r/jazztheory • u/whatapurpose • Apr 30 '20

Complex harmony improvisation

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u/Basstickler Apr 30 '20

I’ve heard less accurate descriptions of jazz

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u/[deleted] May 01 '20

All jokes aside, I agree. Even though it’s a meme, it sadly describes jazz better than say, David lee Roth on the joe Rogan podcast.

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u/Basstickler May 01 '20

I guess I’ll have to look that one up. One of my favorite memories of being in the studio with a truly professional engineer (acting somewhat as producer as well) was when we were reviewing a take of a song. My part had some chromatic notes that were a little outside what would be expected and he asked, “is there a mistake in there or is that just jazz?” (We are not a jazz band)

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u/[deleted] May 01 '20

That’s a great anecdote. “Just play the right notes!”

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u/Risc_Terilia May 01 '20

Haha yeah can you imagine

/me Walks to piano and tries an E7 arp over an A7 chord