Tunes

Here's an etude on the tune I Could Write A Book. Chord melody and solo. 

I wrote in the chords for the first time through the tune. You write the rest in and look at the alterations of the chords! 

Check out the audio to see what it's supposed to sound like. I'd love to see you post your version!

The vibe sample is from the company Orange Tree. And if you know who Ed Smith is, it's his vibes and mallets. Sound great! 

Especially when studying jazz standards, each tune can teach you something. 

In this tune I'm briefly checking out Minority because it's a minor tune with major 2 5's and they move in a sequence. So play the same lick or idea on every chord! 

Click here to find a whole section on the tune minority.

I play a tune we all know and talk about it.

Blue Bossa Tony Transcription: https://youtu.be/p5X--sj07NQ

Donna Lee First 16 bars: https://youtu.be/XwVTTUB4VTY

Blue Bossa 2 chorus solo: https://youtu.be/yPZaXUpdK10

Friedman Etude #9: https://youtu.be/XNTOiMpdEBI

Blue Bossa head with chord accompaniment: https://youtu.be/akBz9J0UDnI

Diminished open-closed voicings in G, Ab, & C: https://youtu.be/wTBnPlYdWGQ

Blue Bossa with scales: https://youtu.be/ONUGeuGTyQc

Donna Lee first 8 bars of head: https://youtu.be/gdprxMkrNOw

Friedman Etude #7: https://youtu.be/7kAbSj-Hsv4

I slow down my solo so you can see how I use 4 mallets and comp and play. I say in the video that the most important thing to me are the lines, more important than the comping. IMHO

This is for a student of mine. But you guys can have it also. 

Transcribe it and then think about what I'm playing and what the chord is. Can see the b9s #5s etc.

Tony lesson 2 (head, improv, comping, head)

Getting your time together can be an enormous amount of work. Well, at least for me it is and I'm still working on it. 

With this etude, you have to play it with your right foot OFF the pedal and tapping on 2 and 4. Not your left foot but your right foot.

I don't write the chords in because I want you guys to print this stuff out and really study it. I feel like I'm handing it to you if I write the chords in. I believe you need to do the active work and try very hard to see how all this is connect. 

Keep in mind, since making these videos, I now play the Dmaj 7 in the 7th bar. I got schooled by David Friedman for doing it the Bill Evans way and now I love the Dmaj7 and know the history of the tune!