Work On Bebop Heads To Help Technique
Bebop heads can really help with your technique. Play them very very slow and speed them up.
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Bebop heads can really help with your technique. Play them very very slow and speed them up.
Me talking about this tune and how I study it and play it!
BTW - I lost 1,000 dollars. This is no Tune of the month for this tune!
Ok, there's a lot here. Check it out. Some choruses are easier than others. So grab what works for you.
I put in the chords for the first chorus. You do the same for the rest. Here are things you should do.
In the tracks below are:
I always try and play a version of the tune I'm doing a lesson on. My 2024 version of Israel is here.
Here's a lesson on Israel. I know I've put up lessons in the past. Well I didn't think of until I started doing the lessons.
Maybe I cover some of the same stuff. However....
In this version I'm attaching a pdf of my arrangement of the head as well as some simple etudes based on the first few bars of the tune!
I always try and put up a version of the tune I'm doing a lesson on! It helps ME!
I think I'll keep playing it and record another version in a few days.
Look for the lesson on Israel if I forget to put the link below.
You can like in the the Vbooks>Lessons and technique>Tune of the month>Israel
Check out this video. I hope all this makes sense to you guys and that you can start using some of these ideas. Any questions post them here! If a couple people wanted a class on it, I would gladly do it. Let's say minimum 3 people post here that they want a lesson on this and I'll do it. We will set up a zoom time.
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????
Can you play this? With a metronome, make it swing and play the rhythyms? Go as slow as you want to!!!! But once you get it down, work on the speed. Also, IMHO, don't use it as a reading exercise. Memorize it. Can you play it in another key?
I'll give a free lesson to anyone who can play it (memorized) in another key. And you'll have to play it at the lesson as well! :-)
I'm just talking about the tune, I'm getting Sentimental Over You. Talking about how I would practice it and how I would approach it.
I played two solos with hi hat. One fast and one slow, they will follow with the transcription! Check back!