I’m 16 years old and I joined the jazz band my freshmen year of high-school. I really loved accompanying the Jazz Band and being a part of the rhythm section. However, I didn’t really like taking solos because I was one of those guitarists who does nothing but sits in his basement and learns tablature [...]

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The music played? The personality of the player? The emotion in the piece? Improvisation (if jazz)?

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I play clarinet and am in a jazz band. Right now i’m not improvising but I’d like to learn how. I remember doing it a few times and looking at certain scales and using those notes. What are those scales and how do they go? How do I know which one to use? Thank you [...]

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the Grateful Dead for doing the very same thing live? I always am just floored by the Prog and Jazz nazis who rave over the complexity and like of Jazz, and yet turn a scornful and derisive glance toward Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead… WHO WERE THE EPITOME OF FREE-STYLE and Improv. And in [...]

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ok i’m in HS band and i recently asked a question about nervousness and stage fright (check it out and answer please) Yea so i’ve been getting alot of solos lately and i’m even more scared. there is no written music! WTF? yea i don’t know what to do to make things worse i need [...]

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I’m planning to be a jazz studies major in college and I have an audition with the college’s music department next week. I started playing alto saxophone in grade school but didn’t really have proper teaching until I reached high school. I’m able to get a pretty decent sound despite my set up (cheap mouth [...]

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I play clarinet and am in a jazz band. Right now i’m not improvising but I’d like to learn how. I remember doing it a few times and looking at certain scales and using those notes. What are those scales and how do they go? How do I know which one to use? Thank you!

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Or is it OK to come up with solos or phrases you like beforehand? I would consider myself a pretty good jazz clarinet player, and I rarely come up with solos completely on the spot. Often, during practices times I’ll come up with solos and phrases that sound good and then use them when I [...]

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I’m thinking of starting a jazz band but i only have a electric bass and an alto saxophone. Is this a good start

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I need a cool band name for a whole middle school jazz band. We have about 30 kids and play songs like "Oye Como Va" and "So What" etc… Thanks

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Hey im auditioning for jazz band on piano. For the audition, our director gave us some scales and part of a jazz song. Its all chords, and some measures repeat and stuff so i was wondering if i should improvise. if i should, then how? I know all the notes in the chords, so should [...]

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So my band director asked if i would be intereseted in joing jazz band and i told him i would think about it. I need to know by tuesday because thats when our registration forms are due. Any advice on wat its like would help.

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I’m just entering my junior year and I’ve been playing bass guitar for about 2 years. I’m not that good since I can’t read music and I’m not good at improvising. Jazz Band is a second semester class, so I might be able to change to it but it would require alot of work…. If [...]

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