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I would see David performing this when we would play duo concerts. 

It's a cool improv that is also a great study.

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Tune Study - The Jody Grind Pt. 1

Assignments Due

• Post your chord melody to Bossa
• Post 3 diminished open closed chords
• Friedman #5, 1st half - (in class)
• Post your chord melody to Blue Bossa, in time.
• Play the first 8 bars of Donna Lee - MEMORIZED
• Matchbook post thoughts on VW
  • Who is Ralph Towner?
  • What well known group was Ralph Towner in?
  • What is your favorite track?
  • What is the instrumentation of the whole cd?
  • Did they do a second album as a duo?

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🚨 New Tune Deep Dive Series! 🚨
Pt. 1: “Wave” – Establishing Form & Groove

We’re kicking off a brand-new Tune Deep Dive with Antônio Carlos Jobim’s Wave—a bossa nova classic that’s as groovy as it is deceptively tricky. This tune has a 44-bar form (A – A – B – A, with 12-bar A sections and an 8-bar bridge), so memorizing the structure is step one.

Cool lesson. It turns into an etude once you get the chords down. Spend some time on this! 

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Check out the attached PDF!