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Gary Burton and Chick Corea played here in Philly last night with the Brooklyn String Quartet. Of course it was incredible. They opened up with Chick's tune Love Castle, which was very beautiful. They also played the arrangement of Chega off the new album and when it got to Gary's solo, Chick dropped out. Gary played Chega solo vibes, and you could hear the audience freak out a little bit. They also played Hot House, Eleanor Rigby, and a few others off the new album.

Chord Voicings are attached

I just worked on this with a student. I wrote out some two five one progressions where the chords keep moving down.

Where chops come in is this: You practice this and work up speed. Play 2 5 1 6's in different keys. This would really help your chops!

I've attached the 'rough' pdf I made for the student.

Neighbor tones!

Check out the PDF. As you can see, there are many ways to use NT's. They can easily become a vehicle for interesting lines both smooth and angular in your playing.

When looking at the PDF, remember that I left many out.

When you pick a NT pattern, learn it in all 24 keys, then start asking "if I like this, how can I change this slightly to be something else that I like?"
That's when you can apply devices such as...
-starting in a different rhythmic spot
-changing the direction of the line (up vs.down)
-changing the rhythm of the line

This doesn't need video or audio or anything. It needs discipline. And discipline is hard. I have back problems and when I do my back exercises I have no pain. And then I forget to do the exercises. And then let's not even get into food.

Bebop Tunes

Chinese translation for Chinese students.

*整個練習踏板都踩著不要放

Behn 打的是這些和弦進行：

演奏Fmajor7的和聲配置: F-C-E-A
然後Fmajor7 要變成 F minor 7 再接到 Bb7 （ii-v)
最後解決到 Eb major 7 ( i )

再來把Eb major7 變成 Ebm 在接到 Ab7 （ii-v）
最後解決到一級 Db ( i )

Behn如何止音：

第一步驟～
打完F major 7後，用右手同時止掉兩個音，分別是3, 7音，也就是E 和 A 音。
這時候的左手也不能閒下來，右手止音同時左手敲擊Fminor7的3, 7音也就是Eb 和Ab 音。

第二步驟～
接下來要變成Bb7聲響，就得把Eb這個音止掉（右手），同時移低半音敲擊D（左手），
這時候檢查所有還在響的音有F C D Ab