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Originally Posted by talcito When Donald Byrd was at Jazzmobile he used to tell us to put the method books away. He would ask us to create our own exercises.He would say "Do not Re-create....create instead".
He would have us create a small pattern and play it in thru all the keys. He would say "Its important to understand the pattern intellectually....play it thru twelve keys without looking a a piece of paper will help you internalize the music".
Wilmer, who is the regular teacher now at Jazzmobile? |
Dr. Byrd is in.
I hadn't seen him in years. We exchanged numbers. Donald is the real deal in teachers.
He wrote a piece for me based on fourths, then gave me a set of exercises to speed up my mind and fingers. I have to dig it out.
Wilmer