Check out this lesson plan. Check out the simple solo and the scales. Then lets talk.

can you do a chord tone solo easily on this tune?
can you play the chords with 4 mallets?
is it memorized?

we should meet online when i get back from canada.

Here's a real simple solo on the tune Bluesette. The great thing about the solo is you can clearly hear the changes. Play the melody and chords then learn the solo. MEMORIZE THE solo. Play it in different keys and see how it works. Notice how the chords change and how the lines move along with the chords. It's really important to understand that if you don't have the melody and chords memorized and understand how the tune works that you won't be able to play a good solo. All this has to be internalized.

Bluesette is a great tune to study because of all the ii Vs. This is one of those tunes that is you really work hard on it, you're practicing many other tunes since they'll have similar changes.

Musicians usually play it in either Bb or G, so at the very least you should work on it in at least those keys. Here are a some different things to help you study Bluesette.

john. let me know you got this, by responding and posting a comment. then we'll work on bluesette here. i'm going to make you a video tonight i hope!

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