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These are individual tracks each of one note on the vibraphone.

Download this. Put it on your phone like a CD.

Play the "album", set it to shuffle. Play a note, stop it. Find it on your instrument. Eventually You'll be able to let it play and follow it. It's super great ear training.

Just do it, 5-10 minutes a day. After a while, 5 is plenty.

Don't go fishing for the write note. Use your ears if you play a wrong note. Sing you're note if it's wrong and then sing the other note.

Don't waste a lot of time thinking,'use the force'.

Day 4: You will notice the first measure has been changed slightly. Rather than have it go up the Gm dorian as it has been, this measure has a melodic minor type sound to it. Even though it's a Gm7 chord, the F# is really just a passing tone and gives strength surrounding the root.

If you're going to try out the online class this weekend here's a way to prepare.

Learn the melody and the chords. Don't worry about a chord melody or anything like that if you don't want to.

Be able to play through the tune EVEN if you read the music. The point is to get from the beginning to the end whether you memorize or read.

Play the the tune a little each day so it's working it's way in your mind.

Print out a lead sheet to the tune, so you can look along with us as we play through the tune.

My student Dan asked me for a chord etude on this tune. So here it is with the rhythms.

The tune: If I Should Lose You

Assignment: right in the chord symbols and analyze what I'm doing.

@Dan, why don't you write up something about this? And why don't you play it and record it and post your version. My chords then your chords.

@Everyone else: Why don't you check this out and think of some questions. I'm asking if you have questions. I'm asking you to think of questions. Create some dialogue.

Day 5; In this final lesson, we're sticking with closed voicings. The top note changes with each chord. I particularly like the 2nd F7 voicing which is A,D,Eb,F from bottom up. It's very crunchy and fun to groove on.