Martha Mier's jazz Raggs and Blues book

[johand]

Hello, First of all, Thanks for helping me out.

I started almost 2 yrs ago without any music knowledge. I have since then classical piano training, so I know something about chords (not that much). I do know and hear the difference between majorand minor triads. I also know that 7th chords have that last (7th) note attached to the major and minor chord. But that's about it. Don't know exactly what augmented and diminished is, but that's stuff for later I guess...

1 - Can you clarify this a little, Do you mean "/" by "splotch" You are talking about bar 3 and 4 no? What should it be in those bars?
"The "splotch" (blank chord) is used to add specific bass notes (slash chords) without re-writing the chord's root over and over. The first slash chord's root must be entered, otherwise the player will use the previous chord (which may not be what you intend)"

2 - I think you may prefer your first Bb (bar 6) as a G or G7 chord.
I changed it but I don't know exactly why. There is no G note in that 6th bar?

Ragtime Do Si Do - Mier

I will post all future Martha Mier's pieces I tackle with my teacher in this thread.
Should I edit posts with earlier versions of this piece (and delete it there) to keep the forums clean, and only have 1 correct version in the thread?

BR, Johan

PS: I saw someone entered Tim Richards book "Improvising Blues Piano" in here. That's also great! I just began in that book.
http://www.irealb.com/forums/showthr...s-piano-chpt-1