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Originally Posted by rowuk  With this program, I would need at least 3 hours a day - to get repertoire in.
This is an incredible routine for building the mechanics of playing.
If I would even dare to offer constructive criticism: repertoire, that is real melodies and phrases are under represented in this routine. It makes sense to allocate time to develop certain skills, but in the end, tunes are what it is all about. If this is a 6th month program to develop technique, OK. Playing repertoire musically gets you jobs - that should NEVER, EVER, EVER be cut short!
I hope that you have at least 3 hours a day! |
Thank you for your answer.
Well, he just gave me 20 minutes for tunes. This is of course just temporary to devolop my chops. Of course I will also play more than two hours on certain days, and I will then work on tunes. My teacher told me to contact him whenever I knew all the sequences and triads in all keys, I'm pretty sure I will get to work on more tunes then. This is obviously a fundamental thing for improvising jazz (knowing all the keys, and the devolopment of a certain amount of technique).
Do you have anything to say about the tounging excercises? My teacher doesnt see the importance of the ta and da tounging. The only difference I pay attention to is staccato and legato tounging, and the difference is of course stopping the air on the staccato. I often hear jazz players with a sharp "ta" attack, Miles f.ex, in his legato-tounging, which IMO is very nice sounding, Anyway, My attacks has improved alot since I started to do the excercises.