William Shakespeare has well said ” He who hath no music in him is fit for treasons and spoils.” This statement looks so true and it very right in its own sense. In the early modernist era, a genre of music known as the Jazz music went on to become pretty popular and it is popular still. The Jazz music is marked by the incoherence of words and music. There is no sense of music and it looks more like a cacophony. However, Jazz music gained momentum and it became one of the most popular style of music in those days. And the rest is history. Jazz music, till date is one of the most popular style of singing and you would find a lot of patrons of Jazz music. Let us acquaint ourselves with the history of the Jazz music .
The early 20th century was marked by sorrow, dilemma and depression. With the death of queen Victoria in 1901, the Edwardian Era began which was a gloomy phase in the history. Then the second half of 20th century witnessed an immense sense of isolation and alienation with modernism and the World War I. Thomas Stern Eliot refers to the coherence of the Jazz music in so much incoherent world. The time, when everything seem to go wrong and nothing was in place, Jazz music became the soul of music and reflected the cacophony of the times. Again, World War II sabotaged the values and ethics of humanity and the human suffering was beyond endurance. Then the great economic depression lead to sadness and material loss. Then the advent of post modernism, the Jazz music had become so much in sync with the times that it became the voice of the deserted humanity and hapless individuals.
You can find some of the best Jazz music CDs on World Wide Web and find some of the famous music of your choice. From Robert Wyatt to Amy Winehouse, Jonie Mitchell to James Morrison, find out more about the music and its relevance! When you need your choicest jazz music CD, consider Internet as your best option!
By: Jacob Marshal
The cost of just about everything has dropped with the growth of the internet. Stock photographs are no exception and their use is now within everyone’s grasp. I use these photos for handouts, brochures, blog entries, websites, and even direct mail pieces. I change the image constantly to keep my message fresh and unique.
Here are few reasons I use them and how they blend into my business plan.
The images can sell the concept, they are compelling, create emotion and I have tons to choose from. There is access to a wide variety of unique and exotic photos from all around the globe and these images can convey your message.
The price is right! Most images are extremely cost effective and are within anyone’s budget. I usually spend no more than a few dollars per image and their use is universal in most cases. Stock images present an inexpensive alternative to hiring a professional photographer, or buying the tools to create your own.
The quality fits my needs and the quality is better than I need and it allows me to blend the image to the message I am trying to make. Stock agencies must offer quality in order to compete and it shows in their photos. There is a quality level for every budget and every project.
There are two standard ways to purchase stock photography: as single images and in a collection. Which is the right method for you will depend on the use and the goal of your marketing?
The simplest method to purchase stock photos is on an image by image basis. The choice can match your current project and there is no need to find a place to store it. If I am using a single image I normally will spend $1 per photo so it becomes a throwaway asset.
If you work in a specific area of the business it could be less expensive to buy a whole collection but it depends on how many photos your needs might be. Normally collections of a specific topic may be less than $ .10 per image but you will need to buy them all to get what you need. These are generally sold in lots of 1,000 and are on DVD.
Time is money or so it is said and using stock images says plenty of time. It just doesn’t make sense to use any other source than these ready to sue and available images. They are quick, price effective and will spruce up your message.
Two sites I purchases images from:
http://www.istockphoto.com
http://www.luckyoliver.com
By: Bill Broich
There seems to be an endless array of scales to learn for jazz
guitar. What are the major jazz guitar scales to learn, if we can
define the major jazz guitar scales that are commonly used, we’d
reduce our workload significantly.
Jazz scales are used by improvisers to convey complex harmonies
common in Jazz. The jazz guitarist must start with the basic
scales, too often the guitarists dives headlong into the more
advanced scales without having a good working knowledge of the
basic scales used in rock, country, bluegrass etc., these scales
are as follows:
* minor pentatonic
* blues scale
* major pentatonic
Once the guitarist can play these scales in every key the next
scale to learn would be the major diatonic scale and it’s
associated modes based on the major scale.
How the modes work:
If we were looking at a piano keyboard we would notice that
without the black keys there are 8 octaves of the C major scale.
If you run your finger left to right along the white keys you
will be playing , the scale of C major even though you happen to
start on a note other than C. This musical fact is the essence of
the modes. A scale can be played from any of it’s notes to any
other of it’s without moving into another key. Actually if you
were to play the scale of C major from F to F an octave higher
you would be playing a nodal scale based on the key of C and the
scale would be called F Lydian.
In every major scale there 7 modes; one for each degree.
Learn the following table -
Play a major scale from note 1 to note 1 above = IONIAN MODE
Play a major scale from note 2 to note 2 above = DORIAN MODE
Play a major scale from note 3 to note 3 above = PHRYGIAN MODE
Play a major scale from note 4 to note 4 above = LYDIAN MODE
Play a major scale from note 5 to note 5 above = MIXO-LYDIAN MODE
Play a major scale from note 6 to note 6 above = AEOLIAN MODE
Play a major scale from note 7 to note 7 above = LOCRIAN MODE
Play a major scale from note 8 to note 8 above = note 1 to 1
All examples above are shown in the key of C major however the
advancing guitarist should practice the modes in every key. The
same formula works for each key:
note 1 to 1 always = IONIAN
note 2 to 2 always = DORIAN
note 3 to 3 always = PHRYGIAN
note 4 to 4 always = LYDIAN
note 5 to 5 always = MIXO-LYDIAN
note 6 to 6 always = AEOLIAN
note 7 to 7 always = LOCRIAN
note 8 to 8 always = note 1 to 1
Each modes unique sequence of intervals creates a mode’s unique
musical (quality) or flavor.
The main thing to keep in mind is that it’s not how many scales
you know but rather how many to “own”, by that I mean how much
you control you have over your scales both intellectually as well
as physically.
The next major jazz guitar scale of importance to learn would be
the harmonic minor scale. Like the modes of major scale the
Harmonic minor scale also has modes built on the different
degrees of the scale.
Here are the names of the modes of the Harmonic minor scale:
the following examples are all derived from the C harmonic minor
scale.
C Harmonic Minor : C-D-Eb-F-G-Ab-B-C
2- D Locrian #6: D-Eb-F-G-Ab-B-C-D
3- Eb Harmonic Major: Eb-F-G-Ab-B-C-D-Eb
4- F Spanish Phrygian: F-G-Ab-B-C-D-Eb-F
5- G Double Harmonic Major: G-Ab-B-C-D-Eb-F-G
6- Ab Lydian b3: Ab-B-C-D-Eb-F-G-Ab
7- B Diminished : B-C-D-Eb-F-G-Ab-B
The real jazz minor scale is the next major jazz guitar scale to
learn. The real jazz minor scale is the jazz variation of the
classical melodic minor scale. An easy way to remember this scale
would be to think of it as a major scale with a flatted third
note.
The real jazz minor scale with it’s various modes. Again, the
real jazz minor scale is presented in the key of C real jazz
minor.
C melodic minor :C-D-Eb-F-G-A-B-C
2- D phrygian (w natural 6th) : D-Eb-F-G-A-B-C-D
3- Eb lydian augmented: Eb-F-G-A-B-C-D-Eb
4- F lydian dominant: F-G-A-B-C-D-Eb-F
5- G mixolydian (w b6th): G-A-B-C-D-Eb-F-G
6- A aeolian (w b5): A-B-C-D-Eb-F-G-A
7- B altered dominant: B-C-D-Eb-F-G-A-B
I would also include the whole tone scale in our list of major
jazz guitar scales to learn.
The note of the C whole tone scale are as follows:
C-D-E-F#-G#-A#-C
There’s a lot of study and practice to gain control of the scales
described so far, particularly to know each scale or mode on all
keys, for many guitarists these are the major jazz guitar scales
to know.
By: Mike P Hayes