Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Players => Topic started by: Fourth Feline on March 11, 2010, 10:53:06 PM
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Phew !
Please bear with me chaps ; I have been trying to find different ways of handling this melody ( and sections thereof ) - and have run through it till I can't really hear it objectively anymore . :? So if you would give a quick listen and tell me what worked for you ( if anything :lol: ) or not - I would be grateful and thus can can look at it again later. Be warned, it has an even more protracted 'musical' introduction than this written one . Thanks for your patience .
http://www.box.net/shared/9utu0tiv4i
For the B.K.P pickup samplers ; this is an Alnico II Stormy Monday neck pickup in an Ibanez AF75 - no amp simulation , just interfaced into the home P.C via Tracktion software.
I promise to desist after this one - and let the Players section revert to 'normal' music... :mrgreen:
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Thanks for the post. I have the same model Ibanez. Installed a old SD '59 from my L5 which improved the sound. I think I will have to consider the Stormy Mondays. Have started a new topic in pickups - "advice on BKPU for '74 L5 CES" and wondered if you had any thoughts?
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keep 'em coming ff, there's no such thing as 'normal' in music and it's good to have a bit of variety especially
when it has clean content. your tone's great and as anyone who has ever tried, pieces like this are very hard to master.good post :D
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Very cool!! I like it!!
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Thank you Gentlemen . :)
To be honest, this thread has been kindly 'Bumped' from last year by Tomeo808, but has done me a great favour, as I had not been spending as much time on the instrument as I should have. I'm currently working on the last stages of 'All The Things You Are' - and will next do 'The Nearness Of You' - which I will eventually post . Much of the delay ( in addition to spending too much time my 'other' hobby) - has been because I am trying to make each new song / arrangement - a vehicle for expanding my Chord vocabulary and techniques- and go back over the existing stuff , to polish and improve them.
Thank you again to all who posted for providing me with a much needed 'Wake up call'. :)
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Yep - I like that.
Really wish I had more time on my hands to develop a little repeating melody I play into something with more substance. My limited chord knowledge (and time) is preventing me from doing it.
Perhaps if I ever get round to recording it I could approach you for some thoughts.
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Lovely tone and playing there Derek - I don't think I could ever play that restrained!
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Yep - I like that.
Really wish I had more time on my hands to develop a little repeating melody I play into something with more substance. My limited chord knowledge (and time) is preventing me from doing it.
Perhaps if I ever get round to recording it I could approach you for some thoughts.
Cheers Ian !
Yes, I would certainly be happy to share some thoughts on your Melody - and how I tend to go about hanging things on it e.t.c. Be warned, mine is not a very 'schooled' approach ( due to a serious lack of 'school' :lol: ) . At the outset of my little project , I just had to find a way to begin experimenting - and although I might try and add more adventurous chords and ideas as I develop, it's still been the same aural 'Lego' set approach .
In straight terms ; I tend to play through a small section of the basic chord progression in it's most accessibe form , seeing where the melody notes land , or could land / be alluded to - then have fun trying to move chord shapes and fingerings under , over , or through the melody notes - that seem to satisfy the ear. As a result , I often find that 'exotic' and technically correct substitutions get accidentally used - or that ( surprise , surprise ! ) many of our basic chords sit there far better than using exotic for the sake of using exotic.
The crux of it is ( for me) just finding the chord that expresses the emotion required of that melody note, and / or it's relationship to that which preceeds and follows it.
Two things 'empowered' me really :
1) Joe Pass and his philosophy of keeping things practical and ( relatively ) easy to play on the neck .
2) The two ( working ) session musicians I had met in the last few years , who believed that the ears should have the final decision. Work out the 'Maths' later if you have nothing better to do.
Whilst it's not a straight ahead tutorial video , the 'Evening With Joe Pass' DVD was my 'Road to Damascus' experience. It is basically an informal mix of Joe being interviewed , Joe at rehersal, Joe gives a short 'Masterclass' to the student audience, then a few tunes from his eventual performance. I just feel that you don't have to be a wanabee 'Jazzer' to enjoy the DVD, just interested in how the mind of a past Master 'ticks' when faced with making the elaborate - emminently more practical. What shines throughout , is the fact that it's not a set formula he uses - it's an attitude. :)
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Lovely tone and playing there Derek - I don't think I could ever play that restrained!
:lol:
-And the world would be a duller place if you even felt the ( passing ) compulsion to do so .
The world needs Rockers ! Without Rock, Empires would crumble - without Smooth Jazz, people would just have to eat their Dinner in silence...
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Thanks Derek - very useful stuff in there as always.
And tonight I had my dinner with some Wes playing quietly in the background.
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Thanks Derek - very useful stuff in there as always.
And tonight I had my dinner with some Wes playing quietly in the background.
:D
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Very nice. Moody nocturne song.
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Very nice tone and very soothing playing. I plan on getting a Stormy for my Artcore as weel
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Thank you all for your kind comments, very much appreciated ( as always ) . :)
As I mentioned earlier in this ( kindly resurected by Tomeo :) ) thread ; It has spurred me to get back on with progressing the 'Jazz project' with vigour - so you've all done me a great favour .
Cheers ! :D