Perdido
In a short Hague class Barry used Perdido as a fast tune for quick phrases: down the B♭ chord, a chord on the third of B♭ with a chromatic run, a triplet rhythm counted aloud, and a run down the F7 scale to B♭. He also played it as a sideman, on record with Sonny Stitt and at North Sea Jazz in 2005.
- moments in class
- 6
- recordings
- 1
- Barry plays it
- 1
What he teaches through it
He had a student play quick phrases at a fast tempo, asked the class what song they could be playing, and told them: Perdido. The first phrase was just the B♭ major chord, run down and stopping on the second.
Next came a chord on the third of B♭ major, played up with the right hand, then a chromatic run down from it. He stopped a wrong attempt, had it played again and suggested bringing in the fourth finger.
He counted the rhythm aloud, ‘one and triplet three and four and one’, admitted it was hard to say, and then had the class start it from the ‘and’.
In his own words
Play a chord on the third of B flat major with your right hand.
One and triple[t], three and four and one... That’s hard to say.
Every 7th scale is a major scale, right? F[7] scale is B-flat major scale. So all we’re doing is playing B-flat major scale.
In class
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Barry plays it
In the method
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