Pedal on every chord.
This will teach you about chord melodies.
The pedal for the most part can be down for two beats at a time for most of the tune. However there are a couple spots where the chords change on beats 3 and 4. Use a lead sheet and your ears to figure out where they are.
Study the original harmony and see where I add upper partials not in the lead sheet.
Even if the harmony is too complex this also for beginners, just work on the music, don't worry about the advanced chords. Just play it as is.
I would love to see a beginning post their version of this!
Download the PDF. Learn 1 chorus. Once you can play it, then next add the chords and figure out all the upper partials I'm using.
A new song I just finished composing titled "Cinematic Scene". I'm using a new set of my signature mallets (Vic Firth M39) that just arrived in the mail. Very happy how these mallets sound in terms of fullness, color and clarity. The lead sheet can be viewed and downloaded via Google Docs: Here's the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_earYPvM3TsS0DU5OmqsFe5UcSDYSKxh/view
I'm doing some recording this week with a bass player. We spent a whole session last week putting together and recording this arrangement of "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me". As much fun as improvising is, I love putting little arrangements like this together. I'll add the notes once I get a chance to write it out.
Autumn Leaves” - Applying voicing concepts as a means for solo playing. Voicings are played harmonically and linearly. The concepts are from by book Voicing Concepts for the Jazz Vibist which is available from Amazon. Some of the concepts addressed in the book include: Pentatonic Voicings, Cluster Voicings, Intervallic Voicings, Shapes in the Texture, Voicings with Upper Structure Triads, Chord Alteration, Reharm Concepts and Symmetrical Diminished Voicings.
Blues with a shuffle feel. I love how Keith Jarrett plays the blues with this type of feel usually as an encore during his solo concerts. Also a fan of how great guitarists like B. B. King, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan play the blues. The scope and depth of music is very expansive.
A new interview (FWIW)
http://voyagedallas.com/interview/meet-pipervibe-music-fire-ice-corinth…