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Rhythm Changes Oleo Exercises by Tony Miceli

Scales: Mixolydian and Lydian Dominant Scales, all 12 keys.
Tunes: Oleo, I Got Rhythm, Cottontail, Anthropology, Moose the Mooch, Wail.
Assignment: Pick a rhythm changes tune to learn. 1st chorus play the melody, 2nd chorus comp through changes using a mixture of open and close voicings.3rd chorus, improvise a solo.
Additional Material on Rhythm Changes;

Deconstruct Summer Time Harmony

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Here's a bunch of open closed lessons! This is the secret potion for good voice leading. If you practice the you know what out of this for a few years, your voicings will be hapening. (Practice means at least 5 of the 7 days of the week).

All The things You Are - Open and Closed Voicings
http://www.vibesworkshop.com/video/totm-all-things-you-are-open-closed-…

Open and Closed Voicings - Video
http://www.vibesworkshop.com/video/open-and-closed-voicings-video/tonym…

Hey Guys,

Tony inspired me with his crazy version of Alone Together, so I decided to take this tune as the next tune to study this week.

Remember, I'm trying to keep things going here and I hope you guys join in and record the tune. The deadline is next friday, so let's all post someting, ok?

I'm working on a play-along for you guys to record with and I hope to have it ready monday evening. In the meantime, check out the tune(hopefully by ear and not by realbook) and check out Tony's post(see check this out).

So Watch this video:

See all the double sticking. I think in order to play 4 mallets we need to study some of this technique. The thing about this technique is that the hands are separated a lot of the time. Ok, it's more then we want, but check out the polyrthyms and how he uses double stops to free up one hand and move it. The bass line for instance.

Stole this off our sister site www.trumpetworkshop.com. There's a whole series over there. Is this helpful to anyone? If so I'll steal more!

Here's the mini workshop from after the concert we did the other night. Steve talks about bass lines, playing without a bass player and learning tunes.

Udel students. Here's your first assignment. Choose one of the lessons under check this out and do the assignment.

If you do the lesson 'getting to the four chord' give a few examples of getting there.
If you do the blues scale lesson make sure you do a couple choruses and make sure we can here each change.

Any questions post them here, and we will reply. (VW community feel free to help out)