Experimenting on the marimba today with Thelonious Monk's "Round Midnight".
Some notes about the notes: At the very beginning, the piece starts with b9 interval played in the right hand and improvised stuff in the left. This to me creates a cold, alone, metalac feeling of depth under water. At 0:43 I rub and randomly "twinkle" the upper register with the top mallet. This is white water sound that was inspired by a young student who did that when he was just messing around on the instrument.
Write the chords in.
Play the etude.
Can you improvise your own version of this?
Do you know the scales?
Quarter notes are great for practicing improv, because you have to play each beat but you also have a lot of time to think.
Can you put chords in? Do you have the chords memorized?
This is a quick and dirty etude. If there are any glaring mistakes let me know.
Hi all,
Here is a track from our new CD with my band The View From Madeleine's Couch. An original song recorded a couple of months ago.
Cheers Kym
OK, as you guys know I have a very busy schedule. I'm sure many of you also have crazy schedules.
I banged this out for my student Alex.
It's a chord study. Write in the chord names, memorize the etude and change rhythms, whatever you want. Just study the voicings.
Hi everyone,
I am about to embark on the dissertation stage of my Ethnomusicology PhD program and my topic will be within the realm of music and disability studies (I know what you're thinking Tony, we just were talking about my other topic a few months ago, but long story short I had to change). I haven't chosen a specific topic yet but I would of course like to do something related to percussion if possible.
