| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: On Broadway | |
| Jaumef -- 08/24/2006, 08:53:33 -- #29466 | |
| Hello. I play the standart On Broadway according to the version of G Benson in the tonality of G: G, F / G, F / G, F / G, F / G, F / G, F / G, F / G, F / C, Bb / C, Bb / C, Bb / C, D7 / G, F / G, F / G, F / G, F / For the improvisation I play the scale minor blues in G along the improvisation, and I have left very poor. I would thank ideas about the possibilities of scales and voicings to mount this standart in a beautiful, varied and creative way. Thank you. Jaume. | |
| 7 -- 08/24/2006, 09:36:49 -- #29466 | |
| Why not pick out ideas from transcribing Benson's solo? | |
| 7 -- 08/24/2006, 10:52:55 -- #29466 | |
| I've played this song a million times with different bands, and it simply screams mixolydian. During the G F section you're in G mixolydian, in the C Bb section you're in C mixolydian. There are of course a lot of other things you can do on top of those changes, but the most obvious is the mixolydian. | |
| DoubleZ -- 08/24/2006, 11:30:18 -- #29466 | |
| I also would use the mixos in both those situations, that's a pretty easy approach to it. However, in the G F section, it would probably be best to think of the B as an avoid note, because playing a B on the F chord puts it in Lydian, which probably isn't the type of feel you're looking for in that song. The safest way to use the B on the F chord is to resolve it chromatically, which should keep in tact the tonality you're looking for. On a side note, I find it SO weird that every time I find a new song and play it, like the next day, somebody mentions it on this site. This is like the 3rd time that's happened! | |
| groyann -- 08/25/2006, 03:51:05 -- #29466 | |
| DoubleZ, the same note happens to me frequently. I had a gig last saturday at a guy's birthday. The guy is a big fan of Benson, so we prepared plenty of Benson's tunes. This one included. | |
| DoubleZ -- 08/25/2006, 09:13:02 -- #29466 | |
| Haha, there must be some telepathic link between pianists all over the place. I had a 5-hour solo gig yesterday, so I was basically playing every song I could think of, this included. | |
| SolArt -- 08/25/2006, 11:48:49 -- #29466 | |
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