Advanced Techniques Early Winter '25
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They will also be downloadable for current students. Make sure your login works and you know how to get around the site.REMINDER – class dates =======NO CLASS 1/18 ===All Early Winter Workshops Start Jan. 4 2025
1/4, 1/11, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8 and 2/22
==Advanced Techniques Assignment ===JAM SESSION Feb 8 2025
Break out of 5 at a time, In front of stage. Plug in to what is available on stage. Starting, communication between players, endings.
Warm up – Random Keys
Choose a song
New Kid, My Old School, Wooden Ships
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New Kid in Town
My Old School (continuing) – Love to work some with volunteers on harmony also. LISTEN A LOT first. Also, I know it’s hard but get used to reading the lead sheets. Great for pointing out changes to the form, also when you want to just glance at a chart when you are dancing around, it is a lot easier finding where you are if it is shrunk down to sometimes just one page.
Wooden Ships -Continue) – Crosby Stills Nash
Materials we will be using this term
You should look at this:
FYI – Chord Inversions, Chord Symbols, and the other “6” chord Interesting Reading at 3 a.m.
Chicken Shack
Back at the Chicken Shack – YouTube Jimmy Smith
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My Old School – Steely Dan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq8OU-7JDFA
Some quick chord changes coupled with accents to alternate chords and several places for leads
Harmonies on chorus and 2nd & third verses
My Old School P1of2 LEAD SHEET (newer vers.)
My Old School P2of2 LEAD SHEET
My Old School Lyrics:chords I correected the page numbers
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New Kid In Town – Eagles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pa5nqYXEnY
Some interesting chord changes and a key change after the bridge, reverting back to original key
Wooden Ships – Crosby Stills Nash
Suggestion. Sit with the chart, listen several times to get the real feel before you start playing. Listening is so under rated.
Wooden Ships Chord Chart
Also, think of your chord inversions or shapes for the nice sound we want. For ex. the 3/4 time where E7sus/A is quickly moving to just an A for one beat. You can cram the notes together with AB and DE or leave the A for the bass, then put E (bottom) B (middle) D (top). This is a great song about note placement.
You count it a half time feel or 154bpm. The 154 helps with synching the 3/4 time with the 5/4
Nashville numbering system, one page reference.
Nashville Simplified pg. 1 Generically, Is a 3 chord minor or major? Stuff like that.
Nashville Numbering, page 2, creating the 7th.
Nashville Simplified pg.2 OK, if you are still with me then also review how we create 7th chords.
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