The blues is marvellous. It occurred me the other day as I was watching someone playing a cover, how much blues Vangelis managed to sneak into the masterpiece which is the Blade Runner's soundtrack. Famous for its synths, yet so full of nice blues. I sometimes end up composing 12-bar 'loops' even in electronic pieces, like yesterday for instance. Charlie Parker... how can you go wrong?;) Cheers!
Thanks for a very clear way of elaborately moving through 9:51 a simple 1 4 5 ! And I learned Blues for Alice on the way! But one question keeps nagging at me; why, since this progression almost exclusively moves through the cycle in intervals of fourths, why do we persist in referring to it as the cycle of fifths? And I do understand that if you reverse the direction then you get the fourth intervals, but we're playing straight ahead, not in reverse! Almost all of the intervals and jazz are based on fourths, (Even a ll V I is intervals of four!) I have to keep explaining all this to my students, so why don't we clean up the old European terminology and use the jazz language: the Cycle of Fourths? (This was a very useful lesson to me, so don't take it personally - I'm addressing the entire jazz community!) 😊 Ha!
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The blues is marvellous. It occurred me the other day as I was watching someone playing a cover, how much blues Vangelis managed to sneak into the masterpiece which is the Blade Runner's soundtrack. Famous for its synths, yet so full of nice blues.
I sometimes end up composing 12-bar 'loops' even in electronic pieces, like yesterday for instance.
Charlie Parker... how can you go wrong?;)
Cheers!
Such a beautiful language.
This goes so far over my head but I recognise it from so many angles. Thank you for bringing this forward.
great info...subtle but powerful...esp if you transfer to synths
very nice, thanks
Thanks for a very clear way of elaborately moving through 9:51 a simple 1 4 5 ! And I learned Blues for Alice on the way! But one question keeps nagging at me; why, since this progression almost exclusively moves through the cycle in intervals of fourths, why do we persist in referring to it as the cycle of fifths? And I do understand that if you reverse the direction then you get the fourth intervals, but we're playing straight ahead, not in reverse! Almost all of the intervals and jazz are based on fourths, (Even a ll V I is intervals of four!) I have to keep explaining all this to my students, so why don't we clean up the old European terminology and use the jazz language: the Cycle of Fourths? (This was a very useful lesson to me, so don't take it personally - I'm addressing the entire jazz community!) 😊 Ha!
I Don't know why the 9:51 couldn't get rid of it.
Excellent and greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Loved the lesson so much I subscribed to your channel. Thanks for the lesson.
thanks bill!
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