Subscribers

Study this lesson from vibist Tyler Blanton:
VW Lesson-“Developing a Voicing Vocabulary” by Tyler Blanton, Part 1

In addition make sure you can play the following:
Scales: Dorian scales (2nd mode of major) in all 12 keys.

Listen to these tunes, get several recordings of each including one with a vocalist (where applicable)
Tunes: Have you Met Miss Jones?, Blue Bossa, Bluesette, All the Things You Are, There Will Never be Another You.

OK, for subscribers to the site. Here is your midterm exam. And if you do it, you get a gift. You get my new CD, absolutely free. It features all tunes from the 60's and 70's and features Paul Jost on vocals.

Here are the rules, READ THEM CAREFULLY, pretty please.

1. You have to perform a solo version of a tune. Any tune. I don't care if you're a beginer or advanced.

If anyone is interested, this is an article I wrote for PAS's periodical. I geared it towards a college student who is a percussion performance/education major, but the hardcore jazzer can get just as much out of it (I hope). Some of the musical spelling in the examples got botched (Fb is supposed to be E natural). Hopefully you guys like it.

-Drew

http://publications.pas.org/Archive/July12/1207.22-25.pdf