[Dixielandjazz] Subject: Unsophisticated Dixieland Chords

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

I find that if the chording players try to put in too much it muddies up the 
sound.  For some reason some guys think that more is better when it's really 
not.  If you have more than one chording player then you get some real train 
wrecks if they are throwing in everything their fingers can reach.
Just my opinion
Larry
St. L
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Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Subject: Unsophisticated Dixieland Chords


>I can't deal with the technicalities of chord theory or the extended 
>chords,
> but extended chords change the *sound* of the music, in which case it
> ain't dixieland any more. I just don't *enjoy* extended chords in
> dixieland--though I can enjoy *moderately* extended chord versions of
> American Songbook tunes from the latter 30s-->. (I can think of a couple
> of terrific local pianists who despoil Dixieland, but whom I otherwise
> enjoy listening to and would hire to play in my dance band.)
>
> --Sheik
>
> Dan (Backup pianoman) Spink wrote:
>> Sorry to sound like a
>> naysayer here, but I have one big complaint about those fancy, expanded
>> chords. I'm sure I'll raise hackles--but I'll give it a shot anyway. When
>> you add those far out sophisticated notes (9,11,13 and variations) you're
>> really adding overtones that are more distant--and difuse the character 
>> of
>> the foundation chord. When you add enough of them--you really can't tell
>> one
>> chord from another. At least, that's my opinion. I still like those 
>> simple
>> 3
>> and 4 note chords, I guess.
>
>
>
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