Playing Hoagy Carmichael's classic composition "Skylark" this morning before an enjoyable day of teaching at Berklee. So many great songs written by Hoagy Carmichael and this is one of them.

Volumes 1 and 2 of the four volume series The Complete Guide To Improvisation are now available via my website, Amazon and the Berklee College of Music bookstore.

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Chinese translation for Chinese students

Eminor 7 b5
Bb, D, E, G

A7b913
G. C#. F#. Bb. 止掉F#Bb, 打F,A

Dminor7
A. D. E. G. 止掉E,G, 打D,F

I'm posting this final "round up" of Giant Steps to stress the importance of sculpting each phrase, no matter what the tempo. Ben pointed out the advantage of not playing the tune too fast, so here's a medium tempo where I did my best to shape each phrase, using dynamics, dampening and legato playing.

Motivic Playing: Practicing today at Berklee on "All Of Me" with a focus on motives. More or less changing motives every eight measures. Motivic Playing is a chapter in The Complete Guide To Improvisation Volume Two.

A dyslexic pianist and a vibraphonist with dementia go to a jam session. The pianist calls " Heaven Steps to Seven". The vibist says, " I don't know that one ". The pianist says, "Don't worry, it's easy to marimba!"

===== OK.. So there aren't a whole lot of good vibes jokes. Feel free to contribute better ones here.

And for further entertainment, check out the piano juggler at
https://www.youtube.com/embed/mFfeU85CozU

Hi Guys this month i'm going to do a really basic lesson for those of you who still have problem playing chords on the vibes, and understanding how to use sus and add chords properly.
Remember to download the pdf before watching the lesson in order to understand what I'm doing!
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Have a nice week
Giovanni