SEN band is back and classier than ever.

A few things. Anyone is allowed to participate as long as you can play an instrument. Guitars, clarinet, keyboard and drums are all okay. Mac book is not an instrument.

First thing to be decided is who is playing, post in thread to signup, include your instrument.

Second thing to be decided is what you guys want to play in the piece. Do you want to solo? Do you want to do chords? Outline the melody? Our song selection/composition will be based around this.

Last thing to decide is what we will be playing. Most jazz has any of the following: introduction (gives a feel), verse (main melody), bridge (transition, sometimes leads into solo), solo section. The standard format is Melody->Solo->Melody* repeat. We could compose our own music (probably not a good idea, seeing as we don't even know how well we work together) or go off of a standard or other jazz music. I have a PDF of The Real Book (a book with hundreds of common jazz tunes' sheet music) so teaching won't be an issue. If need be I could also write out guitar tabs or audio recordings for those who are too lazy to read music or prefer to learn by ear, respectively.

*the second melody section frequently has a turn-around that leads back into the beginning

Jazz is about flexibility. There aren't any instrumental restrictions. A jazz band doesn't have to have an upright bass and a piano. A friend of mine recorded some jazz with a saxophone and a ukelele, for example. Jazz is about what you're playing, not what (instrument) you're playing.

I should probably mention that I play both electric and classical guitar, but my electric guitar is professional quality while my classical is beginner quality (not to say I don't know how to work the tone).

Sign ups
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The Lineup



C sheet music.
Eb Sheet Music
Bb Sheet Music
For the sheet music I should mention that the 7 (dominant seven) or 7b9 (dominant seven flat nine) chord would more often be played as 7b13 (dominant seven flat thirteen) to accentuate the harmonic minor note leading back into the next chord. Both are fine though. You can even do 7b9b13 (dominant seven flat nine flat thirteen) if you so choose.

Post has been edited 9 time(s), last time on Jul 26 2012, 5:29 pm by TiKels.

My body is an instrument of destruction, obviously that counts.

Oh this is antagonizing.

At any rate...I haven't played it in five years, and my younger sister fucked up my sax back to last Thursday. So while I'm interested I first must acquire funds to fix my sax and then I must acquire the balls to practice it.

But go ahead without me. I'll catch up.

How many more times must we make these SEN Band Projects? They never work!

Seriously.

Haters gonna hate.
This is crucial; Please respond @everyone. If you don't know, say so and I'll give you a part. If you'd like I could even write a solo for anyone that's interested.

Sacrieur should take all the solos.

I'm actually really curious to see sac's chops. That being said, I want some solos too, serious or not.

I am being mostly serious but a little playful. he seems to enjoy solos....at least how he talks about them. Maybe as I get confident I'll try some but I've never been good at that type of thing...granted I've never done a solo. The closest I got was when the instructor in a master's class singled me out and i was seriously going OH GOD WHY. The entire time. To put it nicely.

I WANT TO PLAY THE KAZOO

Fuck yea jazz kazoo

Soloing is my absolute favorite. It requires a bit of practice to get the hang of, though. I could give you the resources and information you need to practice soloing so you can build up your knowledge. There's tons of "backing tracks" or "jam tracks" or what-have you on YouTube as well. Once you start it only gets better. That offer goes out to anyone.

If you're serious, I'd totally let you play the kazoo.

I can play piano and guitar, don't have steel string acoustic but I have an electric and a classical guitar, plus an ordinary piano. So I'm in I guess, my mic is not amazing though although I'm planning on buying a blue snowball. If it's guitar I don't mind playing rhythm/chords or solos, if it's piano then perhaps outlining the melody?

I was asking what you wanted to do. What do you WANT to play in the music?

I have an electric guitar too, and a clarinet. I am not good at playing the clarinet though, my hands don't cover the holes correctly (I learned n a bass clarinet), the holes are covered). My hands are too small for the neck of a classic guitar. I love the sound though.

I want to play piano :3 already have other guitar players and my piano skills are rusty so an excuse to practice it more is good.

I used to be timid about solos too. Still am, a little bit. Going from being in the background with a group of people to being the main person playing is a huge step, and it's a bit scary at first because you really really don't want to mess up.

That was mostly solved with practice. Lots and lots of practice.

I've got a lot of stuff on my plate, so please excuse the delay. Unless there are objections, we will be playing Autumn leaves in E minor at a tempo of 100 BPM.

I'm not positive on clarinets and saxophone tuning, but I believe that a C on a transposing instrument (IE piano, guitar...) is an Eb on an alto sax and a Bb on a clarinet. Correct me if I'm wrong. That means we will be playing in F# minor for our clarinettist and Ab for our sax, correct? If anyone has any difficulties with the tuning, please speak up so we may change keys if need be (this is for anyone).

The Lineup


You have 48 hours as of this post (to the nearest hour) to respond in thread, or you will be removed and replaced in the jazz band.

If you would like a different role please say so and I will accommodate you. This is a tentative lineup.

Once again, I'm not expecting you guys to pull this off like you're a veteran musician so do not be intimidated. I however do expect an effort on your part. To anyone who needs it, I'll give you information on anything you can imagine. I also can find you sheet music. Ask questions, please.

Edited first post with updated information on the players/instruments.
Lead sheet for piano/guitars. For the sheet music I should mention that the B7 b9 (B dominant seven flat nine) chord would more often be played as B7 b13 (B dominant seven flat thirteen) to accentuate the harmonic minor note leading back into the Em chord. Both are fine though. You can even do B7b9b13 if you so choose.

Post has been edited 5 time(s), last time on Jul 22 2012, 3:03 am by TiKels.

I CAN COUNT TO CHAIR

Hi :3

This is going to be interesting. By which I mean a presumable failure, because I don't think kame is any good at playing the chair.

A melody to myself? Oh boy, this should be bad.