Here's part 1 of a series of lessons helping you understand the tune Giant Steps.
part 2
blackbird and bluesette
On this video, I'm playing the melody along with any bits of accompaniment that I can attempt to fit in without taking away from the clarity of the melody.
It's a good way to work on the left hand in terms of getting it to focus on melody and accompaniment at the same time.
Pat Metheny once said in an interview that playing arpeggios is great for your technique because they make you move quickly up and down your instrument. This etude gets you playing over the entire three octaves and will sharpen your accuracy. Choose your sticking carefully. Try out different combinations until you find the one that works for you.
I like to play it "dry" so I can hear each note separately, but you can add some pedaling if you like. Doing that will make the piece sound fuller.
"Within a Page" is one of my favorites. I wrote it while working on a page out of my sight reading book called "Shapes and Patterns of Music". The title comes after spending weeks on a single line trying to develop it into a song. When I finally came up with a "song" (that I really love), I realized that there was SO MUCH music and work that went into this small page of music. So I titled it "Within A Page". After coming up with the arrangement for solo vibes, I thought I'd offer it along with a lesson on how to play it. So, here it is in PDF download form. I hope you enjoy it.
Check out this etude. Study the chords and write in the names with the alterations. Then play the etude. It will get you moving around and weaving through the changes. Work up the speed a little bit, and transposing in one other key will go along way.
The etude PDF is attached.
DISCLAIMER: I use the F word at the end of this video, so don't watch if you're going to be offended.
But you should watch because at the end of the video, Marie gives me a quick vibe lesson.
She's a pretty hip chick.
A lesson on 1-2-3-5 based patterns I use for technique building and warmups. Refer to the pdf for a copy of the patterns.
Rusty
It's really important to practice the modes in a way that helps you learn the sounds of each. Paying C Major and then D Dorian will still sound like C Major. Play C Major and then C Dorian and hear the difference!
今天要講調式音階（Ｍodes），練習調式最好的方式是練習把七個調式建立在同一個根音上，有些人會有錯誤的觀念覺的Ionian就是從Ｃ音開始，然後Dorian就從D開始。
所以最好練習的方式：
左手演奏根音和五音（設定好一個固定低音）
右手演奏不同的Modes，例如Dorian的聲音, 是major scale降3音降7音(bE, bB)，你也可以想成C是二級，
所以往下推就是Bbmajor scale.
然後來回互換七種不同的調式，讓耳朵適應各種不同的聲音色彩。
好處：等你熟悉各種調式之後，你會容易的就聽懂更多東西。
（Tony示範按照順序轉換七種不同調式）