Roll the Dice

JonD and I were having writer's block so we decided to roll the dice and whatever number came up would be the root of that measure's chord. Once we had the chord roots in place we used theory to transition from chord to chord.

One was the tonic and any other number chromatically went up the scale. Of course one can not roll a one with two dice so when we rolled an eight (the dominant chord) we stopped. As luck would have it we rolled an eight for the eight measure. We copied those eight measures, which we called section A, and started a section B with an F as a one. We rolled 4 measures, copied those, and returned to section A.

BiaB style = Lushus-Smooth Jazz

Deleted the guitar, piano, and bass parts. Kept and modified the drums and strings.

JonD is playing the piano. I am playing the bass, guitar, and wind controller (trumpet and sax)

Let us know what you think.


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