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Bach - BWV639 Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ - Solo Vibraphone

Inspired last week from the beautiful melody and harmony of this piece written (for organ) by Bach for the church and performed in 1792. I was especially inspired by the brilliant 1976 interpretation of the great pianist Alfred Brendel. I sketched out a lead sheet with melody and chords based upon the music. This is my interpretation from the lead sheet.

Blues - Solo Vibes

Having fun today in the basement of the percussion department at Berklee between classes playing a blues in C. Some of the vibe students and I have been working on this style of left hand accompaniment. It's fun and a challenge trying to keep the left hand going while focusing on the right hand improv using syncopation. It's a pleasure to be able to teach and interact with all of the very talented players here. For me, it's energizing.

Quirky Ideas: 3 Chords Exercise and Study. This Will Help Many Of you.

Chinese translation for Chinese students

Cmajor - Abmajor - F7
因為有些和聲進行可以學到很多,這就是其中一個

Cmajor - Abmajor - F7 =
C (Ionian)- C Aeolian - C Dorian

用很多不同方式練習這組和聲進行:
*演奏單旋律,會幫助聽力,也幫助你演奏單旋律更順暢。
*想辦法找到一些Pattern
*comping
*單手練習(左手/右手)

你也可以找到你自己的一組合聲進行,
然後用以上這麼多方式去練。

Comping的時候要注意,用Side way方式。音階式的方式練習演奏和弦,而不是用轉位的方式,
這樣才能真正的清楚了解每一個細節。

The Mancini Challenge

Here's the Mancini Challenge.

I have to learn these tunes for an online concert Sunday March 19 at 1pm. We're doing Mancini tunes. He writes a lot of slow and beautiful tunes. Here is a PDF of the tunes we are playing. You should check them out and listen to the originals online.

I have a fellow young musician who thought a couple were very corny. I like corny and Mancini's tunes are so beautiful to me.