I did some work on Donna Lee last summer, so I'm going to challenge myself this week to play the head in all 12 keys.
I'll start today with Ab and D. Someday it would be cool to work each key up to tempo, but I'll be content with medium swing for now.
-Tristan
Hi all,
Really looking forward to this bebop course! Tony and I have been talking about doing something like this for awhile and I'm glad we're doing it.
Mondays will be the main day for postings. Check out the lessons Tony put up, they're great and it looks like some people are posting already, which is awesome!
I will put up more on Wednesday. Hope you're all into it!
Behn
"Well, that night, I was working over Cherokee, and, as I did, I found that by using the higher intervals of a chord as a melody line and backing them with appropriately related changes, I could play the thing I'd been hearing. I came alive." -Charlie Parker
Do you get it? It's really why bebop is great to play and study. I love listening to it also. Reminds me of Bach.
What do you guys think?
Playing bebop heads at ANY tempo is really great for your hands. I am getting so much out of playing through all these tunes every day. Making lessons and videoing and just playing the heads and chords is an amazing thing to do for my playing and I assume will be for yours as well.
I hope you guys really put time into all this!
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I have been studying a lot of Chick Transcriptions lately and found some techniques that are imitable on Vibraphone.
I'm trying to get my practice routine together. So I was wondering how different vibe players practice. How much time? What do you practice?
I think most of us know a few things about the brain based on recent research. We know that when you stop practicing something, stop solving a problem, the brain does not stop. I've been working out a few things lately and I've got to see that in action.
I hope you guys realize that step one of working out a problem is to play it and show yourself the problem, spend some time trying to fix it and then finally walk away from it. Let the brain work on it. Next day it's better.
So....
I was chatting in the shout box about sight reading subscriber Bob Adler. We briefly talked about sight reading. So I thought I'd start a post about sight reading.
I'm not a great reader but I can manage. First I put the music stand slanted and level with the instrument. This is so I can use peripheral vision to see the notes.
I learn more about solo vibes from guitar than any other instrument. I think we have the same problems.
This album inspires me and i learn about solo vibe playing from things like this. What do you guys think?