I have been thinking about a remark Bill Evans made on a Utube video. In the video (which I have lost track of) he talked about the importance of having a 'structure' to work from. I notice that he did not say a 'set of chord changes' though in some sense there must be some chords.
I don't think that the interviewer grasped the point, or at least she did not elaborate on it, so Bill did not get a chance to enlarge.

What I interpret this to mean is having 'one' way to play through a set of changes that suits the tune; something that is deeply ingrained in the memory which one can then use to work away from, to alter and to modify.

Thinking of changes one by one, can I think, lead to playing chords in some kind of standard format - maybe up from the root or stuff like that. Thinking of a 'structure' gives room for decorative devices.

What do others think about this?

Zero

Last edited by ZeroZero; 11/21/13 01:21 PM.
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