Jazz Experiment

Hey all,

A friend asked me to update something I tried out earlier which was just a piano melody unaccompanied so i added in a few more instruments to try and make it more complete - but I have no idea how to make jazz or what constitutes jazz so please, criticize harshly :mellow: Please comment if you listen.

Regards

Pravin

P.S

Once again, what key is it in please? Thanks

Jazz_Experiment__1_.mid

Jazz has a lot of dissonance and is often characterized by a swing.

The brass seem to swing a bit on their own, but the piano doesn't at all. I don't know what program you used to make this, but some do have "swing" features that take a certain type of note and swing them for you.

Jazz has a lot of dissonance and is often characterized by a swing.

Jazz doesn't have a lot of dissonance. It has extended chords, larger than conventional triads. But it doesn't sound like dissonance. Try and get a copy of Sammy Nestico's book of arranging Jazz, this will help a lot.

Sounds like D?

Not dissonance, maybe, but it's not your standard I, IV, and V chords; a lot of notes are added in to make the sound kind of clash.