[Dixielandjazz] Hal Galper-music training

[Patrick Cooke]

Steve:
       You're right...Hal Galper is an excellent jazz musician.  I have
several of his CDs.
        I have always said that music as taught in the school system does
not adequately prepare the student to play anything that isn't written down.
Until one gets to college level and majoring in music, almost nothing is
taught about scales, modes, or chords; and ear training is non-existent.
       I am talking here about my own musical training in the school system.
All I learned in school bands was how to read band charts.  Most everything
else I know is self taught, except for a few teachers I studied with much
too late in life.
       In a very young student, information soaked up as if by a blotter.
That is when theory and ear training should begin.
       A school band director has the responsibility to put a band together
that can "play something".  In a band full of beginners, this means a lot of
theory training is bypassed.  A few tunes are taught by rote, and the band
shows up in a few months "playing something".
                I have heard so many high school and junior college bands
who sound reasonably good (except for intonation) while they are reading
their parts; but the "jazz" solos are just awful.
                Pat Cooke
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     ----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:43 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Hal Galper


> List Mates:
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> Just got the following press release from Hal Galper. No wonder we can't
> agree on what jazz is. We've been screwed up since childhood. ;-)
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> For those who do not know Hal Galper, he is a mainstream jazz pianist.
> Worked with Phil Woods, Chet Baker and others. Recorded about 80 times.
> Has several Grammy nominations. Is a teacher of music and a
> distinguished graduate of the Berklee College of Music. He contends that
> many jazz player wannabes today have trouble playing jazz because their
> childhood musical training was not relevant. Same goes for fans.
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> "How Long Has This Been Going On?
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> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
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> "Announcing Hal Galper's New Play-Along Jazz Instruction Ebook "Forward
> Motion, From Bach to Bebop, a Corrective Approach to Jazz Phrasing"
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> Forward Motion illustrates that most concepts learned in early childhood
> musical training are not applicable to adult musical behavior. That
> music is almost universally taught "backwards" from the way inner
> hearing
> functions.
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> Forward Motion is immediately available for downloading at
> http://www.ForwardMotionPDF.com for only $16.97 USD."
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