From Gmarsh4719@aol.com Mon Aug 02 06:49:00 2004
Subject:E vs Eb WAS is Reese Wynans

I must admit, Eb is not my srongest suit, but when you learn to play
jazz, blues, rock keyboards, you are admonished to learn all scales,
changes, riffs in "all keys" (which we all go - Yeah, OK - and
proceed to specialize in C, E, A, G!) I would think a pro player,
especially one who plays with a an Eb freak (or alto saxes for that
matter) would have internalized all his riffs into Eb and it would
seem weird that he would wuss out and complicate matters by
transposing his synths :-)

That said, I am working on "Shuck it Up" by MMW on the Its a Jungle
in Here CD - and it is Eb even though there are no horns anywhere
near this track. I don't know what that madman Medeski was thinking,
the signiture head riff is a mf to finger in Eb. Its tempting to
transpose the ole' clone down to finger it in E, but I am forcing
myself not to, and I think it can only help me. Eb can easily suggest
pentatonic riffs using mostly black keys.

That is an incredible song, and a great album I recommend as an intro
to MMW with a decent amount of hammond, and not to far out.

Greg

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