[Dixielandjazz] Piano tips -- "horn keys"

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

When I was in college (dark ages) I played with a couple of string bands. 
They played in all the tough keys for sax.  At the time I was playing Alto 
so add three sharps.

I was glad they did it because it forced me to play in those off beat keys. 
When I started doing shows the keys that the voices were almost always 
written in didn't bother me.

They were pressuring me to play tenor and on an extremely thin budget and 
that just wasn't possible but a $35 C melody was.  Exit three of the sharps 
and those guys thought I was playing tenor.  I never told them either.
Larry
St. Louis

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Dustin" <postmaster at fountainsquareramblers.org>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:58 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Piano tips -- "horn keys"


Criss wrote:
The first time I ever set in with a band, I was lost as to what
to do. They were playing in keys that I never played in. I played in the
"normal" keys like C, Eb, F, G Ab, Bb but they played in E, A and D.

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My gawd, Criss, you¹ve got to get away from those guitar bands (keys of E,
A, B and D) and start playing JAZZ in ³horn keys² like F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db,
and sometimes G.

David Dustin
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