Lesson

A simple tip that will help expand language on a half diminished chord.

Final wrap up with odd time signatures.

Here is pt. 1 of my wrap up with the odd time signature series.

Some tips on combining 5 and 4.

An old member of the site (Tifoo) sent this transcription from one of my videos of Bluesette. It's just the head, but I thought I'd post it.

Here's the video: http://www.vibesworkshop.com/video/bluesette-video/tonymiceli/010109

The transcription is below.

Here's some tips to practicing a faster 7 tempo . Mic gain was high, so a little distorting on some chords toward the end.

Here's some tips on soloing in 5/4

Here's some ideas for comping in a slow 5/4.

I always thought that working on something harder than something else also helped making that other thing easier. I thought practicing in odd times would help me play in even times better. That was part of my motivation of learning odd times.

I think you should work out a few tunes and call them on gigs and try them out. Get used to playing in 5. I figured that playing 3 and 2 would help you're playing in three as well as playing in 5!

And odd times can be really fun and liberating. All of a sudden you're feeling comfortable in an odd time, that's a good feeling!

Here's the first lesson on a series that I'll be doing over the next couple of weeks on odd time signature playing. This lesson discusses the phrasing of a melody over a slow 5/4. I apologize for my meowing cat towards the end of the video, haha!

Behn