I was talking to a student today. This student is nervous about getting out to play. This would be the students first jam session. The student is very talented and needs to get over this hump. If the student played about 5 or 6 jam sessions that would be it, they'd be fine and could get up to play with ease.

We have to play in public. This is really how we get better! And there's no excuse for not doing it. Learn tunes and get out there. People are cool and anyone who says anything negative to you is an A-hole, so don't worry about it :-).

Tony Miceli
Carolyn Stallard
Roger Gaumond

Post your mini concerts for Feb. 25th, 2017 below. Put the links in, I'll embed the videos.

I LOVE MINI concerts. They are for everyone to participate and it's a virtual way of coming together. I like this as much as doing a concert in a theatre. I'm pretty shy and introverted but this is such a cool community thing that I just love seeing everybody play.

So I recorded two versions of my mini concert for this weekend. The second one is where I botched
confirmation. So I took the first version where I played both versions with stopping and it was an ok performance.

Here is the good version of the bad version? Get it? Triste came out ok on the second version. But that's not a mini concert because I have to play 2 or more tunes without stopping :-)

Hi Guys this month i'm going to do the third part of my lesson for those of you who wants to practice quartal voicings and applied them in modal jazz.

As usual feel free to contact me through my website: www.giovanniperin.com and to follow me on FB and Youtube!

Hi Everyone,

Looking forward to my first time in Italy this coming week. I'll be playing next Saturday, February 25 at Gregories in Rome. Always great to meet other vibes players when I travel so please reach out and say hello if you're out there!

-Tyler

Chinese Translation for Chinese students

Ｃ13b9 的和聲配置(voicing) 你可以把7音放最底下(Bb)，再來3音(E)，然後是b9(Db)和13(A)音。

來談談這個13音(A)，在聽覺上你可能下一個和弦要接到Fmajor7 的錯覺。因為natrual A是FMajor的三音。
所以當我們在演奏ii-V-I的和聲進行中，會在演奏五級(V)時開始累積Major的聲響，因為五級(V)運用Dominant13b9。
但是其實我們不一定要演奏Major和弦，我們也可以接到Fminor7和弦。

快速找到Dominant 13b9 和聲配置的方法：

例如: C13b9 ———— 從C往下想大二度(Major2)，得到Bb音，再往下想小二度(Minor2)，得到A音。
把Bb當成根音(root)，A做成大三和弦(triad)，這樣就得到了C13b9。

G13b9 ———— F當作根音，做一個E大三和弦。
D13b9 ———— C當作根音，做一個B大三和弦。