dinette

spud

hi folks,
here's a youtube link for me improvising over dinette- trying my best to stay within givone territory.
i'm not a great player but it might be useful to show the results of having really tried to absorb these givone forms for improvising.
i chose this tune because its quite simple and theres some a clear major and minor part.
its a bit warts and all- i got lost a few times, and you can see that im often searching for the right "box".
anyway hope this gives a bit of perspective

http://youtu.be/oxIQuIyTs24

Lango-Django

Thanks for that, Spud!

Since I'm in Spain right now with my old laptop and the @#$% sound has totally conked out :? I can only say that your fingers looked really great as they played that!

We're back in Canada on Monday morning and I'll give your version of "Dinette" another look then... :roll:

Will

PS Hey, did you know that March is Form One Month around here and we're all going to swing form one? Please join us!

Lango-Django

OK, I'm finally almost through the two months of phone messages and large piles of mail and was just able to see your video, Spud.

Very nice! I especially liked that cute little riff around 1:17 to 1:21!

Keep posting your stuff here!

Will

spud

any other observations? do you guys think it sounds like the givone forms?

Lango-Django

You know, to tell the truth, it didn't sound that much like the Givone forms I've learned.

I just assumed you were improvising on them and not reciting them?

Bones

Sounded pretty good to me whatever you were doing. And a nice relaxed feel. Keep it up!

spud

Lango-Django wrote:

You know, to tell the truth, it didn't sound that much like the Givone forms I've learned.

I just assumed you were improvising on them and not reciting them?

thats right, improvising based on givones forms. thats what i like about his method, its not just cut n paste licks but helps you really begin to improvise.
you're kind of obliged to improvise because the phrases are long and because they take a long time to get down.
you can see that i repeat myself in the video doing different variations around the same forms.

don't get me wrong. cut n pasting licks is also good for building your technique, i don't do enough of that myself.

Bones

Which forms from the book did you find the most useful for improvising over a plain major or major 6th chord?

Thanks

spud

Bones wrote:

Which forms from the book did you find the most useful for improvising over a plain major or major 6th chord?

Thanks

not sure what you mean by "useful" - form 4 is the easiest to find when you begin because it starts at the tonic.
i like the sound of form 5 and its one of the only ones that i use nearly unchanged (especially when the chord is longer than 2 bars)
i think that they are all useful.