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I think I have a few posts on this on the site. Here's 1 more.

Play this down in whole steps. It should make sense, what to do.

Then try and vary it a bit, change the rhythms, add a note. Try to build on this.

This is essential to play standards and more complex original tunes.

This needs to be second nature!

The first dominant chord, in this example G13b9 uses the dominant diminished scale. The second chord in this example the A7b13b9 uses the Altered scale.

Dom Dim - G Ab Bb B Db D E F G
A Altered is - A Bb C Db Eb F G

Put this through all the keys.

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Chinese translation for Chinese students

這集我們一樣要講如何練習bass line, 和給大家一個小方法。

在演奏solo時，踏板止音要跟隨的是旋律單音，而不是和弦。
因為如果踏板跟隨著和弦去止音，忽略旋律，會導致旋律混在起，所以最終得去用棒子止旋律音，
但是當你在演奏快速的曲子時，那會變成一種阻礙，
也許你會因此而拍子不穩，或是失去feel。

所以這集要講的重點是，練習止音跟隨著bass line，
不管左右手分開演奏，或是左右手共同演奏旋律，
重要的是保持左手演奏四分音符節奏，然後踏板跟隨著左手，要保持乾淨的聲音。
在練習這個時，保持在同一個音域容易些，因為你得不間斷的演奏那個固定的bass line,
試著用到不同的棒子，創造有趣的melody，想出一些有趣的樂句，發展個樂句。
重點是不間斷的演奏固定的bass line。

Cool exercise to work on Improv and Minor 7th Chords.

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I've posted this simple exercise before. I'm reposting for a different reason.

I think doing this scale exercise fast and well means a shift in your thinking. Everyone has trouble doing it at first. At first we look at the bottom note of the double stop and the exercise is difficult to do. After a while you will shift your thinking and you will see this from the top note, which is the goal. I accompany myself in this way. That is playing a line and using mallet one to accompany the line.

Chinese translation for Chinese students

最近這些系列的影片，都是我曾經非常努力練習的，是針對怎麼樣可以把這個樂器演奏得更好。


這一集要講的是四棒適當的運用，因為有些學生只會用到某些棒子，

時常提到演奏四分音符的重要性，你可以用這個方式練習（Tony示範Cmajor, Cminor）

練這個練習時，沒有嚴格的規定，只要把他打得好聽，盡量做音樂，不要當成一個無聊的練習。


這個練習很好幫助左手的兩棒技巧，因為運用左手兩支棒子時，聽起來會聽起來像Voicing。

在這個簡單小練習中，盡量嘗試發覺你自己的東西。一個Pattern或是一個音樂句子。

這非常幫助四棒演奏技巧。