The Musical Musician
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The Musical Musician A look at musical playing
Transcript of The Musical Musician
- 1. The Musical Musician A look at musical playing
- 2. Less is more
- 3. Less Is More Simplicity is sometimes more difficult than complexity
- 4. Less Is More James Blake Limit to your Love Minimalistic Bass Drone, Percussion, Vocals Space
- 5. Less Is More Moonlight Sonata Beethoven Simple Melodic lines Repetition Only Piano
- 6. Less Is More Praeludium I Bach Simple melodic lines Only Piano Repetition
- 7. Musical Improvisation & Soloing
- 8. Musical Improvising & Soloing Why shouldnt we show off our technical ability? Speed is impressive but not a necessarily musical approach to improvisation
- 9. Musical Improvising & Soloing Technical Solo Buddy Rich Drum Solo
- 10. Musical Improvising & Soloing Musical Solo Bill Stewart on Heck of a Job
- 11. Musical Improvising & Soloing Technical Solo John Coltrane Giant Steps Solo
- 12. Musical Improvising & Soloing Musical Solo Chet Baker My Funny Valentine Solo
- 13. Musical Improvising & Soloing Benny Greb If I would have played a lot of notes all the time and loud all the time, it means less than if I do something very very quiet and then do a couple of loud strokes.
- 14. Writing
- 15. Writing Trying to write a massive composition all at once can prove very challenging Start out with the bare minimum and embellish on that Less is More
- 16. Writing John Mayer Trio Vultures Simple driving Drum Beat Bass & Guitar repeat phrase Small nuances
- 17. Listening
- 18. Listening We like showing off how good we are Playing with someone sounds more organic than playing AT the other musician Play according to the style!!!! Listen to yourself and also listen to your fellow musicians
- 19. Summary Less is More Do what you think sounds good Respect the style Respect the Song!!!
- 20. Thank you
