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"Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Vibes and Strings. Recorded the string track and then played vibes over that. The strings switched from left to right half way past the clip which was not intentional. I wish I had real live strings but I can't afford it. :) An appropriate song I think for the time. Best wishes for everyone out there. Ed

Tony is challenging me to do a 3 tune mini concert every week for the next few weeks. This week I am working on Upper Manhattan Medical Group, Alice in Wonderland, and All of You. I have been thinking about how to widen my range when playing solo and separating the ranges of the accompaniment and melody. I tend to shy away from the very top register of the instrument but I think it would be beneficial for me to start using it more.

That simple. Trade choruses with me on Blue Bossa. Record it and post it here! 

Sambinary

This video examines an original samba pattern for drum set (and mallet instruments) that explores four metric perspectives and two approaches for the beat (bass drum).

After 6 hours of lecturing, because of Corona only into a computer, I just had to do something else. Since I don't have a looper, I recorded all tracks live to audacity. Later I realized that you could have copied, but ...

It's not precise rhythmic and the solo is too wild, but somehow it affected my feeling of the day: Sick in the head and like in an endless loop.

Recording:
2x Rode NT5
Behringer UMC404 HD
audacity
my self made vibe including my selfmade bars

Chia Hui

If there's problems with the lesson let me know. I don't have time to check it!

“Blue Monk” - it’s been nice having more time to revisit some recordings and transcriptions in the studio library. A few of the greats that I’ve been delving into are Coltrane, McCoy, Chick and Herbie. So much great stuff to learn, grasp and try to assimilate. Here’s a clip with that in mind.

The books I refer to in the video, if you want to take a deeper look into the mechanics and math of music are:

"Cosmometry, Exploring the HoloFractal Nature of the Cosmos" by Marshall Lefferts.

"Interference - A Grand Musical Scientific Theory" by Richard Merrick available at: http://interferencetheory.com/files/Interference.pdf

"One Note Samba" by Antonio Carlos Jobim - Sunday morning session playing Jobim songs. I'm a big fan of the great Brazilian composer.