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Friedman Etude 13

any else doing this? It's a great idea! 

Easy Living by Ralph Rainger

I've been working on getting used to playing full tunes with intro and endings

I think this guy sounds good. Do you? Why do you think I think he sounds good? 

Just had a great talk with the owner of Falls Music Company. Behn Gillece gave me there info. I have to fix 2 discs on an m55. They said to use C-clamps and gorilla glue! Clean the areas (rod and disc) put a thin layer of glue on it. Put the disc on and then clamp it with the c clamp!!!! That's it. He does it all the time he said! 

Now Musser owners. I think we all have problems attaching the pedal rod to that piece up top. It doesn't stay and other thing up top their becomes immoveable and I have to get a hammer and wack it loose! 

It looks like he has solved the problem! 

Ok, I'm working on Pannonica. I hope some of you guys are working on it also. I posted an etude. 

It's here.

When I study these tunes I think of 2 parts. 

• The first part is can I make lessons around the tune. Do I know the tune well enough.
• Next, can I make a decent audio recording. 
• Next, can I make a decent video recording
• Finally can I play it on a gig, solo or with the band. 

During the pandemic, one of the first things I did was to revisit a textbook that was deeply meaningful to me when I was in college.   To be accurate, it is a translation, not the original, but I don't speak or read German so it has to do.   I am referring to Hindemith's two volumes of "The Craft of Musical Composition".

hey Tony,

Happy Birthday!! Yeah I know, not yet for you, but here in Europe it is! 🎉

Man, it's been a while. Finally managed to get that rock I was hiding under off of me 🤣 ...  Been checking some of the latest stuff. Still going strong here! I hope I can again find the time to stay more in touch with you guys! 

I made a cool play along and made a sort of etude. It's a chance for you guys to play over 2 simple chords and play some 4 mallet stuff and some lines. I will make a video and talk about the etude very soon. 

But play this, learn this. Play along with me, and then use this stuff on your own. I use neighbor tones, bridges between whole steps. I.E. D Db C. If this was over a Dmin7 the important notes would be D and C and the bridge between them would be Db. Get it????