the above comments mentioned a number of talented guitarists. well i mentioned that guitar you can learn by yourself. simply record a sequence of chords played through the tape player and than improvise to follow the harmonics.
what about piano or keyboards?
i do play accordion which also has piano-like keys for the right hand and buttons on the left.
i tried to teach myself(having a pretty solid accordion background) to run with left hand as good as I can do with the right... well, it's a tough effort i can say. if i wasn't too lazy on my previous time reading sheet music i would probably found myself a number of appropriate Schuman ethudes to excersize my left hand... all my reading of a sheet music was made by memorizing 5...10 bars(maybe voicing them first) and than playing without looking on the sheet and so-on...
the whole different situation would be if i would want to convert from piano to accordion or to guitar or maybe any other instrument with alot easier conversion process.
many composers starting from the end of 19th and beginning of 20th century realized a flexibility of that instrument to vary harmonics to deviate them from standard and turn them to dissonances by means of which they could create more realistic picture of their thought. so jazz i can has probably only afro rhythm influence, but the jazz itself is much more.
there also a lot of judgements can be made on behalf of jazz or rock vs. classical music.
for example i would never judge to this category "Green Day" where none of the musicians can hold an instrument in their hands. simply saying they've got no background and how they moved on the stage only hell who knows.
what about piano or keyboards?
i do play accordion which also has piano-like keys for the right hand and buttons on the left.
i tried to teach myself(having a pretty solid accordion background) to run with left hand as good as I can do with the right... well, it's a tough effort i can say. if i wasn't too lazy on my previous time reading sheet music i would probably found myself a number of appropriate Schuman ethudes to excersize my left hand... all my reading of a sheet music was made by memorizing 5...10 bars(maybe voicing them first) and than playing without looking on the sheet and so-on...
the whole different situation would be if i would want to convert from piano to accordion or to guitar or maybe any other instrument with alot easier conversion process.
many composers starting from the end of 19th and beginning of 20th century realized a flexibility of that instrument to vary harmonics to deviate them from standard and turn them to dissonances by means of which they could create more realistic picture of their thought. so jazz i can has probably only afro rhythm influence, but the jazz itself is much more.
there also a lot of judgements can be made on behalf of jazz or rock vs. classical music.
for example i would never judge to this category "Green Day" where none of the musicians can hold an instrument in their hands. simply saying they've got no background and how they moved on the stage only hell who knows.