Transcript Blues Scale

Jazz Choir
Tuesdays from
2:15 - 3:15
Welcome Back
Congratulations on your entrance into the
Jazz Choir.
 Rehearsals are mandatory.
 Please Look over all music before
rehearsal.
 Practice Blues scale.
 Use rehearsal CD’s.
 BE PREPARED… ALWAYS!!!
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Blues Scale
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In any key the blues scale can be built using:
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Solfege Syllables:
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Do
Me
Fa
Fi
Sol
#4
5
Te
Do
Scale Number Degrees
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1
b3
4
b7
8
Scat Singing Hints Part I
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While every good scat singer develops her own vocabulary of
sounds, there are a few guidelines that may help.
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The three main rhythm patterns we sing are 2s, 3s, and 4s. Finding
syllabic phrases that are comfortable to sing in those patterns will
make scatting much easier for the beginner.
First, 2s. doo-ba, ba-doo, bedda all work because, when singing
fast, you are using a back-front, front-back articulation in the mouth.
'Be' is made with the lips; 'dda' is made with the tongue. This rocking
between lips and tongue is easier to enunciate than dadadadadada
or bebebebebe. One can also use the tip of the tongue and the midhump of the tongue: la-da, godda, dugga. When you listen to scat
singing, you'll hear different syllables for 2s, but the clearest,
cleanest diction will come from some form of rocking motion in the
mouth.
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3s, the triplet. This, of course, will usually be a back-front-back or a
front-back-front motion: badda-la, rubba-da, bebba-ka, etc.
Scat Singing Hints Part II
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4s can be sung as a pair of 2s, but in many cases it is better to
explore different 4-note phrases. The do-re-mi-so pattern,
popularized by Coltrane in his Giant Steps, Moment's Notice period,
can be practiced on for clarity: bo-da-lugga, doo-ba-rebba, and so
on. By having specific notes to work with, you can free up the other
side of your brain to try other syllable combos.
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Not all phrases are attacked the same. These examples I've given
are for learning precision and clarity; scoops, slides, bends, shakes
and other devices will require other ideas: dipthongs, consonant
blends, tonal shifts, etc. Dow-oo, dow-oo. Drrrebba-doo-wee.
Bweee-dabba bwee-poppa. Ree-ow, rare-negga-degga. Hee-yare,
hee-yare, nigh-rabba. So many possibilities.
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Finally, a vowel at the end of a syllable leaves a note open to be
followed smoothly by another note in a phrase; ending with a
consonant puts punctuation in your phrases: boo-depp, boo-depp,
lugga-doo-bopp.
Click on Louis Armstrong to Hear
Heebie Jeebie
Scat
Singing
It is during this recording
that Louis Armstrong
“invented” scat singing.
Jazz Charts
for this year
Birdland
The Manhattan Transfer
Here is an instrumental version of the same song…
Birdland – Weather Report
Route 66
Here are some other songs we will
be performing – performed by the
original groups
Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard
Simon and Garfunkel
In My Life
The Beatles
Concert Dates
 Jazz
Day – Saturday, January 19th
 American
Music Concert –
Wednesday, Feb. 6th
 Jazz
Night – Wednesday, April 30th