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Drop 2 voicings are 'all the rage'. They're being talking about alot these. Check out Dana's lessons on Drop 2 voicings. They're really great and thorough.

上一集已經講到了如何把head練好。
這一級我們要試著把已經練得很熟的head放到不同調中。
這首曲子很適合做這樣的練習，
因為旋律很好記，也很有旋律性（melodic）
當你在演奏不同調時，專心聽，我們的目標是耳朵在solo的時候要聽得到Melodic的東西，
把簡單的東西演奏得好很重要，尤其是要能夠solo很有旋律線條，有意義的句子。
這個練習可以幫助你聽得到簡單又有旋律線條的即興句子。

你的任務是轉到不同調，試著solo一個chorus，然後head out。
在不熟悉的調中，bridge演奏chord outline就好。主要是還是要聽到chord changes。
不要忘記keep swing, keep the tempo。

So we're about to start studying chords and harmony. In my usual fashion I have no idea what we're going to do. I figure it's like this: There are a lot of vibe players here and we can collectively use all our minds together and really grow. It's really not just up to me, it's up to us. All in all we're making a huge collection of information about the vibraphone. We are all working and learning about this instrument and passing the information on!

The major scale, circle of fourths/fifths.

This attachment on "Tritone Substitutions" goes along with Tony's lesson on "Pivot Chords".

Your third assignment is to ask 3 questions here. Three things you are curious about, you're working on, etc.

No promises but I'm sure David, Phillipe Mace and myself will check in on them. Did you know that Phillipe is going to give a workshop as well. He's a GREAT classical/crossover player. You've heard him here on the site and I dig his playing!!!

Here is another one from a long time ago. Hope you enjoy it!

TJ

Check out David Friedman's new piece 'Bettina Dreams of the Garden of Elves'. It's an epic piece and we'll be selling it Feb. 1, 2010 in our new store www.store.jazzimprovonline.com.

And especially check out David's student Julius Heise. He's a great young player with a GREAT teacher!