The first workshop was just an introduction from Dave Lalama and his explanation of Jazz and theory and such. He chose a song for us to work on, "Scrapple from the Apple" by Charlie Parker, and gave us other homework as well such as scale and arpeggio excersizes. The song wont be tough for me because I already know how to play the head and blow over the A section, but I do need to refresh my memory for the B section, which is actually the B section from I Got Rhythm. What a lot of bebop musicians would do in the 40s when they wanted to play a tune without paying royalties is that they would just use the chord progression since that isnt able to be copyrighted, and make up their own melody over it. The A section of "Scrapple from the Apple" uses the chords from the A section of "Honeysuckle Rose."
The arpeggio excersizes however, will be a great workout for me because it will force me to learn new arpeggio shapes to fit in with the specific notes that Dave wants us to play. I really look forward to our next workshop on Tuesday.
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