Re: [Harp-L] Jazz chromatic books

[Slim Heilpern <slim@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Great post, Diggs!

I'm convinced there are less traumatic ways of getting there. I'm not 
suggesting that my path be taken by anyone else, but it is a distinctly 
different approach:

- Don't expect to become a great jazz musician over night (expect to put 
in 10,000 hours before you can even think of yourself as a master)
- Learn some basic scales and music theory, but don't go nuts with it. 
Keep learning gradually over a number of years, don't try to force it 
all at a once.
- Listen to others, both recordings and live, as much as you can.
- Play with a metronome
- Play in the styles you like best, as much as you can.
- Record yourself, learn from your mistakes as well as your triumphs -- 
try to identify your style.
- Rely on you sub-conscious mind to teach you how to play, don't 
over-intellectualize it
- Always enjoy yourself when you're playing, find that special mental 
state and learn how to get there on demand.
- Keep repeating the above, over and over and over.

I'm sure I left out a few important things, but that's the basic idea.

Thanks,

- Slim

www.JazzHarmonicaSummit.com


Emile Damico wrote:
> My jazz education did not come from books for the most part.
> It came from private teachers.
> First spend at least three years commuting from Philly to New York every two 
> weeks to study with Robert Bonfiglio.
> Study with some jazz greats if you can find them.
> My two main teachers were Curt Harmon and Larry McKenna.http://www.emusic.com/album/10585/10585910.html
> Curt's grandson was is in Pieces of a Dream.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iRX1AQ35hk
>
> Curt senior looked like Roland Hanna.
> He played vibes and piano and was an arranger.
>
> Try to get into a Jazz Program Like the one at Temple Universty's Ester Boyer College of
> Music.
>
> After all of this I barely think I'm a jazz player.
>
> Two books I have used in the past Rhythms complete by Buggs Bower for reading 
> and the Jamie Ambersol series. I use volume 21 to keep my improv chops up.
> It's also a fun way to practice scales and arpeggios.
>
> Good luck one and all in your jazz studies.
>
> Diggs 
>
> P.S. get a Real Book
>
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