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Topic: Art Tatum runs - applied to lap steel |
Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 20 Feb 2014 5:46 am |
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I came across this interesting instructional video about some of the arpeggio runs used by the amazingly great jazz pianist Art Tatum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyTjX1Wz_xI
Here's the first run he shows (with a bass string variation) on C6th (ECAGEC):
It becomes really interesting when you try to apply that idiomatic pianistic phrasing - something I find very hard to do. There are a lot of great ideas to be found "stealing" from other instruments. If nothing else, it's a peak behind the curtain to understand one aspect of Tatum's magical playing that influenced so many people.
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Last edited by Andy Volk on 21 Feb 2014 8:38 am; edited 1 time in total |
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L. Bogue Sandberg
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Chassell, Michigan, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2014 8:07 am
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| Andy, thanks for sharing this in the time honored tradition to steal licks from other instruments or styles. I had our bluegrass band howling a while back when I told them our lead-in run for "In Heaven There is No Beer" was a dominant 7th bebop scale. Who'd a thunk? |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 21 Feb 2014 11:28 am
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Thanks for the repair Doug!
I probably forgot to change it from standard guitar. Entering scientific notation for notes taxes my math-challenged brain. In any case, there are some cool ideas to "nic" in that video.
Here's a really good documentary about Tatum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUOp1W2aqiw
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 22 Feb 2014 1:14 pm
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Doug, what software do you use to create your tabs? I've been using the free TUX Guitar app but it's a bit klugy.
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Doug Beaumier
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Steve Cunningham
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