[linux-audio-user] playing chords to help practise improvisation

Guy Daniel CLOTILDE guy.clotilde at wanadoo.fr
Sun Dec 8 02:55:00 EST 2002


Hi

On Sat, 7 Dec 2002 21:28:25 -0500 (EST)
Larry Troxler <lt at westnet.com> wrote / a écrit:


> I can sort of see what you're getting at - you would like some
> band-in-the-box type software that helps you learn how to improvise.

Yeah I think it's his question. If it's not, it's mine :)

>  I honestly think that if you want to learn jazz, you need
> to get with a group of like-minded people and go through some exercises
> that are found in jazz improvisation books. The things that you want your
(etc)

Really sorry, but I _strongly_ disagree with you. I play jazz in bands, but don't call myself a jazzman anyway. Lots of my friends are. But, everybody who has touched bbox has greatly improved his style and we all agree it's a great tool.

Please, don't take it bad, but I'd like to know, but _are you a jazzman_ , actually playing in bands, giving live gigs or is it just an opinion of your own? 

Bbox gives you a drummer, a bassist always there, knowing the chords change.
Bbox let you train yourself on hards songs, by slowing down the tempo, the whole RealBooks are avalaible, you can train yourself with pop, rock salsa too. But you should know it, because you seems to have use bbox.
I, for one, really miss bbox since I'm on Linux years from now. There is one program around there which goal is the same, but I never succeed to make it works.
I agree with an original poster, midi is too often depicted as "not real music". Sure. But it's a wonderful tool I grown with since my atari 1040 ste.

Once again, sorry if I seemed rude, but it put me on the wall.

Guy CLO~
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