David's Tip of the Day: A Blues Harmonica Player's Journey, Part 4

Continuing in from yesterday...

8. “When you do, come back again. We'll be around” is a metaphor for the journey of musical discovery—the music will be there for the student to play once they’ve matured enough to approach it.

9. “listen to jazz records”, listening being the key element here.

10. “but you don't know how to play with people (he had been listening only to the trumpet player, and not to what the other musicians were doing)”… once a musician moves beyond their instrument, they’re ready to become musicians, not just operators of their machine.

11. “blending with other instruments”… a level beyond just playing notes.

12. “improvising countermelodies”... melodic development that uses knowledge of chords, chord scales and relation to the primary melody.

More tomorrow...