I've kept this going most of my adult life. Just putting ideas of the vibraphone in a mind map. If you don't know what mind maps are, look them up, they are cool!
I use this a lot when I'm teaching. You probably will have to download it and blow it up to see everything.
🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 10
Up to this point, we’ve been building a blues vocabulary through:
• Guide tones
• Chromaticism
• Augmented, diminished, and whole tone sounds
• Full chorus line studies
This week, we shift into something more practical:
👉 Applying these ideas to a real tune
We’re using the melody to “Bag’s Groove” as our starting point, and combining it with chord voicings in the spaces.
This is an important step.
Instead of thinking separately about:
Transcribing, Hearing Form, and Ear Training.
Working on Pemutations, Technique, and Pedaling.
Working on Technique, Dynamics, and Pedaling.
🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 9
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been expanding our line vocabulary using real jazz language:
• Guide tones
• Chromaticism
• Augmented sounds
This week, we take another important step by focusing on two essential dominant sounds:
👉 Whole tone
👉 Diminished
These sounds show up constantly in jazz improvisation, especially over dominant chords, and they create a strong sense of tension and forward motion.
Friedman 16 Pedaling Etude (With Extra Background Noise)
Working on Pedaling, Chords and Technique.
Working on Pedaling, Technique, and Dynamics