Here's riffon Four Brothers.
I'm back to doing the "riffon" idea (reference most August entries) as I love this concept and the song base is inexhaustible. Below is the format.
I wanted to keep with the one minute time length, so I decided to figure this out exactly. This ends up being very simple since tempos are measured by beats per minute. All I have to do here is count the beats in the form and play to that tempo (number). The very last note starts at the one minute mark so the actual length of each of these is a second or so longer.
These riffons are all common “jazz fake book tunes”, I play through the basic form of each tune once (an intro or ending might be included if I thought it was an important part of the piece), The exact tempo of the tune, based on beats per minute, is used so that from the beginning of the first measure (no pick-up notes) to the downbeat of the top of the form upon repeating is played (marked) for the listener.
They’re named with the prefix “riffon” to indicate riffing on the song - I’m basically soloing on the form and not playing the melody. Doing these tunes in creative and liberating ways is the only way I can be interested enough to take on a series. The most fun was what these restrictions (rules) did to the tempos of the tunes. it was brought to my attention just how many standards are 32 measures long - pretty standard! So I had to play at 128bpm quite a few times. But I immediately thought of how slow Blue in Green would have to be, or how fast a Jobim tune over twice as long as the norm would be - very fun.
You may notice I’m going through the song list in alphabetical order. I’m perusing through books to find the songs I want to do and just made it to the F’s. If I want to continue this format or form albums, I’ve just gotten started!
I'm back to doing the "riffon" idea (reference most August entries) as I love this concept and the song base is inexhaustible. Below is the format.
I wanted to keep with the one minute time length, so I decided to figure this out exactly. This ends up being very simple since tempos are measured by beats per minute. All I have to do here is count the beats in the form and play to that tempo (number). The very last note starts at the one minute mark so the actual length of each of these is a second or so longer.
These riffons are all common “jazz fake book tunes”, I play through the basic form of each tune once (an intro or ending might be included if I thought it was an important part of the piece), The exact tempo of the tune, based on beats per minute, is used so that from the beginning of the first measure (no pick-up notes) to the downbeat of the top of the form upon repeating is played (marked) for the listener.
They’re named with the prefix “riffon” to indicate riffing on the song - I’m basically soloing on the form and not playing the melody. Doing these tunes in creative and liberating ways is the only way I can be interested enough to take on a series. The most fun was what these restrictions (rules) did to the tempos of the tunes. it was brought to my attention just how many standards are 32 measures long - pretty standard! So I had to play at 128bpm quite a few times. But I immediately thought of how slow Blue in Green would have to be, or how fast a Jobim tune over twice as long as the norm would be - very fun.
You may notice I’m going through the song list in alphabetical order. I’m perusing through books to find the songs I want to do and just made it to the F’s. If I want to continue this format or form albums, I’ve just gotten started!