[Ferlas Soram]

Please forgive the quality of my tone on this, it's through my iphone. Let me know what you think? I'm not sure I'm resolving the end of the blues right.

 

[jlima]

Actually I like your tone a lot. It's the rhythmic aspect of your playing that needs the most work, in my opinion. You need to play tightly with the rhythm section. Listen closely and swing hard! You have great ideas, although they don't always seem to fit the harmony yet. I see a lot of potential in what I heard.

 

[Ferlas Soram]

Could you point out specifically something? I get what you mean a little bit. But like, what am I doing that can be improved? My rythms too choppy maybe?

 

[jlima]

Could you point out specifically something? I get what you mean a little bit. But like, what am I doing that can be improved? My rythms too choppy maybe?

You're not tight with the band, meaning that you're playing too loosely without a sense of time and rhythm that locks in with what the others are doing. But I did enjoy your tone and musical ideas.

 

[Ferlas Soram]

Alright. I can handle that, due to the fact that I recorded this fast, and the speakers on my computer weren't that great. Thanks for actually posting, unlike the other 8 people who watched but didn't say anything

Am i doing alright for a junior in high school? I wouldn't say my goal is to be a professional musician, but I'd definitely say that my goal is to be able to play gigs as a side to my main job.

 

[jlima]

Alright. I can handle that, due to the fact that I recorded this fast, and the speakers on my computer weren't that great. Thanks for actually posting, unlike the other 8 people who watched but didn't say anything

Am i doing alright for a junior in high school? I wouldn't say my goal is to be a professional musician, but I'd definitely say that my goal is to be able to play gigs as a side to my main job.

I see a lot of potential in your playing and you've accomplished a lot already. If you focus on being more aware of the rhythmic aspect and internalize the changes so you don't actually have to think about them too much, then yes, you're doing very well.

 

[Raphyel]

I think you have a nice tone. One thing I think you could do better is hitting more chord tones, or really bringing out the changes of the song. But you have a very good tone and sounds like you have a lot of ideas.

 

[Ferlas Soram]

I have a lot of ideas, I feel like I don't hit the turnaround in the last 4 bars of the blues right. For me on alto, It's all in A. I thought I was hitting all the 1's, 3's, 5's, and 7's? Not enough maybe?

 

[Raphyel]

What I am getting at is, at least in my opinion, the greatest musicians are those who can play a solo, and you will know what the song is if there was no rhythm section.

Listen to Quamon on caravan, when hes playing the solo with only drums you can hear him play the bridge and everything. Its a skill that takes a long time to develop.

Keep playing!!

 

[Ferlas Soram]

Yeah I understand. It's hard, I don't know exactly how to play like that.

On a side note; What's the difference between a chord such as A minor, and a chord such as A minor 7th?

 

[SaxTMan]

I haven't listen everything (sorry), but it seems to me on the rhythm aspect when improvisation are a beat messy when regarding to the strong vs soft beats... okay let me try to explain this in a different way... there is not a consensus between the notes you play and the accentuation 1 2(!) 3 4 (!) and the tension and resolution for consequence. The way you star and finishes your phrases regarding to the bar beat...

Sorry i can't explain better

 

[kavala]

Yeah I understand. It's hard, I don't know exactly how to play like that.

On a side note; What's the difference between a chord such as A minor, and a chord such as A minor 7th?

Amin chord has only three notes, A C E. Amin7 has one extra note. Yes, you guessed it,
the extra note is the 7th note of the A minor dorian mode, which is the note G, so you have
A C E G for Amin7.