JayGreenthumb

i have a decent bass player i usually give him chords with a suggested bass line if i write some of the comping patterns i feel like she can fill in the rest it's all over the place from very easy blues progression to heavy modal stuff to basic 2 5 1s thanks

in my high school combo i have to wright out the pieces for the piano acompinament i am NOT a piano player so my idea is to just pound out the same chords with root and or 3 on left hand 3579 on right but i wanna do more than that but i don't really have time to study the playing styles of the sound i want. (she's a classical player that can sight-read ANYTHING except chords) any tips on how to write a piano part? thanks in advanced, Jay

Finale 2009 thanks alot i know i should read the manual i will next time

(for a jazz composition) yeah i would like to copy JUST the chords from one piece and paste them into another i know theres a little box where i can seclect what to copy i just don't remember how to get to it

Thank you very much (AABA) A: |Dmi7(b5)|G7(b9)|C-(maj 7)|C-(maj 7) |C-7(b5)| F7(b9)|Db-7)|Gb7| B: |Db-7(b5)|Gb7|Amaj + 5|Amaj +5| |D-7|C-7|B-7|Ab-7| |G-7 |F-7|Eb-7|E7(#9)| so i've changed it from this to this (AABA) A: |Dmi7(b5)|G7(b9)|C-(maj 7)|C-(maj 7) |C-7(b5)| F7(b9)|Db-7)|C7b9| B: |A-7|C-7|Eb-7|Gb-7| A-7|D-7|Gb-7|C-7| Any Feedback?

well i am a poor piano player are theyre any programs that lemme me enter the chord and listen to them (not band in a box)

i do =) need clarification

thank you very much i understand and appreciate your comments my only additional question is about using fully diminished harmonies can the melody be fully diminished for the same effect or is that a bad idea? P.s (i think i know what you mean i remember hearing james carter play oleo and going up a hole(or half?) step above the melody while another sax stayed on the paper is that the same effect?

My first post, Greetings! I've written some blues, and some modal stuff, But it's my senior year in highschool so i really wanted to blow the judges (state music festival & Eau Claire Jazz Festival) away. My issue arrises in the fact that i think i have a O.K chord progreesion but no matter what kind of melodie i wright over it it leans away from charles mingus toward george gershiwn (i want it in C minor and to sound Scary and Angry as opposed to sad here is the chord progression (AABA) A: |Dmi7(b5)|G7(b9)|C-(maj 7)|C-(maj 7) |C-7(b5)| F7(b9)|Db-7)|Gb7| B: |Db-7(b5)|Gb7|Amaj + 5|Amaj +5| |D-7|C-7|B-7|Ab-7| |G-7 |F-7|Eb-7|E7(#9)| Then the A section for the last run through starts on a D9 instead of half diminished to release tension from the E7(#9) thanks in advance, Jay