3 Ways to Create Your Own Jazz Lines!
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Any time you can make Luther Hughes smile, you know you are doing something right! Check out how these 3 techniques are used in this jazz line over "East of the Sun":
1) MELODIC MOTIFS: clinging onto an idea and following it through 2) RHYTHMIC RATES: descending rhythmic rates within a single line (16ths, triplets, 8ths). 3) HARMONIC SUBS: doing a sidestep 2-5 (Ami7 / D7 / = Bbmi7 Eb7 / Ami7 D7 /). Melody, Rhythm and Harmony are often thought of as the 3 central components of music and it is no different when it comes to crafting a jazz line. A good jazz phrase is one that is melodic, rhythmic and harmonically interesting. |