Jazz music theory

[BertKoor]

Stop reading!! Start listening to jazz and just try to play along. Try to copy what they are playing (start simple ofcourse, e.g. standards like Autumn Leaves) and maybe look at chord tabs if you can't figure it out yourself.

[jacqueslacouth]

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[Acid Mitch]

I thought Jazz was just playing wrong notes and looking so smug about

It is, just like rock only uses 3 chords and dance music is just a big kick drum.

[jacqueslacouth]

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[Acid Mitch]

Indeed, as I thought,

Smug reply. You must be a Jazzer. Nice!!

[qa2pir]

I thought Jazz was just playing wrong notes and looking so smug about it that the audience feel compelled to nod in an impressed fashion because they are "in" on the big intellectual secret,

I love you

[jopy]

I thought Jazz was just playing wrong notes and looking so smug about it that the audience feel compelled to nod in an impressed fashion because they are "in" on the big intellectual secret,

closed-minded responding like this to something you don't understand says a lot more about you than it does about the genre you think you've so cleverly undermined.

[qa2pir]

I thought Jazz was just playing wrong notes and looking so smug about it that the audience feel compelled to nod in an impressed fashion because they are "in" on the big intellectual secret,

closed-minded responding like this to something you don't understand says a lot more about you than it does about the genre you think you've so cleverly undermined.

I'm pretty much certain he was being self ironic. loosen up, eat a tab of acid and stare at the sun.

[Acid Mitch]

closed-minded responding like this to something you don't understand says a lot more about you than it does about the genre you think you've so cleverly undermined.

closed-minded responding like this to something you don't understand says a lot more about you than it does about the sarcasm that wooshed straight over your head.

[jopy]

I thought Jazz was just playing wrong notes and looking so smug about it that the audience feel compelled to nod in an impressed fashion because they are "in" on the big intellectual secret,

closed-minded responding like this to something you don't understand says a lot more about you than it does about the genre you think you've so cleverly undermined.

I'm pretty much certain he was being self ironic. loosen up, eat a tab of acid and stare at the sun.

out of curiosity, why would you think that he's being ironic? i've encountered a lot of people have the opinion that he expressed.

[Gillman]

I am interested in learning the basics of Jazz music theory. I'm wondering if there are any books that do not require being able to read music notation that explain the basics.

I'm interested in a book called "The Jazz Theory Book" by Mark Levine, but am wondering how advanced it is.

Forget about the jazz theory of music, it's all fluff. Check out the real thing instead.

http://faculty-web.at.northwestern.edu/ ... /index.htm

[qa2pir]

I thought Jazz was just playing wrong notes and looking so smug about it that the audience feel compelled to nod in an impressed fashion because they are "in" on the big intellectual secret,

closed-minded responding like this to something you don't understand says a lot more about you than it does about the genre you think you've so cleverly undermined.

I'm pretty much certain he was being self ironic. loosen up, eat a tab of acid and stare at the sun.

out of curiosity, why would you think that he's being ironic? i've encountered a lot of people have the opinion that he expressed.

the way it's written indicates.

quirky mixture between colloquial ("wrong notes") and elaborate ("compelled to nod in an impressed fashion") language.

there's humor in there not just bitterness.

[Acid Mitch]

the way it's written indicates.

quirky mixture between colloquial ("wrong notes") and elaborate ("compelled to nod in an impressed fashion") language.

there's humor in there not just bitterness.

and the smiley at the end was a bit of a give away.

[ScottIrvine]

If piano/keyboard is your instrument a good jazz resource is jazzpianolessons.com
I've been learning jazz piano for a few months now and this has really helped me.

As for theory, the book that I've learnt all I currently know about jazz is 'Jazzology: The Encyclopedia of Jazz Theory for All Musicians'.

Most of my progress has just come from messing about with my keyboard over some basic ii V I chord progressions.

[Sendy]

I've got Jazzology, I bought it out of respect for a large influence in my musical taste... Thing is, my mind shuts off by the time I read a few pages of it.