This week I didn't practice as much as usual.
Work has been a real bitch and I needed some change to improve my perspective.
So I made it a listening week.
Aside from all the great videos posted at VW this last week or so, I kept being…
Here's a classic Jobim tune called O Grande Amor. It's a great Jobim composition which is a lot of fun to play on. There are a lot of nice guide tone lines to bring out in the comping and soloing. There are several fantastic versions which…
Aolian the 6th scale degree of the major scale.
Chinese translation for Chinese students.
Aeolian是大調音階降3,降6,降7
在爵士樂中，比Phrygian多，比Dorian用的少。
Aeolian和Dorian的不同是Dorian沒有降6音, Phrygian多了降2音,
Dorian is the mode that starts on the second scale degree of the major scale. So in the key of C play D to D.
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Did anybody knew Australian vibist Jack Brokensha? I just learned from Sid Edwards (my old Vibe.net Austie friend) that he past away yesterday October 28th...
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Hi everybody, While still recovering from a pretty hard blow that hit me last month, I thought I would try my hand at singing, thinking it would be easier than wielding the mallets. But it's not. You don't realise it as long as you are in…
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Here's another clip which was just uploaded to YouTube. Billy sounds great on alto as on clarinet and Thomas is swinging like crazy. However, I might have had too much coffee before the gig. Ha!Ha!
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