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Hi Ron, sorry I haven’t visited your site for a while now!
Why not just call the G7 a dominant or dom chord?
I think i am typical of most jazz players…? but as soon as I hear the word “tritone” my mind jumps to “Tritone substitution”.
Will
Will! You know, I still owe you a lesson. Well, the resolution part refers to how the Dominant resolves to the tonic, or to another Dominant in the case of secondary dominants. I find the contrary motion voice leading to be the key to how music in general moves.
Ron, your thoughts on plectrum banjo technique and “CDS” have really struck a nerve with me. I know exactly what you are talking about.
Here’s my existential banjo question, which I will share with you and anybody else who frequents this blog… anyone coming here I would consider to be a pretty sophisticated kind of person, banjo-wise…
I play both equally well/badly, but my two jazz styles are chord-melody plectrum banjo, and jazz guitar, focusing on acoustic geniuses Lang, Django and Oscar Aleman… or as I call them, “the father, the son, and the holy ghost”…
So when I really consider the limitations of the CGBD tuning for playing jazz on my banjo, it makes me start thinking I should try “Chicago style” also known as DGBE tuning.
For me, that would mean I could transfer over to the banjo all my existing knowledge about single-string stuff straight from the guitar instead of spending a lot of time learning the same stuff in the CGBD tuning…
Your thoughts, O Wise Voices From The Internet…?
Will; I will answer this excellent question in a separate blog. Stay tuned!
Hi Ron, sorry I haven’t visited your site for a while now!
Why not just call the G7 a dominant or dom chord?
I think i am typical of most jazz players…? but as soon as I hear the word “tritone” my mind jumps to “Tritone substitution”.
Will
Will! You know, I still owe you a lesson. Well, the resolution part refers to how the Dominant resolves to the tonic, or to another Dominant in the case of secondary dominants. I find the contrary motion voice leading to be the key to how music in general moves.
Ron, your thoughts on plectrum banjo technique and “CDS” have really struck a nerve with me. I know exactly what you are talking about.
Here’s my existential banjo question, which I will share with you and anybody else who frequents this blog… anyone coming here I would consider to be a pretty sophisticated kind of person, banjo-wise…
I play both equally well/badly, but my two jazz styles are chord-melody plectrum banjo, and jazz guitar, focusing on acoustic geniuses Lang, Django and Oscar Aleman… or as I call them, “the father, the son, and the holy ghost”…
So when I really consider the limitations of the CGBD tuning for playing jazz on my banjo, it makes me start thinking I should try “Chicago style” also known as DGBE tuning.
For me, that would mean I could transfer over to the banjo all my existing knowledge about single-string stuff straight from the guitar instead of spending a lot of time learning the same stuff in the CGBD tuning…
Your thoughts, O Wise Voices From The Internet…?
Will; I will answer this excellent question in a separate blog. Stay tuned!