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October 19
Benjamin idea: Django Reinhardt. I am listening to D.R. on Spotify. Results: Looks like they frequently use diminished chords/arpeggios to develop a V7 that is traveling to a I. You could use the same technique, or create melodies based on diminished scales during those V7. See right margin for info on the diminished scale October 5 Intro - A A - B B (not composed yet) - Trio (C) (tuba carries melody) usually 4th up - D (dog fight) - C (grandioso) - D - C (optional stinger) Today we extended the section for the dog-fight Goal: continue extending it, while treating it as a large F7 passage that will eventually lead to Bb Major. |
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9/21
Here is Brad Mehldau, who also wrote a suite with similar goals. In this case the inspiration is "April 2020", the title of the suite. The audio samples included here will only play a portion of the song, but it gives you a reference I case you want to find the complete tunes in Youtube or some other source. His musical intentions sound similar to your suites, and I think you will enjoy listening to this. Notice how he uses variety of styles on different numbers, elements of classical, jazz elements, dissonances, some numbers easy to listen to, some not as friendly. |
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October 12
More ideas on opening sounds come when you play from transcribed scores of jazz players. Here is a transcription of Biff Smith playing "Someday Mi Prince Will Come". Play through the score as slow as necessary, but pay attention to the quality of the chords. Eventually, the faster you are able to play them will give you more contextualization, but even if you just play very very slowly, you ca easily follow the melody of the very well known tune right on the top of the chords. I recorded the sound of the transcription slowly myself so you can hear it in context. This could provide ideas for the hymn "Leaning of the Everlasting Arms". |
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Score of "Greensleeves" ready to download -->
and a link to see it on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVt_wO5hRvA |
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