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Harmonic awareness for drummers (2019)

Jasper Hilgerink
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Jasper Hilgerink Jazz Drums Jarmo Hoogendijk Harmonic Awareness for Drummers Will studying the tension and release points of chord progressions in jazz standards result in better melodic drum solos? This exposition contains the research and result of a study into the development of better melodic drums solos through a number of analysis and experiments. Taking inspiration from a selection of legendary historic jazz drummers including Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones and Shelly Manne. A strong focus on chord progressions, specifically the chordal analysis of five jazz standards leads to a clear visualisation of the tension and release points of the harmonic structure. The next step of this process is creating this tension and release on the drums to match the chord structure. This is accomplished through recording, experimentation and creating exercises. These results are presented in the master symposium through live performance of the selected standards and demonstrations of the exercises. The presentation will also include an explanation of the process using visual tools, explanations and examples of the styles of the researched historic drummers. Short Biography: My name is Jasper Hilgerink, born in Almelo, the Netherlands, 25-10-1994. From a young age I was exposed to lots of music in and outside the house. I went out with my family to see my dad perform in the local bigband, concertband and funkbands. When I reached the age of 9 I started picking up the clarinet. This was my first proper music education. 7 years later i picked up the tenor saxophone and that's when I start to listen and play my first jazz standards. By the time I wanted to study at a conservatoire, I couldn't deny my love for the drums, having played the instrument since the age of 6. I started my studies at ArtEZ Zwolle, school of arts on drums in the course Jazz&Pop. In the meantime I devoloped myself in a performing artist & part time teacher. After the bachelors in Zwolle, I started the Masters program in the Royal Conservatoire, the Hague
typeresearch exposition
keywordsdrumming, harmonic awareness, melody, jazz
date10/11/2018
published24/09/2019
last modified24/09/2019
statuslimited publication
share statusprivate
copyrightJasper Hilgerink
licenseAll rights reserved
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/529501/529502
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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