This is a pretty arrangement of Burt Bacharach's Alfie. It's a timeless tune with a great lyric. Check out Stevie Wonder's version on Youtube. It's killin.
A pdf of this arrangement is included. Remember.....make it sound beautiful!!
Ok guys,
next tune is Chi Chi by Charlie Parker.
Memorize the melody and the chords.
Post something here where you play the melody and play the chords. It has to be memorized. And you have to post before the class. :-)
If you don't want to do that, then the pop up class is 25 dollars a session. Get it? Do the work and you get in for free :-).
Pop up classes are informal classes to study a tune. If I get a gig, I would move the class or just turn it over to the students to hang and talk.
This is beautiful. Listen to David's ballad playing. The way he comps and solos.
I love the clarity of the chords, the way he I can hear melodies in his chords. The way his lines move the ballad in his solo. This is great stuff.
Don't use the pedal if you don't want to. This is just an exercise in some alternate 4 mallet sticking. Not single lines, but 2 note voicings.
I was messing around with these ideas this morning. I banged this puppy out before heading out to class. I'll double check it later.
Your job is to figure out what standard it is based on, analyze the voicings and play it.
You can name the tune here. It should be obvious!!!!
I added a track with some percussion. This is an etude that should just give you some independent 4 mallet ideas.
Here's something I'm posting that I think helps students to understand how different keys relate to each other (modes, major keys, relative minor etc). It also helps teachers when teaching it.
I just worked on this with a student. I wrote out some two five one progressions where the chords keep moving down.
Where chops come in is this: You practice this and work up speed. Play 2 5 1 6's in different keys. This would really help your chops!
I've attached the 'rough' pdf I made for the student.