Giant Steps – Einar

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    • October 16, 2009 at 12:54 pm
    EinarG
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    Here’s my take on the Coltrane classic, tell me what you think!
    The changes tried to kill me along the way, but I survived with a couple of fleshwounds – you’ll be able to hear them, I warn you. šŸ™‚

    http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1001392

    Cheers!

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    • October 16, 2009 at 2:43 pm
    arc_of_descent
    Member

    Hey Einar,

    Very nice playing and superb tone!

    I hope you can help me out. I’ve heard a bit about Jazz Standards but have no idea what they mean. I heard your take, then I whipped out my copy of the original from the Gold album. I could definitely hear the head theme for the first 20 seconds. After that, are you launching into your own improvisations and playing along the chord changes?

    Sadly my ears still need a lot of development and I couldn’t figure out yet whether you were attempting to play the phrases just as in the record. Damn the original is too fast! Here’s where the “Jazz Standard” confuses me I guess. Do you need to learn all the phrases first?

    Thanks!
    Rohan

    • October 20, 2009 at 2:31 pm
    EinarG
    Member

    Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_standard šŸ™‚
    It’s my own improv over the changes – It will be a long time untlig I play this with confidence though šŸ™‚

    • October 21, 2009 at 12:52 pm
    Sean Conklin
    Sean Conklin
    Member

    Hey Einar, nice one man! Like you said I think a few parts could be more polished but you did a great job on a very tough piece. Keep it up bro!

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