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All The Things You Are Simple Solo To Transcribe

Here's a simple solo I did for a student.

All the things you are. 

He's doing the following: 

  1. Learn the solo (don't write it down)
  2. play it along with the recording every day
  3. play each chord and then play the part of the solo that goes with it. This will help him associate the chords with the solo.
  4. Play the solo on the piano as best he can, in time out of time, whatever. Left hand plays {Pinky:root, middleFinger:3rd, thumb:7th }

Settlement Music School Faculty/Alumni Band

Allstar cats here! 

 

There are some things to talk about here. First My mallets which are hard(er) mallets sound great here. It cuts through and you here the articulation. I'm not saying buy my mallets, but I am saying by mallets like mine. We should all have a set of mallets that cut through and stand out. 

Notice I'm playing accoustically. No microphones up close on the vibes. The band is playing to my volume. That's the way it should be in my world. You play so all can be heard. 

Wichita Lineman

I did this a while ago. I probably hated it when I listened back. But time has a way of making us more objective about our past. 

 

But I think this is cool. I like how I keep time even though it's slow and spacey. 

 

Rubato and timeless is cool, but not as a crutch. That's what I think.

Clavamba — Clavé meets Samba using African drums and the Burton grip (Jerry Leake)

Using Ewe drums, the Yambu clave is played on the bell and low drum. On high drums, Son and Rumba clavé weave around the Yambu. An original clavé phrase (rotating the son to a different position) joins the series. The 4/4 sequence transitions to 6/8 for a profound shift in feel that is prominent in Afro-Cuban music. It ends with an original Samba that morphs into different time signatures and energy.