RE: [Harp-L] A major on a C diatonic (was: Positions)

["Bradford Trainham" <bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

!!Yeah!!
I just turned 50 and even though I was missing every note I played twice
yesterday at my harp lesson, I'm much further along than I was a year ago.
We were working, oddly enough, on a major on the c diatonic, so, either
somebody somewhere is psychic, or somebody somewhere spends the time they
have away from harp-l running the universe.
Brad Trainham
 

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Subject: Re: [Harp-L] A major on a C diatonic (was: Positions)

"it's never too late to become a better musician"

abso-bloody-lutely!

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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: robert mcgraw
  To: bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; harp-l harp-l
  Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 4:56 PM
  Subject: RE: [Harp-L] A major on a C diatonic (was: Positions)


  > ...and the Dominant 7th workout! Around 5 minutes on each 7th chord
  ---Again, agreed...good stuff. A new thing for me is that I've begun
taking lessons from a trumpet player. We've been working with the be-bop
scale [for those who aren't familar with it, it's just the regular scale
with a flat 7th [or sharp 6 :-) added, so in A it's: A,B,C#,D,E,F#,G,G#,A.
As an exercise, I've been playing swing tunes like Satin Doll, playing the
be-bop scale on the corresponding Dom 7th chord, so for the first two bars
of Satin Doll, which are Dm and G7, I'll play around with the G be-bop
scale, etc on thru the tune and in fact our friend the key of A shows up two
bars later, as an A7 ...good practice for me. The trumpet player tells me
that I need to really learn to "play the changes" and this is one way to
start doing that, becoming more aware of what's going on harmonically in the
tunes. He has also instucted me to take piano lessons as I don't play a
chording instrument and don't read very well...kind of daunting since I'm 54
but I guess it's never too late to become a better musician. 
  WVa Bob


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