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Back home after a 3-hour trio gig (vibes, bass, drums). Man, I am exhausted!

Tom P.

Your last assignment for the semester:

Pick an etude out of the Friedman: Dampening and Pedaling book and post it here. David Friedman will comment on your posts.

@Harvey - What's the due date?

I think I've posted this before but I'm not sure. This would make a great EOTM (Exercise of the Month). Might not be as easy as it looks. The left hand plays the double stops.

This piece is the 1st movement from Bach's violin sonata # 1. There's lots of opportunity for mallet dampening. The goal is to get it to sound full and resonant, but very clean. As you move from chord to chord use good dampening and/or pedaling to make sure no notes from the previous chord ring into the current chord; making it sound sloppy.

The tempo is really slow, with an 8th note set to about 50 on the metronome. A pdf of the manuscript is included HERE

Hey guys and gals! This is an audio clip from a recital I did recently. Whaddya think? Hope you dig it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIprhA_qaAs

-Drew

hey,

since tony posted so much stride stuff i thought i will try something on that. i choose moonglow. this was my best attempt out of 4. i put on a tiny brush snare and cymbal to work as metronom (you like it marie?) and to work on my timing, since i tend to rush always.

i think the feel is ok but i need more practice on the movement of the left hand during the solo.

tarik