Roaring Fork Jazz Workshop http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/ en-US Copyright 2010 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:41:12 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Roaring Fork Jazz Workshop Tim Fox RF Jazz podcasts. Tim Fox tdfoxdale@roaringforkjazz.org Jazz Improvising - what is it? http://www.apassion4jazz.net/improvisation.html

]]> http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/07/jazz-improvising---what-is-it.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/07/jazz-improvising---what-is-it.html Philosophy Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:41:12 -0700 Workshop Summer Break We'll be firing up the Roaring Fork Jazz workshop again in late September or early October 2010. Until then, keep woodshedding those bebop scales!

]]> http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/06/workshop-summer-break.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/06/workshop-summer-break.html Jazz News Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:10:25 -0700 My Playlist

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]]> http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/05/my-playlist.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/05/my-playlist.html Tue, 11 May 2010 15:03:44 -0700 Session Notes 4-5 and 4-19 Using the dominant 7 bebop scale, we've been playing short descending phrases, starting on each note of the scale. We're using different methods of getting from a non-chord tone to a chord tone in the next beat. Here is an example of what I mean:

Bebop scale examples

We then took each small phrase, and played with the phrase through the Bb blues. Here's an example (starting on the 4th, and enclosing the 3rd):


Blues bebop example

]]> http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/04/session-notes-4-5-and-4-19.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/04/session-notes-4-5-and-4-19.html Session notes bebop scale ideas Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:21:24 -0700 Lenore Raphael and the Intervention Band
Oni Butterfly had a scrumptious reception afterwards.  Fun filled afternoon!

 
lenoreAndUs.egg on AviarylenoreAndUs.egg on Aviary.]]> http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/04/lenore-raphael-and-the-interve.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/04/lenore-raphael-and-the-interve.html Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:57:50 -0700 Session Notes 3/8/2010 Last night, we studied/practiced/improvised with the bebop scale. We played with different ways to get from a non-chord tone (on the beginning of a beat), to a chord tone by the second beat. They included:

  • playing the non-chord tone as a quarter note, then going up or down to a chord tone on the next beat.
  • using a chromatic "passing tone" (where a full step is required to get to a chord tone... e.g. from the 6th to the 5th).
  • "enclosing" the chord tone... e.g. 6th to b5th to 5th (similar to a "neighbor tone group" or "changing tone")
We also added a 'bebopy" way to start a phrase. The following example shows both the starting idea, and the chromatic "passing tone" method of getting from the 6th to the 5th, in one beat:


Scale Example

And, of course, the ever popular Melodica demo:


]]> http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/03/session-notes-382010.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/03/session-notes-382010.html Session notes bebop scale improvisation notes session Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:29:44 -0700 Bebop scale - using chromatics and enclosure Bebop scale, using chromatics between the 3rd and root, and starting on a non chord tone, using the "enclosure" method to get to the 3rd by the second beat.

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]]> http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/03/bebop-scale---using-chromatics.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/03/bebop-scale---using-chromatics.html Practice Material bebop scale melodic Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:14:12 -0700 Bb7 Bebop Scale Demo Here's a little demo video, made on ustream.tv:


]]> http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/03/bb7-bebop-scale-demo.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/03/bb7-bebop-scale-demo.html Practice Material bebop scale demo Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:32:33 -0700 Session Notes 2/22/2010 This week, we continued practicing the Bb7 bebop scale. We traded fours and eights, solo and in duet, using the scale and the rules we came up with last time. We, then, added chromatics notes between the 1st and the 3rd of the scale (e.g. Bb, B, C, C#, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, A, Bb) and did the same exercises.

]]> http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/02/session-notes-2222010.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/02/session-notes-2222010.html Session notes bebop scale session Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:21:18 -0700 Workshop Session Notes 2/8/2010 Welcome back to the Roaring Fork Jazz Workshop for Spring 2010! We're back with a vengeance!

We'll be meeting every other Monday, in one large swinging group. Check out the calendar for workshop dates. Our sessions, this spring, will have a fairly narrow focus, for a change. Here are some goals:

  • continuing to learn how to get around fluidly on your instrument with a good tone, and good time
  • developing more coherent linear phrasing
  • injecting chromaticism into your melodies

We'll be tending to the blues and rhythm changes, using, as the foundation, bebop scales.

Last night, we played over a Bb7 chord/scale using the mixolydian bebop scale. We played through some exercises, confining ourselves (temporarily) to the following rules:

  • only diatonic motion (no arpeggios or skips)
  • start phrase on beat one (kind of an arbitrary rule, but a rule, for now)
  • if starting on a non-chord tone, make it a quarter note (there are other ways of handling starting on non-chord tones, and we'll get to those)
  • change direction only on chord tones

We traded fours, using the scale/rules and one of the two common phrase endings, as described in David Baker's "How to Play Bebop" series.


]]> http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/02/workshop-session-notes-282010.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2010/02/workshop-session-notes-282010.html Session notes dominant ideas improvisation Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:24:21 -0700 Workshop on hold until January Workshop Mail List to keep updated. ]]> http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2009/11/workshop-on-hold-until-january.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2009/11/workshop-on-hold-until-january.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:03:26 -0700 First Podcast - cool tech and Steve's Guitars Voice_Message_Wednesday_26_Aug_06_52PM.mp3]]> yes http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2009/08/first-podcast---cool-tech-and.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2009/08/first-podcast---cool-tech-and.html Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:21:32 -0700 Some of my favorite tunes A partial list of tunes that I enjoy (in no particular order):

]]> http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2009/08/some-of-my-favorites-tunes.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2009/08/some-of-my-favorites-tunes.html performance Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:10:18 -0700 Intervention Band Mail List Steve's Guitars.  If you're interested in staying abreast of the band's latest news and dates, join our mail list at:

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]]> http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2009/04/intervention-band-mail-list.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2009/04/intervention-band-mail-list.html Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:52:31 -0700 BopLand: the bebop era
http://bopland.org/ ]]> http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2009/03/bopland.html http://roaringforkjazz.org/jazzws/2009/03/bopland.html Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:58:52 -0700