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We did a zoom hang and talked about Israel. 

Check out the attached PDF!

Hey everyone,

Just a little technical exercise I've been working on that has some great applications for using all four mallets in your lines, and for producing a constant arpeggiating effect.

So, here's 3 solos to transcribe. Easy, Medium and Advanced. Here is the progression: 

Bb-9 - Dorian

Eb13b9 is Eb dim half whole

Ab maj

F7alt is F altered. F Gb Ab A B Db Eb F

What do you guys think? This is what I think and how i approach all this for better or worse!!!! 

I mention the Gary Burton Coffee Hang in this lesson. Here's the link to it. 

https://www.vibesworkshop.com/video-embed/gary-burton-june-coffee-hang/tonymiceli/060125

Here's my version of Waltz New - a contrafact of Someday My Prince Will Come

Great lesson to break into playing tunes solo. 

Here are links to all the other vids: 

Misty Intro

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Real simple. We are just working with the first 4 bars of tune. This is valuable stuff! Watch the video. 

Try not to do my etude which is below here, until you've done the video part of this lesson. 

I talk about There Will Never Be Another You and include an 'Epic Etude'. 5 Choruses of chord study with some easy soloing. 

Easy Living by Ralph Rainger

I've been working on getting used to playing full tunes with intro and endings

Every chord has a scale that in each tune fits in the context of that tune. That's because chords can have more than on scale that goes with them. I.E. Cmaj has Ionian and Lydian. 

This video talks about ways to practice these scales and then learn to weave through the scales. The scales are your basic material, like colors to a painter. Once you know all this, then you make phrases and sounds that really represent the harmony. Sure there's all types of advanced stuff to do, but if you can't do this, then you can't do the advanced stuff.