Re: Derek Baily Improvisation TV

["Krispen Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>]

You disagree with my own experience of transcription? How the heck is that 
possible? That's like me saying I like strawberry icecream better than 
vanilla, and you disagreeing.  :)  My own experience and my learning style 
contradicts everything you say below. That's just one person's learning 
style vs. millions of others.

Kris

----- Original Message ----- 


>>> I also like Bailey's interpretation of the value of transcribing in 
>jazz 
>>> or in learning to improvise. I've never found that as a useful tool, 
>in 
>>> terms of making me a better player or increasing my improvisation 
>>> skills...maybe making it easier for me to copy other players' licks 
>and 
>>> clichés, but nothing from a creative standpoint.
>
> I have to disagree with this. I suppose if you go into transcription 
>with 
> the goal of hijacking somebody else's style, that's all you'll get out 
>of 
> it. But transcription is an excellent form of ear training, and I would 
> argue that good ears are, if anything, even more important in authentic 
> free playing than in the mainstream. And nothing says you have to 
>restrict 
> your transcription to solo instruments. Try to pry apart some of Maria 
> Schneider's dense large-ensemble jazz voicings; even though I can do it 
> imperfectly, I think it can greatly improve one's clarity of expression.
>
> Brian
>