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Blue Bossa is a great tune to make a study of. Here are some things to do from easy to difficult. You should work on some of these ideas and then post them online here.

1. Memorize whatever you do.
2. Learn the melody
3. Learn the chords
4. Play a chord tone solo
5. Do all the above in all keys
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1. Make an arrangement of the tune. NOT a strict arrangement just work out ways to play the melody and accompany yourself.
2. Do this in all keys.

You don't have to fly me out and put me up in a hotel. I can do workshops and clinics right from my video studio. We can design courses around the Vibes School, have performances, private lessons and more.

Or even do part of the workshop 'virtually' then have any of the faculty members here come out to your site at the end of the workshop.

This is a chance to save a lot of money and have a masterclass or workshop. Young students now adays are totally familiar with this medium.

Here's an etude I wrote out for a student a while back. We were exploring Latin Rhythms on the vibes. It's a little tricky.

Here's a VERY difficult etude illustrating many ways to accompany yourself and play. It's the head to Joy Spring and then I take a couple choruses. It's really hard but can be played. I used to have it worked up and dreading having to work it up to record it.... so I'm going to stall doing that!

Free 2 months membership to anyone that videos this for me! :-)

below is a midi, file (with a piano sound. can anyone set the midi file up with a vibe sound?)

also i outputed the midi with a vide sound to an mp3.

all is below

Here's a slightly difficult etude that will really work on your independence. The left and right hand is separate for the whole tune. That is they work totally independently.

Here's my arrangement of Green Dolphin Street. It's an etude that explores three parts of playing the vibes, chordal playing, chordal playing and soloing and also single line soloing.

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