I just worked on this with a student. I wrote out some two five one progressions where the chords keep moving down.
Where chops come in is this: You practice this and work up speed. Play 2 5 1 6's in different keys. This would really help your chops!
I've attached the 'rough' pdf I made for the student.
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Look at my brand new "full commodity" practice room! haha!! :o)
Ok, seriously: my PC used to be under the stairs in the intrance where I practice... We decided to move the main toilets there, so the PC moved in the cupboard on the other side of the intrance. And Bruno just placed the toilets today... so there are not yet any walls around... I couldn't resist taking that pic!!
Who dared to say he/she had such a cool practice room? Huh? ;-)
Hello everyone.
Nicos Skalkotas was one of the greatest Greek composer who actually took the Greek traditional music and out it into the symphonic orchestra. This is a very good example of how 2 different words can combine and create something new. Nikos skalkotas has also studied with Arnold Schonberg. For more information click below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Skalkottas
Dimitris
Here is another tune I am working on for my accordion/guitar jam.
I am practicing working with a metronome on 2&4.
Barry
Hi all,
I'm needing (quickly !) super-extra-soft mallets for vibraphone. Visiting the Mike Balter's site the 16R model is said for marimba use, anyone knowing if it would work fine with vibes ?
There's the Vibrawell V9R too. Any info about it ?
Do you know another VERY VERY soft vibes mallets ?
If yes, thank you in advance for your answers !!! :o))
Argh!
Well...I have taken an unplanned rest from Afro Blue because...
1) First, I forgot about a recording session I agreed to play marimba on, so I had to spend a weekend staying up too late and getting up too early trying to cram learning the part (luckily I'm an okay music crammer, so the composer was actually satisfied with my playing. Phew!). That was kinda dumb though, so next time someone wants me to record with them, I will make sure to learn the part in advance!
Here is another tune from the coltrane tribute i did a couple weeks ago.. there is a bit of people talking, had the recorder on a table with my girlfriend.. hope ya dig it
Neighbor tones!
Check out the PDF. As you can see, there are many ways to use NT's. They can easily become a vehicle for interesting lines both smooth and angular in your playing.
When looking at the PDF, remember that I left many out.
When you pick a NT pattern, learn it in all 24 keys, then start asking "if I like this, how can I change this slightly to be something else that I like?"
That's when you can apply devices such as...
-starting in a different rhythmic spot
-changing the direction of the line (up vs.down)
-changing the rhythm of the line
This is a series of performances about Tune of the Month – Solo vibes. You can criticize my performance or you can even use these posts as lessons since I play step by step the development of solo vibes according to what I practiced so far.
It’s up to you…
This is my final etude of this series of performances. Hope you enjoy and learn something from all this work I 've done so far. I certainly learned a lot. One more lesson on solo vibes (Friedman's wrap up) and CHOPS HERE I COME. I already started to practise baroque music and I am going to practise also the omnibook.