didn't i give you a bunch of things to work on? i don't see them.
friedman dampening and pedaling.
and lets do this. pick a tune that you know really well. memorized. play it for a few days and then let's do a skype lesson and talk about the tune. i'll show you how i think of the harmony.
cool? get the friedman book.
I had this idea today. Just trying to figure out how to implement it as well see if there's interest.
I want to start a tune club for the summer. I would like it to be very disciplined. The idea is we learn 2-3 tunes a week.
I got it... we could do it like this. Week Challenges. I'll post the tunes say on a Wednesday. We all study the tunes all week and then post by the the following 7th day your version. I (or maybe Phillipe!) will make play along tracks. Just rough for you guys to learn the tunes. Everyone has to submit the tune by the 7th day.
I'm fasinated by lines so today I studied opening licks. I put them down in a Finale doc and thought I'd post them.
I sat and listened to them until I could pretty much play them, then I went over to the hunk of metal and tried to slowly play the lick without messing up. Then I sped it up and put it through all the keys.
You guys should try it. Licks are attached.
Here's a lesson on the tune Conception by George Shearing.
There's a chord melody etude, and a chord study. I also have a chord analysis. That is the chord melody with the bass notes. You should try and go through the tune and put the chords in yourself before you look at the other etudes. You will learn a lot doing it this way.
Above is a link to the video where I talk about the tune and four mallet playing.
I was working on the tune Conception by George Shearing and I had some thoughts I figured I'd pass along. I have an etude and chord study coming also.
There is some symmetry on the pan, Victor talks about it here.
Victor Provost is a top notch steel pan player. He's joining vibesworkshop.com to create the pan part, which will be called panworkshop.com and reside along side of the vibe section. Here Victor talks briefly about the history of the pan.
well here is the start.... this is an idea on how i get around Gaint steps...
I have only done the first Cycle of the progression, however, this idea should be continued to the other cycle that starts not the Bmaj7 but rather on Gmaj7.
Enjoy more to come
There's been talk about the Mallet Kat here. Which to me means electronic music.
I know there are varying opinions on electronic music especially pertaining to the vibes.
Well check this out. It's not a midi vibes but this should show you the worlds and places you can go to.
This is one of the most incredible videos I've seen on youtube. And the thing is this is 10 years old maybe? I think. And look what Michael Brecker does.
Wow!
Here's an itunes podcast series that seems really great.
http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/gsu.edu.2009534935
You can subscribe to this in Itunes. I listened to one so far, and his style is great and he's very knowledgeable.