Tag: paul hanson
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Minor Pentatonic Tutorial
In this video, Paul Hanson breaks down three very easy to use minor pentatonic scales that sound great over a minor (dorian) mode. Minor pentatonics are built by the using scale degrees 1, b3, 4, 5, b7. The pentatonic scales that he uses are built from the 1, 2, and 5. So in the key…
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More from Paul Hanson
In doing research for my interview with Paul Hanson, I came across his old website, jazzbassoon.com. Though he now has a new website (paulhansonmusic.com), I found some of that content very informative, and worth a reposting. So please enjoy the following musings from Paul. And as an added treat, a live recording of Paul playing…
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Interview with jazz bassoonist Paul Hanson
“What the amazing Paul Hanson does on bassoon — an exceedingly difficult instrument to play and one almost exclusively associated with classical music — is akin to what other innovators like guitarists Charlie Hunter and Stanley Jordan, banjoist Bela Fleck and bassist Jaco Pastorius have done with their respective instruments.”- Bill Milkowski, Jazztimes, Jazziz When…