjazzsax In the first bar I think that he's doing a basic tri-tone substitution with A7 tonality substituting for the Eb Maj 7 tonality. The substitution starts on that E Natural on the third eighth note in Bar 1. Consecutively the notes are E, B, C#, A, E. That's an inverted A9 chord. Eb and A both share a common b7 and major 3rd: G and Db(C#).
SkiCoach1 2 months ago
mm gotta love material like this! Your horn sounds pretty nice on this vid, tho. is that a soloist? gah even if it was, I dunno if I can find a decent one, huh.
burger1113 6 months ago
Hey thanks for checking it out. Ya, I am playing a Selmer C* Soloist. It is brand new. My vintage one was stolen a while back. (sadly) However the new one plays just great.
kcandfen 6 months ago
@kcandfen I know It's been a while since the last comment, but could you tell me the reed you use for the Soloist? I'm trying to apply to a university jazz studies program, and I would love to have a bit of that sound for when I play standards...
burger1113 2 months ago
@burger1113 I use a Lavoz med/hard with the soloist. Let me know if I can help you further. Cheers
kcandfen 2 months ago
@kcandfen Thank you! I am currently playing a beechler custom metal 6 with a java 3, and I like the sound, but I just can't stop thinking it doesn't fit the standard jazz genre. Hope you have a great new year! (oh, and it'd be great to see some of your work. any media? vids? cd's?)
burger1113 2 months ago