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Blue Bossa 8/5/08

BarryK 5 August 2008

Here I am practicing Blue Bossa chord solo. Got a little lost in the middle. I still need more practice memorizing the changes.

I wish the sound compression was better on the Web Streaming setting in iMovie, it seems to add tremolo even though there isn't any and adds other artifacts.

I tried my manual tremolo at the end. I think that is such a cool technique.

I Gots the Blues!

tonymiceli 5 August 2008

I love independence on the vibes. I like making things work that shouldn't work. A bass line is usually something I don't waste time on, however there's a trick here. It's an illusion. Once you set the bass line up you don't have to keep it going. Just come back to it once in a while! The only other thing is that the line has to make sense and also sound good. You can't just work out some stuff and play it. It has to accompany what the improvisation. That means the bass line has to be improvised as well!

Scales Part 4

tonymiceli 5 August 2008

Talks about the modes of the Major Scale.
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Chinese translation for Chinese students

Ionian 的結構：比如以C因爲起頭音，一路上行，8個音中間半音全音的關係。全全半全全全半。

你可以用這樣的方式，找到七個調式音階，音根音中間的關係。

然後把這樣半全音的關係，套在不同起頭音（不同調）上面。

Dorian是全半全全全半全。

Never Too Old to Learn

tonymiceli 2 August 2008

Man! Back in the day, I used to teach Behn Gillece. He came over today and recorded some lessons and a piece for the school and I learned a ton. Behn has come into his own and is a top notch vibe player! He talked about solo playing and then how to practice chord voicings.

I added some of the stuff to my practice routine! It came around in full circle. Amazing. To be honest he's the best student I ever had. He practiced EVERYTHING I gave him and came back with ideas and questions. Some lessons he'd be talking through the whole lesson. I'd just listen to what he did.

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