Showing posts with label Melody. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Melody. Show all posts
Stan Getz Quotes
"The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter how complicated it gets, it's still a melody." - Stan Getz
Glenn Miller Quotes
"By giving the public a rich and full melody, distinctly arranged and well played, all the time creating new tone colors and patterns, I feel we have a better chance of being successful. I want a kick to my band, but I don't want the rhythm to hog the spotlight." - Glenn Miller
Stanley Clarke Quotes
"After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure." - Stanley Clarke
Charlie Parker Quotes
"I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born." - Charlie Parker
Branford Marsalis Quotes
"If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold." - Branford Marsalis
