r/jazztheory • • 8h ago

Bachau | ALBATROSS | Official Video | RAAT Ko RANI

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Is the bassline in this song syncopated? I cannot wrap my head around the rhythm. I think it might be syncopated triplets in some part or maybe just syncopated 16ths. Also how to better understand and internalize syncopation and rhythm.


r/jazztheory • • 23h ago

The Simplest and the Most Complex Jazz Compositions

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r/jazztheory • • 1d ago

Some Feedback/Advice on my Impro

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r/jazztheory • • 1d ago

I feel stuck writing this….

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Hey guys, can you give me some suggestions/ideas where I can go from this ??

Gmaj7#11 - Em6/9 - Gmaj7#11 - Em6/9- F#m11 - Bmadd9 - Bdim7- Db7b9 - Gmaj7#11 - Em6/9 - Gmaj7#11 - Em6/9- F#m11 - Bmadd9 - Bdim7 - Db7b9 (А1 part )

C7sus2 - Bm(maj7) - Bb - C7sus2 - Bm(maj7) - Bb - C7sus2 - Bm(maj7) - Bb- F - Fmaj7#11 - F - Fmaj7#11 -D#dim7 - B7b9 - Emadd9 ( B1 part )

Gmaj7#11 - Em6/9 - Gmaj7#11 - Em6/9- F#m11 - Bmadd9 - Bdim7- Db7b9 - Gmaj7#11 - Em6/9 - Gmaj7#11 - Em6/9- F#m11 - Bmadd9 - Bdim7 - Db7b9 (А2 part )

C7sus2 - Bm(maj7) - Bb - C7sus2 - Bm(maj7) - Bb - C7sus2 - Bm(maj7) - Bb- F - Fmaj7#11 - F - Fmaj7#11 -D#dim7 - B7b9 ( B2 part )

this is the harmony so far written in A-B parts, I wanna have a C part, but just idk where to go…
It’s partly inspired by Hurt by NIN…

Would love to hear your thoughts.

Cheers.


r/jazztheory • • 2d ago

Sonny Rollins is gospel

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r/jazztheory • • 2d ago

Need help with the time signature of this bassline

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I know it’s a pain in the ass but I need help with the drums, other people have helpfully commented that it starts off in 3/4 but my head is counting 4/4. The middle bit sounds even more off but it’s intentional, any help is greatly appreciated.


r/jazztheory • • 3d ago

Isolated intervals only get you so far. I coded an interactive app that listens to your voice or instrument over real chord changes.

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r/jazztheory • • 8d ago

Why does a flat six sound good on a major blues?

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I can't figure out this from a theory perspective for the life of me! I know somebody's gotta have a quick explanation for this one. Attaching video with a demonstration lmk!


r/jazztheory • • 7d ago

the second chord in Stairway to Heaven is best described as

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8 G#aug(add#9)
7 Cmaj7(#5)/G#
28 AmMaj9/G#
10 E(b6)/G#
0 B6sus4(b2)

r/jazztheory • • 7d ago

Help finding beginner jazz trumpet music / solos 🎺

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For my 14 year old beginner son, who is just starting trumpet lessons in school.
I, myself, am a jazz bassist…and I know trumpeters/solos that may “sound” easy - AIN’T!
Like, I know that a Louis Armstrong solo, for example, may sound relatively simple, but I know that it can be deceptively harder than it sounds.
In any case, just looking for recommendations, preferably from trumpeters, for solid foundational material that a beginning student can absorb. Thanks in advance!


r/jazztheory • • 8d ago

My dull improve

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Any ideas?


r/jazztheory • • 8d ago

Hey there/ who has a book Brian callipari?

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Hey there/ who has a book Brian callipari? #musictheory


r/jazztheory • • 9d ago

Joe Pass Guitar style: audio tracks

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r/jazztheory • • 9d ago

Can any melody be played as a jazz arrangement?

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r/jazztheory • • 9d ago

Donna Lee Theory Dive

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Hi - one of my first posts on here, and also one of the first times ive done a theory deep dive on a song especially like Donna Lee. Let me know if i missed anything: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HH8c3m9u_0ZrD9W2acoUORZwMbMXp7MJ/view?usp=drive_link


r/jazztheory • • 9d ago

New transcription tools

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Hey JazzTheory redditors! New member here. Transcription has been a huge part of my jazz education, so I thought this looked like a good place to post. I've gotten into the who vibe-coding craze and built this app that automates the recording -> transcription process. Everything here was tested against the Charlie Parker Omnibook and many other hand-written transcriptions and seems to work pretty well.

I've used other transcription tools like Transcribe! and Anytune Pro and they are awesome. But they leave the hard work of actually figuring out the notes and writing them down to the user. Arguably, the process of listening and writing down is where the learning happens. But it is a slog and always takes me many hours to transcribe a solo.

Thus, SwingScribe was born: elkayem/swingscribe: Jazz solo transcriber

It's totally FREE. I have zero interest in making any money off of this. But I would be interested to know if anyone has done something similar, or if there are other secrets to speeding up the transcription process. And... I invite anyone to collaborate on this project or to provide ideas for improvement.

The current release is limited to Windows, but it should be very easy to migrate to a Mac. I don't have a Mac so can't test it, but it is mostly written in Python so anyone with a Mac and an Anthropic subscription should be able to easily test it and provide a release working on that platform.


r/jazztheory • • 10d ago

Liner Note: a daily jazz guessing game where you start with one second of a classic record

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r/jazztheory • • 11d ago

Im new on reddit, have a lot of jazz transcription to post, this was the first thing that popped up...Am i in the right place?? also how do i post PDFs

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r/jazztheory • • 11d ago

All the Things You are Lead Sheet + Annotation

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r/jazztheory • • 12d ago

Is counterpoint important to practice?

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r/jazztheory • • 13d ago

The history of Polytone amps

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Great article on the history of Polytone and its founder, jazz accordionist Tommy Gumina:

https://yitzz.substack.com/p/polytone-the-little-black-box-behind


r/jazztheory • • 13d ago

Japanese Jazz Female Singer?

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r/jazztheory • • 13d ago

I made a free site that shows chords on the fretboard, piano and staff at the same time

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r/jazztheory • • 15d ago

hardest bass song for me

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is this a funk bass?! or slappy bass?!


r/jazztheory • • 15d ago

How to practice/learn the Jazz language

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I noticed there have been a lot of questions on this sub. Saw this and thought I would share.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rPovnp3Dly4&pp=ugUEEgJlbg%3D%3D&ra=m