Monday Music Quote: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Monday Music Quote: Martin Luther King

"At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr. 

 Song honoring Dr. Martin Luther King:

Pride In The Name Of Love
U2 (1984)

There is one little mistake in the lyrics because the assassination took place on the earl evening. I have always been a huge fan of U2 and love their style, especially this song.

Here are the music chords to the song. Enjoy!

Intro: F5 Bb5  Eb5  x2 
Csus4  Fsus2  Bb5  Gm
 
Csus4                    Fsus2
One man come in the name of love 
Bb5
One man come and go 
Csus4          Fsus4
One come he to justify 
Bb5              Gm
One man to overthrow 

        Csus4         Fsus2
In the name of love     
      Bb5                 Gm  
What more in the name of love 
         Csus4
In the name of love 
       Bb5        
What more in the name of love 

Gm7   C   Eb6   F

One man caught on a barbed wire fence 
One man he resist 
One man washed on an empty beach. 
One man betrayed with a kiss 

In the name of love 
What more in the name of love 
In the name of love 
What more in the name of love 

(nobody like you...) 

Csus4           Fsus2
Early morning, April 4 
                       Gm7
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky 
Csus4               Fsus2
Free at last, they took your life 
      Bbadd9                 Gm7
They could not take your pride 

In the name of love 
What more in the name of love 
In the name of love 
What more in the name of love 
In the name of love 
What more in the name of love... 

 If you're looking for a site for children to practice the alphabet keyboard, visit http://www.abcya.com/keyboarding_practice.htm

Have a wonderful Monday!

All the best,





"Jazz washes away the dust of every day life." -- Art Blakey

Monday Music Quote: John Scofield

Monday Music Quote

"I don't have a 'method' for teaching; I don't believe in that."

 John Scofield's rock and R&B influenced approach to jazz guitar has made him one of the most prominent voices on the instrument for decades. I recently read an article about his approach to teaching young students the guitar and what suggestions he offered to teachers in terms of overcoming some hurdles. Here's what John Scofield had to say:

" I think I have to really slow down for younger students. Most guitar players start out by playing simple blues lines in the pentatonic shape. If you can,  somehow, show show somebody that improvising over a jazz tune at a medium tempo in a lyrical way can be almost the same as playing blues in that you get the lines in your ear and you can sing them - they can be lyrical and not just technical..." 

My favorite part of the JAZZed interview asks the question, how do you approach helping younger players begin to understand improv?


John Scofield's answer:

" I try to make an analogy between verbal conversation and improvising. When I'm talking to you, I'm talking in sentences, but I'm trying to express a larger idea that may ultimately be a couple paragraphs long or something. I go from one idea to another. Improvising with melodic phrases is the exact same thing. I'd start to explain it like that - you develop a vocabulary and then you start to form sentences and paragraphs and, on a good day, maybe you can conceive of a whole page of ideas in a larger musical conversation."

For licks, tricks and riffs, check out Jairus Mozee,  Advanced Guitar 301 


Do you have a favorite jazz guitarist musician? We have a local artist, Peter Sprague, that I greatly admire. He grew up in Southern California and is quite mega-talented. I have many of his CDs and have been to several of his concerts.


All the best,
LadyD

"Jazz washes away the dust of every day life." -- Art Blakey