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This is an article recently written for PAS' magazine Percussive Notes by Gustavo Agatiello. Gustavo did a great job transcribing and analyzing Joe's solo on the standard "It Could Happen To You". As always, Joe is playing brilliantly on this track.

The playing took place during a long weekend that Joe, Gustavo and I spent together at my house in December 2009. We had a great time picking each other's brains, sharing improvisational concepts as well doing some serious cooking. Joe makes a great chicken cutlet dish.

Download the PDF. Learn 1 chorus. Once you can play it, then next add the chords and figure out all the upper partials I'm using.

This is being translated for Chinese students.

歡迎來到www.vibesworkshop.com，我們正在討論我們的每月一曲Green Dolphin Street，我們現在要來討論...？？你怎麼想這首曲子的曲式？A、B、A1、B1，把它想成是一半，這首曲子有四個部分對不對？歐！其實是三部分（～Music～），和這個部分（～Music～），然後又回到這個部分（～Music～），然後最後是這部分（～Music～），所以總共是三個部份，部分一、部分二、部分一、部份三。你知道常常大家會把曲子用羅馬數字或英文數字區分區塊，但我就是把它想成你做這個、做那個、做第一個再一次、做最後一部份，這就是我這樣想這首曲子的，而且這有行的通。

Check out the PDF for the info. Simple 2 5 1 exercise through cycle of 4ths.

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Search for Getting Church or look in this section:
https://www.vibesworkshop.com/book/blues/tonymiceli/050316

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Donna Lee

Day 5: The two main tweaks in this lesson are the first and fourth measures. In the first measure, there's a nice surround going into the ninth of the Gm; two half steps below and two above. In the fourth measure, the line descends at the D7, which was ascending in the previous days.