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This is a pretty arrangement of Burt Bacharach's Alfie. It's a timeless tune with a great lyric. Check out Stevie Wonder's version on Youtube. It's killin. A pdf of this arrangement is included. Remember.....make it sound beautiful!!
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Chinese translation for Chinese students Cmajor - Abmajor - F7 因為有些和聲進行可以學到很多,這就是其中一個 Cmajor - Abmajor - F7 = C (Ionian)- C Aeolian - C Dorian 用很多不同方式練習這組和聲進行: *演奏單旋律,會幫助聽力,也幫助你演奏單旋律更順暢。 *想辦法找到一些Pattern *comping *單手練習(左手/右手)…
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Inspired last week from the beautiful melody and harmony of this piece written (for organ) by Bach for the church and performed in 1792. I was especially inspired by the brilliant 1976 interpretation of the great pianist Alfred Brendel. I…
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Here's the Mancini Challenge. I have to learn these tunes for an online concert Sunday March 19 at 1pm. We're doing Mancini tunes. He writes a lot of slow and beautiful tunes. Here is a PDF of the tunes we are playing. You should check…
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Montara
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Tribute to Bobby Hutcherson with his song "Montara" played on Omega with pickups, effects and looper. Also, if you are interested, I have a couple 360 videos of duets with a bass on my YouTube channel. If you watch them on the right…
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Having fun today in the basement of the percussion department at Berklee between classes playing a blues in C. Some of the vibe students and I have been working on this style of left hand accompaniment. It's fun and a challenge trying to…
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Midi and other bells and whistles on the vibraphone are a waste of time and energy (in my opinion). Here's why: Synthesizer keyboards are easier to play, better made and already available in many very sophisticated forms at very low prices…
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Chinese translation for Chinese students 最近這些系列的影片,都是我曾經非常努力練習的,是針對怎麼樣可以把這個樂器演奏得更好。
 這一集要講的是四棒適當的運用,因為有些學生只會用到某些棒子,
 時常提到演奏四分音符的重要性,你可以用這個方式練習(Tony示範Cmajor, Cminor) 練這個練習時,沒有嚴格的規定,只要把他打得好聽,盡量做音樂,不要當成一個無聊的練習。 

這個練習很好幫助左手的兩棒技巧,因為運用左手兩支棒子時,…
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Hi Guys this month i'm going to talk about the jazz phasing and pronunciation. I'll show you some basic exercises based on triplet jazz feel applied to arpeggios and scales. As usual feel free to contact me through my website:…
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Hey Everybody, April's show is ready for JAM (Jazz Appreciation Month). But isn't that every month? I think I'll start backwards this month. I end the show with David Friedman and Chet Baker playing the Silver classic, "Peace." That's…
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It's from back in the day! I actually have someone helping me find bad pages missing files and then I'm trying to fix them. Here's the etude. Someone should try and play it and post it. It's not easy.
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Milt at his musical best!!!
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At home today on a semester break working on this classic standard composed by Victor Young in 1931. Such a hip tune for that time period.
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New Malletkat Video
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Hey Folks, Been a while since I've posted here, just wanted to share a new video of what I've been up to in my new band with the malletkat. -Tyler
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Slightly used, but in like new condition! Malletech ELS16 Mallets! $54.99 including shipping! OBO! anecdote@twc.com The Ed Smith ELS16 vibe mallet has a complex, multi-layered construction that defines the exact sweet sound spot for a…
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Chinese translation for Chinese students 伴奏comping的方式: 不是只能用轉位的方式,而是可以用音階是的方式, 這裡有一個練習方式:
 左手:Root+5音,2音+3音 右手:solo 當你練越多時,會發現越多東西。 例如看到A, C, D,時,你可以放入F,聽起來可以是Cmajor 聲響。 演奏時嘗試演奏的好聽(musical),你會學到更多。
 (Tony示範演奏Eb) 重要的是,在練琴的時候,訓練耳朵是重要的,…
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About 10 of you guys did the mini concerts. That's great for us to come together like that. It feels a little like we performed together. So.... What if we pick a tune and all study it together with goals each week. It could even be…
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Chinese translation for Chinese students 四棒和弦式的Solo方式: 有一個重點是,要照著節奏來,數四分音符,一、二、三、四(一拍一和弦)可以速度隨意,但是要數著拍子。
 盡量保持一定的音程(interval)來練習,左手可以待著不動,移動右手比較重要。
 很多時候和聲聲響是取決於前面那個和弦,或是後面的和弦。所以要總是小心得處理每個和弦。 等到你練這個越來越好了,你可以發現很多和聲在裡面,有時後你會發現有Voice leading…
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