tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post115951748364161184..comments2023-12-04T09:29:06.375-08:00Comments on Casa Valdez Studios: Randy Porter's Be-Bop harmonic devicesDavid Carlos Valdezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02338319345488366328noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-1160527271908643072006-10-10T17:41:00.000-07:002006-10-10T17:41:00.000-07:00Cool! Thanks mate ;)Cool! Thanks mate ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-1159935883441065582006-10-03T21:24:00.000-07:002006-10-03T21:24:00.000-07:00Tom, It doesn't matter which altered chord or Melo...Tom,<BR/> It doesn't matter which altered chord or Melodic minor you start with. Any of them work alone or together with the others.David Carlos Valdezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338319345488366328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-1159924645474793432006-10-03T18:17:00.000-07:002006-10-03T18:17:00.000-07:00My pleasure, your blog is a joy! With the subs ove...My pleasure, your blog is a joy! With the subs over the tonic C minor chord, was D7alt chosen for any particular reason for the starting chord of the Diminished Cycle? It's interesting for me because I know that a II chord can cadence to the I without going through the V, but this is the first time I've observed an altered dominant II chord doing such.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-1159808470273917382006-10-02T10:01:00.000-07:002006-10-02T10:01:00.000-07:00Cool Tom, The B dim is the most logical choice for...Cool Tom,<BR/> The B dim is the most logical choice for delayed resolution to Cmaj, since it's the V7b9 of I. I didn't even really think of playing both of them. Thanks man!David Carlos Valdezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338319345488366328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-1159787523113600162006-10-02T04:12:00.000-07:002006-10-02T04:12:00.000-07:00For the D-7 G7 Cdim CMaj, I learnt this from my gu...For the D-7 G7 Cdim CMaj, I learnt this from my guitar teacher, Tony DeCaprio. And Kurt Rosenwinkel mentioned it on the notice board on his website too (go and do a couple of artful searches to find it). It's a great way of justifying a few funky tones against the C Maj chord, and to get into a neat sequence too, because if you play B diminished over the G7 you can repeat an aspect of your melody up a half step to herald Cdim!<BR/><BR/>As for the C-M7 over G, I remember reading John Stowell justified this as implying an altered dominant chord, which is certainly one dimension in looking at it. But, getting back to Tony DeCaprio, he teaches following Schoenberg that the a iv minor chord (of ANY quality) is a worthy sub because of the laws of Modal Interchange. Too heavy to go into detail here, but a ii-7b5 sub for a ii-7 is just a iv chord function.<BR/><BR/>Way to have such a hip blog dude! I'm a newcomer and am enjoying myself immensely!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-1159678266665229932006-09-30T21:51:00.000-07:002006-09-30T21:51:00.000-07:00That's a cool post. Am going to try some of the id...That's a cool post. Am going to try some of the ideas myself! Thanks Dave. =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-1159598251458100562006-09-29T23:37:00.000-07:002006-09-29T23:37:00.000-07:00I was just talking to Randy about the fact that Ch...I was just talking to Randy about the fact that Charles sounds so much better in person than he does on recordings. He said that Charles is a very high strung person and he gets nervous on recording sessions. The best recoding I´ve heard was something that Randy played me that was unreleased. C Mac sounded incredible, totally relaxed. I really like his recent recording called Manhattan Nocturn. The one after that is called Come Play with Me and I don´t think his sound is as happening on that one.David Carlos Valdezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338319345488366328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13630144.post-1159588057768956552006-09-29T20:47:00.000-07:002006-09-29T20:47:00.000-07:00Dave, What are the top must-have Charles McPherson...Dave, <BR/>What are the top must-have Charles McPherson albums from your perspective? I know he's a great player I just don't know squat about what he's done. - Thanks, AdamAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713769114820627121noreply@blogger.com