Here is a nice little exercise. This will help anyone, but especially if you're beginning to improvise and you're trying to construct more fluid lines. Good luck!

This is the AABA structure of Sophisticated Lady according to the Real Book, with an attempt to include some of the descending 7th chords that characterize this piece. My timing's crap and it needs a solo section.

So, there's this lick I'm struggling with -- see the attached PDF and mp3 (from midi). I want it to go at about quarter note equal 160 (the speed of the midi), but I'm not even close, maybe about quarter note equal 100-120. Any suggestions beside repeat until I get it or die of frustration? (there has been a lot of this so far :-)).

Chord Scale Chart from The Complete Guide To Improvisation

Here is a chord scale chart that lists available chord scales for various chord types. This is a two page excerpt from the Chord Scale Theory chapter of the book.

Chord Scale Chart: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0TwrpqjL6dQRkxaT05WWHRqdlE/edit?pli=1

Here's another etude on Footprints. This one isn't a chord melody; it's a simple outlining of the chords in a cool, hypnotic sounding kind of way, which I think is kind of neat for this type of TOTM. It has a straight 8th feel, and a slight reharm of chords towards the end to help stick to the one chord per two measures motif. Enjoy!

Hi Everyone,
My February show will reflect the World Vibes Congress by playing almost all of the professional players who were there and made such invaluable contributions.
The only exception is Ed Smith -- I don't yet have any of his recordings but am expecting them in time for the March program.
I will talk a bit about the conference and what a treasure the jam turned out to be.
The first hour will include these (and others):
"New Shores" by Stefan Bauer
"Summertime" with Gary Burton (when he was only 21) and Stan Getz
"The Dog Days" Behn Gillece

The reason I am saying that Tony Miceli is so great is that he managed to gather all the vibraphone players in this congress. At first I thought this never could happen and it did because deep inside us we all trust Tony and we think that he is a great player and person. Ofcorse everybody has its own purposes when doing something but at the bottom level no one would show to this meeting if they didn't trust him. I don't know how was the congress since I am still in Greece but one thing I know is that this was a huge event and we are all lucky to know him.

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Great intro by David

It's a new year, and after being so inspired at WVC, I want to make a resolution.

Every morning, I spend time exercising before heading to work. I only have a few minutes so it's never a full workout, just some pushups or jumping jacks to start the day. I've been doing this awhile and it's a great habit, so now I want to do the same with music. I can certainly afford to wake up a couple minutes earlier to make time for vibes.