What book is that, Bird for guitar?
john
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--- In jazz_guitar@..., "rperry19" <rperry19@...> wrote:
You are right Bobby.
I have a book of Charlie Parker Songs for guitar that is great. Licks help me to hear the sounds that I want to play.
Nothing is better than the Charlie Christian stuff that is available on the internet for free.
My playing has reached the Charlie Parker statement of "Learn all that stuff" (scales and arpeggios) and then forget it.
So now I take my "forget it attitude" into my playing and just try to create what I want to hear.
I have worked on improvisation for almost 10 years... and some days it feels like I have just started. But, there are other days where I feel like "If it is in my head, I can play it".
I work with a jazz quintet of very good musicians, and that in itself is a very humbling experience.
I think the "learn licks period" is another step in the jazz learning process.
In my situation it is the next step after the learning of the scales and arpeggios
I am thinking of Juan and his group that we watched on You-Tube this week...
That is what it is all about and you have to experience that to really understand the jazz process. I am fortunate to have done that also in public.
Your gonads are on the line, and you are all alone at that time. But it is the greatest thrill you can have with a guitar.
Ron
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