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2 Blues Exercises

Just did this for a student.

Bb Blues.

Transcribe my solo. Do you understand it?
take the pdf and play the chord solo. memorize it and put it through keys.
MEMORIZE IT!

also memorize the solo and play that in different keys.

feel free to fix any 'wrong' notes.

I'll Remember April - Carolyn's mini concert

Since I wasn't part of the livestream for the "I'll Remember April" pop-up class, I recorded my own mini concert. I primarily worked on two styles of this tune over these weeks, a ballad and a Latin-inspired version.

In this video I play both styles back to back (Latin starts around 3:48). There's lots more I'd like to work on (such as improving my bebop vocabulary for soloing), but overall I'm happy with the progress I made on this tune during this pop-up class series.

Great Exercise On Dominant (Mixolydian) Chords -V

I know I've posted this before. But one more time.

All great horn plays know this one.

I write it here over an F9 chord and at the end I head into Bb. Learn it in each key and then do the modulation and see if you can play it in all the keys without stopping.

And yes some of the keys you have to skip around octaves to play it.

Repeat it in each key. Try to play it 3 to 5 times without messing up.

V6 - frame including twistable flaps

I think this is my last frame design. It now fulfills all my wishes and ideas. Besides the new, additional folding method, I am very happy that I managed to realize the twistable flaps in the frames without any restrictions on the folding versions.
It was a long development process until the twisting flaps also achieved good stability.

A corresponding flap version as a conversion kit for Musser M55 is in progress and close to completion.

Whisper Not

Here a little video made with a friend who is resuming contrabass playing after a 30 years break...
This is an important step for me because during my whole jazz life i always played with drummers. It's quite different to play without and i had to work somewhat hard to get tunes down in a reasonable way... One more time, thanks to WWWvibesworkshop.com for the all sorts of help during all thoses years...
Critics welcomed, enjoy if possible...

Working on Donna Lee

Hola! les comparto el audio de 3 coros de Donna lee en donde me puse el desafio de lograr tocar la melodía, luego improvisar y en el tercer coro hacer la primera mitad con comping y finalizar en la segunda mitad, con la segunda parte de la melodía.

Gracias por el espacio.
Tomás-