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I’ve been practicing for a while on Robert Hartig’s The Giant Steps Scratch Pad Complete,whose subtitle –155 Licks and Patterns in Every Key to Help You Master John Coltrane’s Challenging Tune –gives quite a precise idea of what it’s all about. What the title and subtitle don’t say is how well the book is organized. Unlike most other pattern books,which take a pattern and transpose it along all twelve keys,this book takes the opposite approach:it contains twelve chapters,one for each key. The material is basically the same for each chapter,except that highest or lowest notes might be altered to fit the sax range. Each chapter is 20 pages long and is further subdivided in two sections,which reflect Giant Steps’A-B structure,where A and B sections are 8 measures each. (Section A is what is usually referred to as the “Giant Steps cycle”.) Patterns in the “A”section of each chapter are 4-measure long and must be manually transposed by a major third down to cover the 8 measures,whereas patterns in the “B”section of each chapter are 8-measure long and require no manual transposition. Both “A”and “B”chapter sections end with one page devoted to patterns over the augmented scale. This is interesting because you can play the augmented scale over the entire Giant Step progression without sounding too dissonant. (You can also sound too boring,if you play the augmented scale long enough,but that’s another story…). My experience with this book is quite positive. Most patterns aren’t the kind of 1-2-3-5 pattern that you can find in other similar books and are more musical and less predictable than most Giant Steps pattern seen elsewhere. I should add that I haven’t practiced over it for as long as I wished. Even if the author explains that the book is the result of his own studies over many years,he himself admits he hasn’t practiced all those patterns in all possible keys,and in fact I doubt that many sax players in the world can ever play Giant Steps in any key. At any rate,if you want to be among that small elite,than this book surely gives you years of studying. The unusual A-B structure of the book is intriguing,even though in some cases I found myself wishing I had all possible transpositions of a given pattern in one page,something that may make sense if you want to play “outside”or want to superimpose the Giant Steps sequence over a modal tune or a tune with a different harmonic progression. The pages devoted to the augmented scale are welcome,for me at least,because I never practiced this scale as intensely as I wished. To be true,I would have liked to see more rhythmic variety,as most patterns just straight 8th notes,but tweaking a pattern to make it look like an original musical idea is part of every musician’s bag of expertise and it isn’t the goal of this book. The author recommends to practice these patterns along with an Aebersold,however it is very impractical to do so,because the A-B structure of the book means that you can’t practice a pattern over an entire chorus. Instead,you should use a Band-in-a-Box file,which allows you to repeat portions of the songs. (Of course,this latter piece of advice assumes that you own BIAB.) As a saxopedia reader,you have a third,better choice. To practice on Giant Steps I created a chord sequence with ChordPulse,and you don’t need to buy anything because you can download the free ChordPulse Player. You can now practice any portion of Giant Steps,in any key and at any tempo,without spending a dime,by just download this ZIP file. (I have described ChordPulse in this post and also prepared some common chord sequences,which you can download from here.) You can order The Giant Steps Scratch Pad Complete e-book from Robert Hartig’s Stormhorn web site,where you can also find many other interesting articles related to sax playing and specifically on Giant Steps,such as this one. Happy reading and happy practicing!
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Tá mé ag cleachtadh ar feadh tamaill ar Robert Hartig Tá na Céimeanna Giant Pad Scratch Comhlánaigh , a bhfuil a fotheideal - 155 Licks agus Patrúin i Gach Eochair Cabhrú Leat Máistir John Coltrane ar Dúshlánach Tune -gives leor smaoineamh beacht cad tá sé ar fad faoi. Cad é nach bhfuil an teideal agus fotheideal a rá go bhfuil cé chomh maith go bhfuil an leabhar eagraithe. Murab ionann agus an chuid is mó leabhair patrún eile, a ghlacadh patrún agus thrasuíomh sé ar feadh na heochracha déag, a thógann an leabhar seo leis an gcur chuige os coinne: tá sé dhá caibidil, ceann amháin do gach eochair. Is é an t-ábhar bunúsach mar an gcéanna do gach caibidil, ach amháin a d'fhéadfadh a nótaí is airde nó is ísle a athrú a d'oirfeadh an raon sax. Tá gach caibidil 20 leathanaigh fada agus tá sé á bhforoinnt tuilleadh i dhá chuid, a léiríonn struchtúr Giant Steps'AB, i gcás ina bhfuil A agus B ailt 8 Bearta gach ceann acu. (Tá Roinn A ar a bhfuil de ghnáth mar an "Céimeanna Giant timthriall".) Is iad Patrúin sa "A" alt de gach caibidil 4-bheart fada agus ní mór a thrasuí láimh ag náisiúnach tríú tír mór síos go dtí an 8 Bearta a chlúdach, ach Tá patrúin sa rannóg "B" de gach caibidil 8-bheart fada agus a cheangal ar aon trasuí láimhe. An dá ranna "A" agus caibidil "B" deireadh leis an leathanach amháin a bheidh dírithe ar phatrúin thar an scála méadaithe. Tá sé seo suimiúil mar is féidir leat imirt ar an scála méadaithe thar an dul chun cinn ar fad Céim Giant gan sounding ró dissonant. (Is féidir leat fuaime chomh maith ró-leadránach, má tá tú ag imirt ar an scála méadaithe fada go leor, ach sin scéal eile ...). Is é mo thaithí leis an leabhar dearfach go leor. Nach bhfuil an chuid is mó pátrúin ar an chineál 1-2-3-5 patrún gur féidir leat a fháil i leabhair eile dá samhail agus tá níos mó ceoil agus níos lú intuartha ná an chuid is mó patrún Céimeanna Giant feiceáil in áiteanna eile. Ba chóir dom a chur go nach bhfuil mé chleachtadh níos mó ná é chomh fada agus is ba mhian liom. Fiú má mhíníonn an t-údar go bhfuil an leabhar mar thoradh ar a chuid staidéar féin thar na blianta fada, admhaíonn sé féin nach bhfuil sé chleachtadh ag na patrúin ar fad i ngach eochair is féidir, agus go deimhin amhras orm gur féidir le himreoirí sax go leor ar fud an domhain a imirt riamh Céimeanna Giant in aon eochair. Ag aon ráta, más mian leat a bheith i measc sin mionlach beag, ná mar a thugann an leabhar seo duit surely bliana de staidéar. Tá an struchtúr AB neamhghnách ar an leabhar intriguing, cé i gcásanna áirithe fuair mé mé féin ar mian leo go raibh mé go léir dtrasuíomh féideartha de phatrún a tugadh i leathanach amháin, rud a d'fhéadfadh a ciall a más mian leat a imirt "taobh amuigh" nó ag iarraidh a fhorshuí an Céimeanna Giant seicheamh thar fonn módúil nó dtiúin le dul chun cinn armónach éagsúla. Is iad na leathanaigh a bheidh dírithe ar an scála méadaithe fáilte roimh, go dtí mé ar a laghad, ní mar gheall ar chleachtadh mé an scála chomh intensely ar mo mhian. Chun a bheith fíor, ba mhaith liom a thaitin a fheiceáil éagsúlacht níos mó rhythmic, le patrúin chuid is mó nótaí 8 ach díreach, ach tweaking patrún chun é a dhéanamh breathnú cosúil le smaoineamh bunaidh ceoil mar chuid de mála gach ceoltóir ar an saineolas agus nach bhfuil sé an sprioc den leabhar seo. Molann an t-údar a chleachtadh na patrúin mar aon le Aebersold, áfach, tá sé an-praiticiúil sin a dhéanamh, mar ciallaíonn an struchtúr AB ar an leabhar nach féidir leat a chleachtadh patrún thar curfá ar fad. Ina áit sin, ba chóir duit a úsáid ar Band-i-a-Bosca comhad, a ligeann duit codanna de na hamhráin athuair. (Ar ndóigh, glactar leis an píosa deiridh den chomhairle go bhfuil tú féin BIAB.) Mar léitheoir saxopedia, tá an tríú, rogha níos fearr duit. A chleachtadh ar Chéimeanna Giant chruthaigh mé seicheamh corda le ChordPulse , agus ní gá duit aon rud a cheannach mar is féidir leat a íoslódáil saor in aisce ChordPulse Player . Is féidir leat a chleachtadh anois aon chuid de Céimeanna Giant, in aon eochair agus ag aon luas, gan chaitheamh a dime, ag díreach a íoslódáil an comhad ZIP . (Rinne mé cur síos ChordPulse sa phost seo agus freisin ullmhaithe roinnt sraitheanna corda coitianta, ar féidir leat a íoslódáil ó anseo .) Is féidir leat chun na Céimeanna Giant Pad Scratch Comhlánaigh r-leabhar ó Robert Hartig ar Stormhorn láithreán gréasáin, áit ar féidir leat a fháil chomh maith go leor earraí suimiúil eile a bhaineann le seinm sax agus go háirithe ar Chéimeanna Giant, mar an ceann seo . Léamh sona agus cleachtach sásta!