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Originally Posted by valejazz  Please could you explain why you don't find slowing down useful?
I know this practice has been used long before computers...
Thanks
Valerio |
Because when you're on a bandstand, and the piano player does a little something and you want to use it, there is no slowing down available. You have to teach your ears to hear quickly. When I did Dolphy and Shorter solos, yes, I used half-speed. But all my Clifford, Parker, Booker Little, etc., solos I got at speed. Part of it was my training too, my teachers were from the Lennie Tristano school and you had to sing the solos before playing them, in real time along with the record. Or tape. In the end you can only play what you hear and if you can't hear fast you can't play fast.
Michael McLaughlin