Solar - Miles Davis

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I am so impressed by the outstanding playing of fellow pianist Doug McKenzie (Jazz2511) and his fantastic annotations explaining what he is doing that I thought I'd give it a try. Wow! I have a new respect for you Doug! It's a lot of work to try to put into words what is going on in the music. Well anyway, here is my effort using the classic Miles tune Solar. I know all the parts that aren't annotated are the ones you really want to know about - but at least here is a start.

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• solar
• miles
• davis
• piano
• jazz
• swing
• bebop
• Roger
• Friedman
• mccoy
• tyner
• tony
• williams
• herbie
• hancock
• ron
• carter
• lot2learn

[jkcrash]

This is like a candy store of music in one song.

[Lot2learn]

@jkcrash Thanks for the great comment.

[garyswerdlowmusic]

This is terrific; a "candy store" of ideas, harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, phrasing (and great "energy").

[Lot2learn]

@garyswerdlowmusic Thank you for your comment.

[Jaimorraz]

Hi.. This song, which is the tone, where are you playing?

[MrMUTHAMILLSAPP]

WHAT SO MANY PEOPLE DONT OVERSTAND IS THAT THEN IT BECOMES MECHANICAL. NO ONE TAUGHT ME TO WALK... I LEARNED BY TRIAL AND ERROR. THERE IS NO SUCHTHING AS WRONG NOTE....

[MrMUTHAMILLSAPP]

CREATE YOUR OWN VOCABULARY.... EVERYONE HAS COPIED SO MUCH TILL THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT ORIGINALITY. CAUSE EVERYONE PLAYS OR HAS LEARNED " THE RIGHT VOCABULARY" WHICH WAS CREATED BY INOVATORS AND ORIGINATORS ... NOT EMULATERS AND IMATATORS. YOU CAN SPEND ALL DAY DESIFERING EVERYONES LINGO OR CREATE A LINGO THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO LEARN..... I CHOOSE THE LATTER...

[Lot2learn]

@astonehunter great comment!

[shittykidsshitonkids]

@PolyMathey

What so many people find so hard to understand is that a jazz solo is is entirely explainable and calculated by the musician. It doesn't seem that way to somebody who hasn't spent their whole lives practicing but the fact is that a good jazz musician chooses between thousands of things they have already done before and constructs a solo by stringing them together in a way that makes sense. This pianist obviously understands that. Nice job!

[astonehunter]

@oldwarcraftgamer Wow what an amazing question of depth. If welcomed, I would like to add; There is a humaness universal to us all but also uniqueness to each alone. It is a contradiction to typcial theory but to me music is defined less by chords and more so by rythm. Each individual, family, genre, culture, region, nation, has it own unique rhythm. So yes we are exploring ourself but to do so we must explore others in our own individually unique way. I can't know myself without knowing others.