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Brekelefuw · 12-05-2007, 07:03 PM

Hello,
I was wondering what you do to work on taking your solos outside of the changes. I am not talking about the really out there playing that you would do over a vamp or anything, but using tension to weave your way through a standard. I guess the best example could be on a 2-5-1 using the Tritone sub on the 5 chord. Every time I use an idea that implies the substitution, it just sounds like an exercise.
I can play well around most standards, but my playing sticks mostly to the changes because I feel much safer playing around what is given to me.

I have done plenty of lifting, most recently, Freddie Hubbard's solo on Open Sesame, and Lee Morgan's solo on Blue Train, but I don't feel I have those down well enough to incorporate them into my playing yet. The solo on Open Sesame uses many ideas that aren't in the changes, but they sound so incredible when Freddie plays them. It is one of my favorite solos.

Any tips?

12-05-2007, 07:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Brekelefuw Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 885	Getting Outside the Changes Hello, I was wondering what you do to work on taking your solos outside of the changes. I am not talking about the really out there playing that you would do over a vamp or anything, but using tension to weave your way through a standard. I guess the best example could be on a 2-5-1 using the Tritone sub on the 5 chord. Every time I use an idea that implies the substitution, it just sounds like an exercise. I can play well around most standards, but my playing sticks mostly to the changes because I feel much safer playing around what is given to me. I have done plenty of lifting, most recently, Freddie Hubbard's solo on Open Sesame, and Lee Morgan's solo on Blue Train, but I don't feel I have those down well enough to incorporate them into my playing yet. The solo on Open Sesame uses many ideas that aren't in the changes, but they sound so incredible when Freddie plays them. It is one of my favorite solos. Any tips?