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Dominant Dissonance: (Tim Richards)
Dominant Dissonance: (Tim Richards)
Dominant Dissonance: (Tim Richards)
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The HEAD (or melody) of this tune is 24 bars long, but towards the end of each 8-bar sec-
tion some bars are left open for improvisation.
On the repeat, avoid playing any of the written material and experiment with your note
choices. On TRACK 4 you’ll hear me have fun in the right hand with some dissonant
clusters: two or three notes a semitone or tone apart.
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Composer of Round Midnight and Straight No Chaser, Thelonious Monk was one of the
most original pianists of the 20th century, with an unmistakably eccentric style. He was an
important figure in the ‘bebop’ movement of the 1940s and 50s alongside Miles Davis,
Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell and others.
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