can you guys see this video below?
also does this page load ok? http://www.vibesworkshop.com/faculty/tony_miceli
Jimmy White spent the week as an intern for vibesworkshop.com. Wednesday he came to Philly from Ohio to spend the day with me and see what goes on at VW as well as try to do some lessons. Here is Jimmie's lesson on Stick Dropping.
This is the tune I was playing with Tony in Holland in the "This is why Marie is so hip" video. It's got a beautiful melody and beautiful, simple changes, which nevertheless pose a challenge. I like to play this tune as a solo piece as well.
Behn Gillece shows you how he plays Bye Bye Blackbird
Cool lesson by Mike Pinto using upper structure triads on the tune My One and Only Love
Here's another lesson, that was in the reject pile. But maybe it will be of use to someone. Sort of a reminder lesson.
here is part 3 where I discuss improvising using the upper structure triads on the dominant chords for "My One and Only Love"...
For example...
In the A section you have a B-7b5 to E7 to A-....
for the E7 I use a G triad as the upper structure so the voicing looks like this:
G# B D G moving to an A C E for minor.
Now when improvising try to create melodies that utilize the notes from an E7 (E G# B D) and mix in a G triad (G B D) so it might look like G G# B D E. Move around the octaves and try to make melodies that resolve to the A minor chord.
This should help your vibe playing!
In Part 2 I talk about the specifics on how to use the triads with the dominant 7 chords to create harmonic movement.
For example.
The G7 on the 2nd measure would have an E triad as the upper structure. So voicing it out would look like this:
G B F G# B E
this chord moves to an A- so if you just take the G# B and E and move them to A C E you have a really nice movement to the minor sound!
Sorry for the low audio for my speaking...if it is too low I can type it out for you guys if you want.