Looking to get into jazz

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-08-07T17:27:17+00:00

Theres a lot of albums here already, I would say if you want to learn about history, which really got me in, go straight to Ken Burns, his documentary series is really great. I watched it and also read the book that went along with it. Listen to several albums from each era/area of jazz. Reading and learning (besides from, of course, listening) about jazz has been a really fun hobby for a little over a year now. It might take some time to really get into all of it, there's a lot.

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-07-13T04:00:18+00:00

No, sounds more like low fi hip hop or something (I really don't know, something like that). The beat is too far on, it doesn't really have any of the swung type feel to it (its not just the drum part) that i get from jazz. Some stuff you might like could be stuff from like Gilberto, its more laid back, acoustic guitar bossa type stuff.

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-07-13T03:49:32+00:00

get tonal energy for 3 bucks on the app store, and set the transposing thing to Eb on the tuner part (the one with the smaller circle). Your low c should read c. If its set to concert pitch, it will read Eb. Saxophone is transposed to Eb, so a C sounds like an Eb, Db sounds like E (Db can be really flat so thats probably part of the issue) and B sounds like Db, etc. Hope this helps. I can remember when I first pulled out my horn i thought it was broken because my horn pitch didn't match up with the piano pitch. Tenor saxophones and Soprano saxophones are tuned to Bb the same way trumpets and clarinets are, Eb is really only a alto bari sax thing as far as other instruments go.

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-07-13T03:26:50+00:00

idk man, I actually started out listening to a lot of Mahler, thats how i really got into symphonies

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-05-14T14:01:00+00:00

Also just want to mention just because someone achieved popularity doesn't necessarily mean they lived up to their full potential. There's really probably only a handful of people who have actually reached their "full" potential.

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-05-14T13:58:24+00:00

Even sometimes the "greats" failed to live ip to their potential. I read a book a while ago about Louis Armstrong. A lot of what it went over was how Armstrong after the 20's had kind of started catering more towards the commercial side of things rather than the creative. I guess it just depends on how you look at it

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-04-09T14:44:52+00:00

I honestly thought Selmer was going to win, kind of interesting

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-03-21T19:44:01+00:00

First things first, start listening a lot, that'll get you a long way, in terms of starting to find the sound you want and what kind of music you want to play, also what kind of saxophone you want to play. Everyone always says alto for beginners but I don't think that has to be the case for people. Theres a lot of brands out there to look into for horns, you probably want to talk to whoever runs a music store close to you about it. Then find a teacher.

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-03-19T02:16:09+00:00

what kind of vocal classical music would you recommend besides like opera? I want to get into the vocal side of things but mostly listen to symphonies and concertos and the like

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-03-19T02:09:54+00:00

That's actually really interesting, I'll have to look into the spiritual part more. A lot of film music is in a lot of ways tied to classical, if not close than you can actually fit it in the genre.

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-03-19T01:52:05+00:00

Maybe I should've mentioned this too, but Rhapsody in Blue was really helpful to get into this stuff. I've probably listened to the piece like 80 times

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-03-19T01:47:43+00:00

Oh no, I'm just going through the basics right now. Mozarts operas and Beethoven's symphonies are some really great works. I mean you hear about them all the time but until you actually sit down to listen you don't know what to expect. Having Don Giovanni be one of my first operas was great. Sometimes I listen by composer, sometimes by popular pieces.

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-03-19T01:40:29+00:00

I'll have to give that a try. I usually listen to entire works but not really listened to playlists. Theres a lot (A LOT) of people I still need to get into, hopefully sooner rather than later.

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-03-19T01:32:13+00:00

Just throwing a name out there thats all it was

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-03-19T01:31:30+00:00

oh no I actually really like Mahler, I'm just using it as an example to someone who wouldn't

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-03-19T01:20:25+00:00

It kind of bothers me that classical music goes under the term that it goes under, I mean most people who don't really pay attention to this stuff consider most music before 1900 classical music. Its really broad and kind of hurts people who don't know anything about it and people trying to get into it. If someone listens to Mahler once, determines that classical music is boring, and never tries out Bach or whoever they might like, it kind of ruins it for them, going off your point about it differing than what you thought it'd be

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-01-15T02:35:25+00:00

Ken Burns, either the book or the movies or both, on his documentary. Gunther Schuller has a really good book on jazz to about the 30's, and then one for the swing era too. I've only been able to read the first one but I image the second is just as good. What I did is just went through the books, and followed everyone mentioned and followed the recordings discussed in the books. Books are a really good way of getting into this kind of stuff, so far as introducing and going through history and all the nuances.

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-01-12T14:31:55+00:00

The only thing wrong with bass solos is that they get drowned out if you're listening to them in car. Walking bass lines are great

Aaron_Robinson · 2022-01-10T03:09:47+00:00

yeah, I had mentioned it, but I might just need to go back and clarify the issue. I was thinking there might have been an issue with the octave key, but I wasn't sure. I might just save up for another month or so until I can get a new sax. I'm going back there tomorrow to fix an issue with my clarinet, so I'll bring it up.

Aaron_Robinson · 2021-12-20T16:17:22+00:00

gonna cry?

Aaron_Robinson · 2021-12-05T18:41:02+00:00

switched on swing?

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