playing jazz in 6/8 learning to play triplet solos?
are there any jazz tunes for 6/8? i discovered that it was very hard to play tunes in 6/8 because the language seems to be kinda different. is this a good way to learn to play solo lines that are triplet based? i think it might be...
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i'm not entirely sure why you think that it would be easier to play triplets in 6/8 than any other time signature though? perhaps you could describe in more detail what you are trying to do and what problems you are experiencing and i'm sure we'll do our best to give you some help.
there is a huge difference between 3/4 & 6/8. in 3/4 there is no sceondary accent and if we count at the eighth note level we have triple duplets. the time signature 6/8 is composed of duple triplets.
willie nelson's "crazy" (which is pretty much jazz changes) is in 6/8. (speaking of that, have you ever heard diana krall's version? what a piece of crap! she definitely should've married me instead of elvis costello.)
all irish jigs are in 6/8.
tia - scott
seriously, for that fats domino thing -- check "the fat man" or "so long." real core stuff for triplet feel with a bit of flash. anytime you start feeling like you've got it all together, bring it back home to some of that new orleans style, or the kind of r&b sonny clark plays on those don wilkerson sides -- keeps you from getting too fey and ethereal.
in 6/4 time, quarter notes get the beat when you count time.
that's why we say something in 12/8 is "in 4". something in 6/8 is "in 2," and something in 3/4 is "in three." a jazz waltz is not 6/8. it's always 3/4. and a tune in 6/8 could easily be written "2/4" or "4/4," just with triplets. a good example is bobby timmons "dat dere," which could be written in 6/8 or 12/8, or in 4/4 (but with triplets). the song sounds like it's in four.
so yeah, basically 6/8 is like a measure of 2/4, but using triplets on every beat.
every song in 3/4 can be approached like it's in 6/8, however, like 7 said. in songs in 3/4, you may comp on the dotted quarter note. in fact, this is what happens often on the miles recording of someday my prince will come. bill evans especially was a champion of this device.
sdm; this is kind of what you're talking about, i think. this is called a metric modulation, and it happens a lot in bill evans' playing, and also in herbie hancock's.
basically, if you're in a tune in 3/4, and you're comping that dotted quarter rhythm so you're hitting two times a measure, you could make that dotted quarter note hit the quarter note of a new tempo, and swing (or double time!) that quarter note. i know this is really confusing, but i think that's what you were getting at, and by all means you can do it. it's called metric modulation. listen carefully to bill evans' trio albums or the miles davis complete my funny valentine/four and more concert and you'll hear this everywhere.
zl
are there any jazz tunes for 6/8? i discovered that it was very hard to play tunes in 6/8 because the language seems to be kinda different. is this a good way to learn to play solo lines that are triplet based? i think it might be...
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