Critiquing work

[gibolson]

I am pleased that you are providing a jazz gospel tutorial section now. I have played in church for many years and have become 'stuck' in a rut. This will open the palette. Would you be open to critiquing 'my/our' playing style and suggesting where to start practicing by providing either samples or chord patterns to you? There is a wealth of material on this site (the jazz one as well) and this can almost be overwhelming.

TNX
Gib

[wmyette]

Would you be interested in posting video/audio in the forum? I think it would be great for students to get each others opinion as well.

[gibolson]

Sorry I have been away from this post for a while (in fact I forgot about this question) I would be interested in the critique.
I noticed that you have a list of suggestions which I did made a request to. One of the songs I have 'taken apart' and laid out one of the ways I would play it. I don't have audio or video prep software at the moment so it is written out as what follows below.
If you or anyone else would like to take a look at it that would be great.

I have developed a playing style that would reflect a lot of having to 'lead' from the piano in congregational singing. Therefore I usually do 'a chord per beat' and have worked on making each of those chords slightly different from each other in sort of a walking structure (you know... to keep things marching...flowing) My ear is so used to "the if in doubt use diminished or some kind of chromatic" that I am struggling to hear any new way of playing.

I am pasting below the chord structure I would 'basically' use for an old evangelistic hymn "There Is Power In The Blood"
I kind of took this apart and included the basic block chording eliminating the arpeggios and other flowery items.

I also incorporated in a couple of spots my interpretation of a 3-6-5-2-1 progression (I have managed to sort of hear that one!)

If anyone has any suggestions on how to take this further I would really appreciate it.

LH / RH

BbDF/BbDF Would
BEbGb/ADbF you
BEbGb/ADbF be
AbCEb/AbCEbF free
ABDF/AbBDF from
ABDF/AbBDF your
BEbG/BEbG bur-
BbDbEG/BbDbEG den
BbDbEG/BbDbEG of
BbDF/BbDF sin

DbEGBb/DbEGBb There's
CFA/CFA power
CEbGC/CEbGC in
CEbGC/CEbGB the
FACEb/FGAC Blo-
- CEbGbA/EbGbAC -od

GDF/DABb Power
CGBb/EBbD in
CGBb/EBbC the
FCEb/GBbD Blo-
- F/EbGbAD -od

BbDF/BbDF Would
BEbGb/ADbF you
BEbGb/ADbF o'er
AbCEb/AbCEbF ev-
AbBDF/AbBDF -il
BDF/AbBDF a
BEbG/BEbG vic-
BbDbEG/BbDbEG -t'ry
BbDbEG/BbDbEG to
BbDF/BbDF win

Db/DbEGBb There's
FAC/EbFA(-Bb) wonder
EGBb/DbEGbB ful
CEbG/EbGC power
F/CeBFBb in
F/CEbFA the
BbFBb/CDFBb Blood

F (single note) There
Bb (single note) is
FBbD/FBbD -FAD/FAD power,
EAbB/DGbBb power
EbGBb/EbGBbC wonder
EGBb/DbEA working
BbFBb/DF power
A (single note) In
Bb (single note) the
EbGC/EbGC - EbEbC/EbAbC - EbFAC/EbFGAC blood (3 chords)
Bb (single note) of
EbGbAC/EbGbAC the
GDF/DABbD - CEG/CEGBb - EbGC/EbGBbC Lamb (3 chords)
FACEb/ADF There
GACEb/GbACEb is
EAbB/DGbBb power
EbGBb/CEbGBb (C-A) wonder
EGBb/DbE (A-G) working
BbFBb/DF power
A (single note) In
Bb (single note) the
CEbGC/EbGBb (C-Eb) precious
EGBbC/EGBbD blood
EbGbAC/EbGbAC of
EbGbAC/EbGbAC the
BbDFBb/CDFBb Lamb

Thanks for any input I can get from anyone.

By the way the poly chord using the #I / V aug to I is something I have used for years. What would be the name of this chord? And how would that fit into other patterns?

Thanks
Gib Olson

[williemyette]

Have you recorded any video of you playing?

[gibolson]

Willie: I don't have any video recording equipment... however I will try to maybe put something together audio-wise. I probably should have gone down that road first.
Thanks.
Will get that one up as soon as possible.

TNX
Gib

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[gibolson]

I have placed a video showing my style of playing on utube:

The keyboard is not touch sensitive so I was somewhat limited in the feel of things. I am my own worst critique. I probably play too many notes. This will give an idea of where to start with some of us that might be verging on really difficult to overcome old habits.

How can I practice to come up with a style that's more appealing. I tend to use a lot of diminished chords (on the fly) instead of what we have been learning. Probably because that's the first thing I "hear".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_h2OgUF0fk

I welcome any suggestions.

TNX
Gib