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If you've never seen someone bow a set of vibes, check this out.

Did I ever post this??? This is a great lesson by my mentor.

Chinese translation is for Chinese students
有很多Steve的學生問他說怎麼樣才可以增加和弦的詞彙，有些學生甚至會買很多關於和弦的書回家研究，並且想要藉此增加和弦的詞彙，但是Steve認為要用開放的思考模式來想這些和弦詞彙，比如說C大調三和弦一般人會認為這樣的音程關係就會存在C大調的一級和弦中，但是這三個音同時也可以出現在降B調中，分別能為9音也就是C，升11音也就是E, 以及13音也就是G。如果這個和弦只有三個音那就可以比四個音的和弦找到更多可能性，相對的五個音的和弦就更難找到適合的和弦，越多的音久越難找到合適的和弦。例如BCE這三個音，可以用在C大調中也可以用在a小調中或者是D13和弦中，F13和弦，d minor 13。不要覺得一個和弦只能有一個名稱，開放性的思考。現在試著找大三和弦，選一個大三和弦看看哪些和弦能讓這個大三和弦可以使用在其中。

Hello Everybody,

I'm still going on with the tunes a week. I'll just see who decides to join in and this will also be a place to gather recordings of everyone of a certain tune.

So, I got inspired by Emilie's post of 'My One and Only Love', so I decided I'd study that tune this week but I'm gonna ty a different approach this time. In stead of doing a duet or play along version I think it would be nice to record a solo version of this tune.

I spent the last 2 weeks and will the next 2 weeks, learning a ton of tunes for gigs. But these gigs are big bands or really written out originals.

This has been hard. Reading is not my forte. I can read a lead sheet, but following a big band chart is not something I've done a lot in my life. I think when you play tunes a lot, you just get in this listening vibe and use that side of your brain.

I think I've talked about this before, but I've had to read a ton these days.

What do you guys use as sight reading material? I got plenty of Bach.

Although this is xylo lesson, if you're a begining vibe improviser definitely check this lesson out.

Note: Example tune is All The Things You Are, I only played part of the melody.

Here are a bunch of lessons on licks. There's also a lot of talk about licks on this site, players have different opinions of them as you'll see if you look around.

今天要講的是oleo
首先第一個步驟就是要練好head（主旋律）
看似很簡單，但是其實蠻困難。
要不失去swing，並且對到節拍器，其實不容易。
這也可以是個很好的對節拍器warm up的小練習。
你的任務就是要開啟節拍器，試著練習好幾個星期，用不同的速度（tempo）練。
像是很快的速度其實難度很高，但是這個練習會對你很有幫助。