Comments on: Watch Jazz Charts Arranged - LIVE (and recorded)

By: sammy24

sammy24 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:56:33 +0000

First of all, thank you Jim for these shows. I have only been able to watch two so far, but they are fun to watch. I hope you continue them (obviously if it’s not a pain for u).

Eric– I use Sibelius, and i was just wondering what the issue was with chord symbols. I also find the default setting to be too small, but they can be definitely be enlarged without enlarging the whole chart. Check manual (or check out their helpcenter online.)

By: admin

admin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:37:11 +0000

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By: Eric Schultz Charenton France

Eric Schultz Charenton France — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:40:40 +0000

What a concept ! Watching an arranger at work on webcam ! ! ! i’m going to suggest it to my English speaking students ! !

I watched the “more Stella” video - I really appreciated your remarks about small little things like the courtesy accidentals (which i use too) your problems with drum parts and the fact that the better the drummer the less you should write (when I’m lazy I often just give a drummer the lead trumpet part…or the bass part depending on which one has the most drum appropriate information) .

Also at the beginning I was curious about your Dbs on the A7+ chord but i saw the linear logic (D > Db > C) and i just assumed that you were another one of those “Bill Dobbins type of guys. But then (!) later, you corrected the Db to C#.

Maybe some people might get bored by this stuff, but there is nothing more passionate for me as i spend a good quarter of life doing the same thing (or ruining my eyes correcting the work of my writing students) - but not on Finale >>>i use Sibelius.

I was very impressed with the size of the chord symbols on your FINALE chart. One of my piano players has been complaining alot lately (and with good reason!) about my SIBELIUS chord symbols. the last concert he took all my charts and wrote the chords in himself, 2 or 3X bigger in felt pen because he couldn’t read the SIBELIUS chords ! CRISIS ! But the only way to make the chords bigger is to make the entire chart bigger - which could lead to 7 or 8 page charts ! What to do ??? Maybre i should change to FINALE?.

I REALLY LIKED THE CMI7 CLUSTER CHORD ! ! ! !

Why didn’t you mention that you were quoting Woody n You for the intro ?
(or did you just assume that we all knew that anyway ?¿?)

Lots of fun hanging out here !

BYE
à bientôt !

Eric Schultz

By: Rick Britto

Rick Britto — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:01:08 +0000

I really want to purchase your chart of Dolphin Dance for my University combo! How can I get a copy of your chart?

thanks,
Rick Britto
U. Mass. Dartmouth

By: admin

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:08:43 +0000

Reuben, what I meant was that if a chord is an A7(b9) chord for example, I would change the Db to a C# because an A7 chord is spelled A C# E G, not with a Db. so I always make the chord read as the chord is spelled.

This chart was arranged for the combo club. You will have to be a member to be a member of the club to access the chart. You can get info for the club at http://www.pdfjazzmusic.com/comboclub/comboclub.html