kudzurunner
4307 posts
Oct 14, 2013
7:42 PM
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Just stumbled across the following and it's a great one. After a long solo jazz blues on guitar, she gets serious and delivers an extended lecture on how to teach yourself how to swing using a metronome. There is a lot of food for thought here:
Remler is a tragic story. She was a heroin addict who died at 32. None of that is obvious from this video. She's a beautiful player with a lot to teach. If you're a blues nazi who doesn't like jazz, skip ahead to 41:40 or so and listen to what she has to say. It's simple and elegant.
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Oct 14, 2013 7:46 PM
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easyreeder
421 posts
Oct 14, 2013
8:27 PM
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What a find. Thanks Adam.
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capnj
173 posts
Oct 14, 2013
9:34 PM
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Wow I just jumped out of my rut,swinging with her,she just made so much sense.Emily really got to me,she liked to get out there,but play the right notes on time,something I have slipped out of,in a quest for improvisational dreamland.Swinging yeah,something a harp player can really shine on.Thanks Adam and Emily
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Tuckster
1360 posts
Oct 15, 2013
9:23 AM
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Thanks,Adam! I've watched it twice. Awesome!
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Diggsblues
1292 posts
Oct 15, 2013
10:40 AM
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Funny two great jazz guitar players,one of them being Jimmy Bruno, played a joke on her. One would tell her
you're not playing enough pentatonic stuff another would tell her you're playing too much.
Emile
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kudzurunner
4308 posts
Oct 15, 2013
11:20 AM
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Here's a solo live video. She moves from the flatpick to just fingers--great stuff with that walking baseline--and then back to the pick. This is the stuff I tried to play back in college and just didn't have the mind (much less the fingers!) to play. This is class solo jazz-blues guitar:
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blueswannabe
309 posts
Oct 15, 2013
7:52 PM
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Great advice. Straight forward , honest and to the point. What a player and teacher! Thanks Adam.
Last Edited by blueswannabe on Oct 15, 2013 7:53 PM
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nacoran
7233 posts
Oct 15, 2013
9:27 PM
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Interesting stuff on call and response with chords too.
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Gnarly
727 posts
Oct 15, 2013
11:16 PM
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Seeing this second video reminds of what Barney Kessel used to say--learn the melody in all positions first.
I don't know if that applies to the harmonica--it's not a guitar 8)
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JInx
584 posts
Oct 16, 2013
12:33 AM
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she seems like one of those players who's always thinking, "i'm cooler, i'm faster, i'm hipper, i'm better..." she makes me want to fall asleep. sorry.
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FreeWilly
360 posts
Oct 16, 2013
1:40 AM
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Oh. I thought she comes off rather down to earth. No mystery there, just hard work. Sure, there's some 80's flair, but I don't share that observation. Funny.
Either way, some real pearls in there. She reinforces something I read from Carlos del Junco somewhere. "If you practice to fast and make mistakes, you're practicing mistakes." ... Wow
And on top of that some really understandable comparisons between blues/rock and Jazz.
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kudzurunner
4309 posts
Oct 16, 2013
5:28 AM
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"After that teacher told me I had bad time when I was 18 years old, I went home and cried about it. And then I got a metronome and started working on it....I hold no secrets back: Work with the metronome!...And when it starts to swing, you'll get a good feeling in your stomach....It should be loose. You should be dancing when you're playing."
Seems pretty down-to-earth to me. Maybe her nasal Jersey-girl accent has something to do with that. She reminds me of some tough girls I've known.
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walterharp
1198 posts
Oct 16, 2013
5:44 AM
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The idea of metronomes and practice keeps popping up. The video by Victor Wooton was similar with using to the the 2nd and 4th beat.. and more, but he made a point about weaning yourself from the metronome. Remler is one of the top jazz guitar performers at this point and still practices with it. There is a video out there with Jason using a metronome for practice as well. The idea of using on the 2nd and 4th beat should transfer well to blues players though. As this keeps coming out I have dusted off my metronome...
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JInx
585 posts
Oct 16, 2013
9:53 AM
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Yeah, I don't know. She had a fantastic facility with guitar. Such a shame she couldn't chill out. I think she put some massive pressure on herself to meet a misguided view of what a great musician is.
Of course, I have no idea what her deal was...just her sound, it makes me think of other guys I do know. And for all I know (and more likely), it's me that has the misguided view of what a great musician is. I'll shut up now... what a mess
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