How to Improve Just By Listening to Jazz
Learn Jazz Standards Podcast
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Developing Critical Listening Skills Through Instrument Focus
Participants listen to a solo by Miles Davis and discuss the dynamics, simplicity of phrases, and motific development. They also explore the contributions of Wynton Kelly, the piano player, noting his use of rhythms and changing voicings. The exercise is repeated with the bass and drums, highlighting the drummer's switch from hi-hat to ride symbol during Hank Mobley's solo.
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