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Creating Your Own Etudes Pt. 3 by Behn Gillece

Creating Your Own Etudes Pt. 4 by Behn Gillece

Hi Tony

Here's blue bossa.

Talk to you soon

Me talking about this tune and how I study it and play it! 

BTW - I lost 1,000 dollars. This is no Tune of the month for this tune! 

🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 12

Over the past seven weeks, we've built a strong vocabulary for rhythm changes through guide tones, chord outlinings, scale motion, substitutions, and bebop language.

This week, we introduce something equally important:

👉 Playing in a new key.

Assignments Due

• Play iib5 V7b13b9 imin(maj7) through cycle of 4ths - post
• Post Friedman #9
• Donna Lee Play the whole melody once through and then comp the first 8 bars - All rootless voicings
• Post a review of the vibe player you found and tell me about it.

Open Closed

• Talk about Open Closed with dom b13 b or # 9

Assignment

• Play dom b13 b or # 9 if #9 make sure you put the #9 on top - cycle of 4ths

Tunes

Assignment

• Donna Lee Play th

Check out the attached PDF!

Check out the attached PDF!

Check out the attached PDF!

? Working on Time Pt. 7 – Syncopation and Motion in Bossa Comping

This lesson introduces a new variation, a more syncopated approach to bossa nova comping over the A section of Wave. Designed to deepen rhythmic phrasing and hand independence, this variation more closely simulates the natural, flowing feel of authentic bossa guitar patterns—adapted for vibraphone.