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H1CH - Head 1 Chorus Head
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“Bluesette” by the great Toots Thielemans from Brussels who passed in 2016 at the age of 94. I’m a big fan of Toots and his beautiful harmonica playing. I’m improvising here on his most famous song with a focus on using the top three…
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I'm working on dampening and pedaling using David's book, and checking out other players' renditions. There are some really nice ones up on the site. In your video of Etude #1 (back in 2008?), Tony, I noticed how close you keep the mallets…
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Hi everyone, Last year I heard about Pearl's new MalletStation and was considering getting one but wanted to see reviews from early buyers first. The release date kept getting pushed back, back, back, and I still don't see any reviews…
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So, in this chapter of mic wars, there is a clear winner and it is not the mics or the signal path. It is the Omega vibraphone. Tony brought his over to my place and we recorded a couple of short passes so I could work out some kinks in…
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Chords
Marie-Noëlle
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All lessons on playing, chords, voicings, including our 'Chord and Harmony Festival 2011'. Have fun! :o)
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Hi vibes lover in this lesson I'll talk about some new technique I developed while writing my new book called AFORISMI - 11 etudes for solo vibraphone In this lesson I'll talk about the intro of AFORISMA #6 - CALYPSO where i…
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Hi Guys this month i'm going to do a really basic lesson for those of you who wants to practice quartal voicings and applied them in modal jazz. As usual feel free to contact me through my website: www.giovanniperin.com and to follow…
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Hi Guys this month i'm going to do the second part of my lesson for those of you who wants to practice quartal voicings and applied them in modal jazz. As usual feel free to contact me through my website: www.giovanniperin.com and to…
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Hi Guys this month I'll talk about one of my favorite topics: Harmony. I will explain 2 of my favorite close voicing and how to play them in context. 1. F-G-C-E can be a Dm7(9,11) or a G7sus9 or a FMaj7(9, omit 3) 2.D-G-Ab-C can be a…
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Hi vibes lovers today i'd like to talk about my approach to odd meter showing you a couple of grooves that I wrote. remember to break down the odd meter in smaller groups of 3 and 2 (e.g. 7=2+2+3 or 2+3+2 or 3+2+2) Thanks a lot for…
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Hi vibes friend today i'd like to talk about my favorite scales for plaing over Dom 7th chords. I'm not a big fan of modes and scales in general because I tend to think about the tonal area when playing a song (especially simple…
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The Bebop Blues Form
giovanniperin
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Hi vibes friend today i'd like to talk about some simple ways to improve your blues playing! Here are the bebop blues form I'll explain in the video. Please follow them while watching the lesson. Form n.1 F7 | Bb7 | F7 | Cm7 F7 |…
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Here's an interesting bebop technique that I use a lot to embellish simple fragment of scales and arpeggios. You'll sound immediately jazzy!! Hope you enjoy. Thanks a lot for watching and remember to follow me on Facebook…
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Some great stuff!
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How Insensitive -V
David Friedman
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I've been working on this tune with different time feels since I've been preparing for a tour and CD with the wonderful Czech singer, Martina Bartova. I'm posting a very slow, kind of dreamy version with lots of space. I've recorded…
1 year 1 month ago - 5 comments
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I quickly made a pdf harmonizing some scales. Spend some time on this, as this will help a lot I think. You should make melodies out of scale tones and then try to harmonize them. There a lot to do here that will really move you forward…
6 years 2 months ago - 1 comments
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Sorry, but I had to do it. I've talked about this many times, however since we're talking about chord melodies I thought another Dad speech was appropriate. Do you know what a Dad speech is? Teachers give them all the time. That's when…
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I made this for my student Dan Neville. We did out last lesson last month and we wanted to end it with a couple duos. I did two duos, but I'm not happy with the other one. I'll post this one for now. Also, I didn't post the second part.…
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A short rendition of a Victor Young classic.
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Tabla Tarang
Jerry Leake
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Tarang means “wave” — the flowing wave of sound. This improvisation features 6 high tabla drums played in a melodic style like a raga. From my recent CD "Crafty Hands."
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Hi All, On January 6th, a few northeast snowbirds came to HHI in South Carolina to perform at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. Tony, Warren and Joe gave a standing-ovation worthy performance, the first of its kind on an island already…
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