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Another xylo lesson that would definitely help beginning improv vibe players.

取出rhythm changes 的一小段，1- 6- 2- 5的和弦進行。
目標就是要把這個和弦進行練好。
先慢慢找到和弦後，重複不斷演奏，
熟悉和弦後，用四分音符來演奏，從慢速到快速。
接著你可以留一些空拍不打，再來你可以試試在兩個四分音符中加入別的音。
就用這幾種方法不斷反覆的練習1- 6- 2- 5的和弦進行。
一開始可能會很慢，不過慢慢找到對的音很重要，聽起來要像是在和弦進行中。
PDF中有Tony寫好的solo，你可以背起來，
或著你可以研究這些音，看看這些音都是在對應的和弦中的哪一個音。
從這樣的練習中，你可以學到很多。

Hey guys,

This is a GREAT exercise for writing, improvising, and tune learning. The idea is to write a new melody over the chord changes to an old standard tune. You can alter the harmony a little bit here and there to fit your new melody but the idea is that you could call a standard tune everyone knows, but it will sound completely different.

An easy dampening tip.

I think I've posted this before but I'm not sure. This would make a great EOTM (Exercise of the Month). Might not be as easy as it looks. The left hand plays the double stops.

I've been thinking lots about the open/closed thing that Tony brought up again recently, and so I've come up with an exercise which I've been doing everyday this week. It's quite big... I can just about get through all the keys in a hour now, and it still makes my head hurt following it through and remembering which chord I'm on! But I really feel it's improving my knowledge of scales (just major so far, but there's no reason why it won't work through other scales/progressions etc.), and the chords within scales.