Showing posts with label George Garzone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George Garzone. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Computer generated improvisation?

So you've learned your licks, you've figured out what scales work on what chord, you've got your voice leading down.  How is it any different if a computer does the same?  Is a computer capable of playing soulful sounding improvisation?  Is it possible for a computer to react to jazz changes and improvise, given some fancy programming code? 

Below is a computer generated solo using George Garzone's Triadic Chromatic approach - you can look back a few posts and find more on the concept.  I've also used the band in a box program and heard some computer generated Joe Hendersen-esque soloing.  Honestly...it wasn't that bad.  I even stole a lick - shhh, it might be listening.  So listen to this...

Monday, January 24, 2011

The Chromatic Triadic Approach...a.k.a. the what?!

If you are a theory monster who eats scales and chords for breakfast, then you might want to spend your lifetime mastering this concept, it's all the rage.  Click HERE to be redirected to a little pamphlet explaining tenor player George Garzone's Triadic Chromatic Approach to jazz improvisation.

This is the core concept as it is explained in the pamphlet...

Core Concept: For the soloist to outline the changes at the same time as the
rhythm section is redundant! Lines generated by the "chromatic approach"
provide a harmonic "carpet" that enhance the rhythm section, rather than
repeating it.
The combination of the triadic and chromatic approaches enables the
improvisor to move away from thinking solely about specific notes and
towards about contour and overall sound. For instance, lines derived from
the major triad exercise will generate a sound very distinct to lines derived
from minor triads, even if at first it might sound like random notes!


Here is George in action...

You aren't going to find a more spontaneous improviser than George.