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"Everything Happens To Me"

"Everything Happens To Me" - a beautiful song written by Tom Adair (lyrics) and Matt Dennis (music). At Berklee this morning squeezing in a little practice time before heading to some presentations for the 5 Week Program. Playing one of the school's Yamaha vibraphone. I like how my Vic Firth mallets (M39) sound on it.

Chord Warmup

I thought I'd share this because I've gotten a lot from it. It's very helpful getting your mind into the game as a warm up exercise and if you're new to playing tunes in all keys, it's a structured exercise that helps make the relationships and trains the ear. Give it a try. All keys of course.

TOTM - Intros - Wave Intro

Chinese Translation is for Chinese students
Wave的intro,我們今天要來研究分析它,並且把這個intro放到不同曲子中當作intro。
這些曲子必須開頭第一個和弦是一級。

intro的和弦進行: I minor7-IV Dominant7
例如:開頭和弦是Bbmajor7, 那這個intro就會是Bbminor7- Eb7 - Bbminor7- Eb7 - Bbminor7- Eb7 - Bbminor7- Eb7

像是Green dolphin street, there is no greater love, days of wine and roses, Misty
在表演的時候多用幾次,
你的耳朵就會記得這個聲音,
你又多一個intro的素材可以用了:)

TOTM - Intros - Days Of Wine and Roses Intro

Play the last 8 bars!

Chinese translation for Chinese students

其實這樣的Intro不只可以用在Days of Wine and Roses,最後8小節當作intro的方式,是一種很普遍演奏Intro的方式。
Aminor A7(增加色彩) \ Dminor \Bminor7b5 \Bb7(or E7) \ Aminor7 D7 \Gminor7 C7 \ FMajor7 \C13 or Calt. \

Intro的功能,是讓觀眾聽到曲子的鋪陳,所以盡量明確的給出和弦的性質,
必要的時候,也可以演奏根音,讓觀眾的耳朵先熟悉聲音。
另外intro一定要明確的讓樂團跟到,音樂走向(和弦\節奏)不夠清楚的話,
樂團中其他團員會很困惑,不知道什麼時候要進音樂。
你可以模仿Tony的節奏,或者是聽出他用怎麼樣的Voicing, 或著是她加上了什麼樣的旋律線條在其中。
試著去模仿。