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I'm working very hard on this tune and thinking about it.

Here's a decent version. I work on trying to have good time and being articulate. I think for the most part I am. At the end of the tune on the tag I don't feel great about it, but I imagine if I didn't say anything nobody would notice. But I notice!

I try to play lines and focus on putting the harmony in the line and then not having to do so much with the accompaniment.

I say let's work on this tune. I'll get Behn and Oliver to post lessons on it also.

I have been playing the changes of Just In Time, lately.

And I always think in terms of solo playing and holding four mallets.

When you're playing lots of notes, you don't need chords. At this tempo, I'm mostly playing 8 notes in a bar. I need most of the time, 2 notes to spell the chord. Once I have cycled through the changes and played the head, the harmony is there. I don't need. In fact if I do a good job playing through the changes on the head, I can even make mistakes and get back into the changes and the listener should be fine. So I think!

I am working on a tune called "Valse Pour Valerie" by Pascal Berthe. My Dad (an accordion player) suggested we do it as a duet.
https://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=45811

Here's a short clip of me performing the Pedaling Etude #21 from David Friedman's book, a bit under tempo.

Here's some more stuff I've been working on with Tony.

Tony has me working out of the bops duet book by Bugs Bower. This is etude #12. The rules here have been that I can't look at the bars and to practice sight reading (which I'm still slow at but making progress from this exercise). Here is my entry after going over this one every day for a few weeks. I will say not looking at the bars is just a good exercise in general for spacial awareness on the instrument.

Hey everyone,

Here's a quick lesson on the three types of glissandos I find myself using, and how to practice them. I also discuss how to practice flams on vibes to help with glissandos.

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