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Shapes in Jazz Harmony: Tension and Release (2015)

Rokas Jaunius
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Name: Rokas Jaunius Main Subject: Jazz Saxophone Research Coach: Yvonne Smeets Title of Research: Shapes in Jazz Harmony: Tension and Release Research Question: How can I connect triads using the tritone key as an application method to create tension and release? Summary of Results: I started with a simple idea that I came up with by listening to some of my favourite musicians like Michael Brecker, Eric Alexander, Kenny Garrett, Brad Mehldau and many others. I noticed that a lot of interesting harmony movements they used were utilizing symmetrical structures that were using tritone, major 3rd and minor 3rd intervals so I decided to try and combine various shapes in these intervals. While not having a deep understanding of harmony I realized that I have to explore this topic and therefore i started to explore the possible applications of a shape that I found to be appealing for my exploration - the triad. This piece of work is going to focus on the possible applications of the triad shape in jazz harmony utilizing topics like "Reinterpretation" And "Tritone Key". A couple of common harmony movements are going to be explored with possible triad combinations in tritone, major 3rd and minor 3rd intervals. And a couple of etudes to display an actual result that was achieved by utilizing this method. The chosen format is a Research Paper. Due to some technical difficulties i was unfortunately unable to record the audio examples for this presentation, but instead they are going to be performed live in the presentation that is going to take place on March 25th 2015. Biography: Hello, my name is Rokas Jaunius. I am currently studying Jazz Saxophone in the Royal Conservatory of the Hague in the 2nd year of masters. I also finished a bachelor here in The Hague and a Bachelor in the Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy. Alongside of studying and researching I also perform actively as a Jazz performer.
typeresearch exposition
date01/01/2015
published29/05/2015
last modified29/05/2015
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urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/100507/100508
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