Lesson

Our first Pop Up Class! We studied Green Dolphin Street!!!!

I pick a time announce it, which ever subscribers can make it, we study something and then we perform! That is is Pop Up Class!

Here is our performance!

I'm always looking to see and hear how people play in different situations and whether it holds my attnetion.

David Patrios is a great mallet player. Just look how he plays in this duo!

He's on a .... is it a Balifon? Or do I just call it a marimba? I don't know.

But he makes great melodies.

This just reminds me what we need to make music. We don't need 4 mallets going on all the time. For most of us that's a good think. We need strong melodies with chords interspersed!

Transcribe my solo.
1st chorus - quarter note solo
2nd chorus - simple solo

Play my solo, then do yours.
Your first chorus needs to be quarter notes
Second chorus, simple and swinging.

I've attached a file with only brushes. You can use the to play along with.

Records to check out:
Alone by Bill Evens.
Peter Bernstein solo live at smalls.
Ornette coleman the album with 2 quartets.

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How to comp bebop head: slow version with comping, if It’s fast, you need to drop the chords. Only focus on single line

When you think about coming, just think about/practice comp in C key first. Use the diatonic movement to practice. We can practice quarter notes with one, two, three, four notes.

Check out the etude. Does it help you?

Here are some exercises and info I gave a student on Solar.

WANDERING SCALES - I think it's a good exercise to be able to move from scale to scale from wherever you are. Here's one chorus of that.

SOLO TO TRANSCRIBE - Transcribe it!