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20. Feral Feline (ETA Nov 3)
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My copy is here already! Alas, it actually arrived sometime the tail-end of last week, but I've been flat out with a project and didn't see the post office's "Tried to deliver... now you gotta pick it up" notice until Saturday night. It was a long Sunday and I just squeeked through the PO's doors today a few minutes AFTER they closed.
Fantastic! I thought it would be more of a home-style, finished-at-Kinko's type of book, I wasn't expecting a proper published and bound book with its own ISBN #!
Very clean layout, easy to read.
The quotes are well chosen, inspiring and add spice – reminding me of aphorisms most of us forget or take for granted, but could well do with being reminded of more often.
"Jazz Licks: Bass Clef Version" has arrived the very day that I'm starting a new project with a guitarist, aiming to up my game significantly and charting a course towards being a competent Jazz player.
Alas, I should leave in a few minutes for this inaugural rehearsal, so no time to delve into the book more than my precursory flip-through.
Many thanks, Bopland!!
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A few comments:
1) It's under-priced. It's worth WAAAY more than the current price on Amazon
2) I wish it was spiral-bound. The binding, along with the massive number of pages make it hard to lay the book flat on the music stand. I'll probably take it to kinkos to have it spiral bound.
3) It would be nice if there were more instructions on how to approach it. I plan on practicing and learning the licks, but also breaking them down to see how they work for the chords and what role each note plays. I'm sure there are endless ways to use the book, but I think a bit more elaboration could really help a student, especially one who is using this on their own.
I'll add positive review on Amazon soon.
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Under-Priced
The shipping to Hong Kong cost a few bucks more than the book.
I'm a pedagogue pack-rat and most of my books were bought on sale and they still cost more than double what "Jazz Licks" is being sold for.
As soon as I read in this thread there's the Treble Version, my mind is telling me it'd be good to be able to read treble clef as well – so that's a definite purchase for me down the pike.
All good points. I might look into that spiral bind idea.
I kind of like how open it is to your own interpretation - use it as a practice tool in whatever way you think is best.
I was thinking it might be good to upload some vids of favourite lines. I'm particularly enjoying the Turnaround section .
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Open to Interpretation
It means you can work out of the book what you want/need and return to it at a later date with a different set of aspirations and goals ... dig as deeply as you are willing to work for it. The danger of a prescribed method, for me, is I may not think outside of the box if I'm spoon-fed a specific set of information.
Thanks again Bopland, a truly magnificent and magnanimous gift.
For my part, I promise to work hard and ensure that the book is not a dust collector, but rather a well-thumbed, dog-eared, smudged notes-in-the-margin tome of hard-learned edification.
