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Creating Your Own Etudes Pt. 4 by Behn Gillece

Creating Your Own Etudes Pt. 3 by Behn Gillece

Creating Your Own Etudes Pt. 2 by Behn Gillece

Creating Your Own Etudes Pt.1 by Behn Gillece

Quick and Dirty Video = QDV

Learn the lick! 

record post what you do with this exercise. 

In fact I'll give a free 45 minutes lesson to the first beginning student that plays this through  all the keys in time.

offer expires September 1, 2022

If you haven't heard about this book, check this out. 

There is a lineage of books here, a tree. 

It all starts with Zen and Art or Archery, goes to 'The Inner Game of Tennis' (great great book to read)

Goes to, 'Zen and Art or Motorcycle Maintenance'

'Effortless Mastery' I think comes from this tree of books. They are all great and Kenny's book is great. 

I sometimes cop Balafon patterns to work on. I love listening to Balafon players and checking out their independence. 

Check out this video: 

In the beginning somewhere he plays this pattern. I don't take them down stricktly, because they vary them. 

Hey all,

The lesson offer is still on but with a small change; complete any two etudes from the blues or rhythm changes etudes I've posted and I will do a free 30 minute lesson. So if you want to do one of the blues etudes and one of the rhythm changes, you can get the lesson. Must be a decent version of each though :)

Hope to see some posts!

Getting your time together can be an enormous amount of work. Well, at least for me it is and I'm still working on it. 

With this etude, you have to play it with your right foot OFF the pedal and tapping on 2 and 4. Not your left foot but your right foot.

I don't write the chords in because I want you guys to print this stuff out and really study it. I feel like I'm handing it to you if I write the chords in. I believe you need to do the active work and try very hard to see how all this is connect. 

Hi all,

The first person who can post a good version of any two of these four etudes receives a free 30 minute lesson with me (Behn). Please see the video for more details and the etudes are attached. Hope to see some folks posting!