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Tuesday
Tuesday
Tuesday
17 September 2024 - 10 December 2024 ( 21 hours, 12 weeks )
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Waterloo Centre
As Rhythm Section players we spend 80% of our time comping and accompanying others, where as spend 80% of our time practising soloing! This course concentrates on rhythm section playing, each players role in the band, how to comp behind soloists, bass solos, how to play as a rhythm section.Bassist Amy Baldwin leads the course, while jazz drummer Flavio Li Vigni co-leads three sessions per term.
We will learn 4 tunes together, study comping rhythms and techniques and apply them to the tunes we are working with. Especially for rhythm section players: Piano, Bass Drums, Guitar.
All: ability to read a lead sheet. Pianists/Guitarists: at least 2 different voicing options, an idea about rootless voicing. Bass: ability to create walking lines from a lead sheet. Drums: ability to read rhythms and follow a lead sheet.
Listen to as much music as possible, find out what you like and why!
Bring your instrument. Piano, drum kit and amps provided.
