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Re: Derek Baily Improvisation TV
You disagree with my own experience of transcription? How the heck is that
possible? That's like me saying I like strawberry icecream better than
vanilla, and you disagreeing. :) My own experience and my learning style
contradicts everything you say below. That's just one person's learning
style vs. millions of others.
Kris
----- Original Message -----
>>> I also like Bailey's interpretation of the value of transcribing in
>jazz
>>> or in learning to improvise. I've never found that as a useful tool,
>in
>>> terms of making me a better player or increasing my improvisation
>>> skills...maybe making it easier for me to copy other players' licks
>and
>>> clichés, but nothing from a creative standpoint.
>
> I have to disagree with this. I suppose if you go into transcription
>with
> the goal of hijacking somebody else's style, that's all you'll get out
>of
> it. But transcription is an excellent form of ear training, and I would
> argue that good ears are, if anything, even more important in authentic
> free playing than in the mainstream. And nothing says you have to
>restrict
> your transcription to solo instruments. Try to pry apart some of Maria
> Schneider's dense large-ensemble jazz voicings; even though I can do it
> imperfectly, I think it can greatly improve one's clarity of expression.
>
> Brian
>