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Topic: Root notes - Jazz |
Stefan Robertson
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Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 3 May 2016 12:24 am |
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So after nearly a year of tuning searching and adjustments and now focusing on Jazz "Bebop" to be specific.
I finally understand what Mike Neer meant about Inversions and their needs.
I just decided to try and tackle Barney Kessel (My fav player and tone - it just speaks to my emotion and ears, but that is subjective) exclusively and am finding that ROOT NOTES are overrated in this genre of music. In fact I am now discovering that the root is mainly left out or used as a Melody note.
I now get what you ALL were telling me about my previous root note based tuning.
So I have altered it slightly but have still got root notes but now have their inversions and accidentally it turns out that strings 4 - 10 are the Leavitt Tuning in G# Hahaha thank you Barney Kessel, Mike Idhe, Mike Neer and Bill hatcher.
My new tuning is: Changed the name from The Theory Tuning - THE BEBOP TUNING
Lo - Hi
C#, E, G#, B, D, F, G, A, B, C, D, F
Its awesome so I'd thought I'd share. I am halfway through Autumn Leaves - Barney Kessel Version with all his Bass movement Intro. So I will post once I have completed it.
Sorry if I'm rambling just thought I'd share my not so new discovery of Root notes being less important than you think for that Genre.
I love this forum.
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Stefan
Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
E13#9/F secrets: https://thelapsteelguitarist.wordpress.com
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Stefan Robertson
From:
Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 3 May 2016 12:33 am
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Sorry Michael James - I have now left the CMa11 group
by # my C and G strings. But dang its really worth it. Give it a try and see its pretty darn cool.
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Stefan
Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
E13#9/F secrets: https://thelapsteelguitarist.wordpress.com
"Give it up for The Lap Steel Guitarist" |
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Michael James
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La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 3 May 2016 6:24 am
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Hey Stephan,
Good luck with the new tuning!
The lap steel for me has always had a very specific role in my music. Over the last 20+ years I have performed several times a month as a jazz guitarist.
When I play lap steel I don't try to do the same things that I can do on guitar. I do the thing I can't do on guitar. Pitch is very elastic on the steel and that elasticity is what drew me to the instrument. In many ways the steel guitar is more like the human voice. Something guitar doesn't do as intuitively.
If I want to be able to play any chord ever conceived by man I play guitar. When I want to be able to burn lines over chord changes and voice lead jazz standards I play guitar. But when I want my music to have melodic and harmonic elasticity that is more like the human voice I play the steel guitar.
I feel lucky to be connected to both instruments in different ways.
Good luck,
mj |
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Stefan Robertson
From:
Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 3 May 2016 9:12 am
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If I had your knowledge I would kiss guitar goodbye in a heartbeat. But hey I'm biased. I do love the timbre of the Lap Steel Guitar sound but like everyone do like the glissando sometimes that guitar just can't do.
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Stefan
Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
E13#9/F secrets: https://thelapsteelguitarist.wordpress.com
"Give it up for The Lap Steel Guitarist" |
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