Workshop Jim
Jim ten Boske’s groove workshops are a traditional and appreciated part of the Twenthe Guitar Festival. I regretfully admit that I missed some of them because of the timing of my Masterclasses.
But not today!
Jim always starts with the question: “What would you like to learn?” I do not have an exact answer to that question, so I say: “I like some improvisation!”
In that case Jim thinks for a while, muses a bit on the guitar and comes up with a suggestion. This time it was the difference between ‘whities’- blues and ‘negro’-blues.
This time he made things more complicated with a blues progression I had never practiced. The other participant of the blue group -he is involved in popular songs a lot more- knew what to do and in this way we could have some fun all the three of us!
You would not expect so at first sight, but music theory comes in extremely handy. A classical discipline forms a basis for improvisation in light music and jazz..
I’ll read some about that!