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Here's a lesson on the tune Conception by George Shearing.

There's a chord melody etude, and a chord study. I also have a chord analysis. That is the chord melody with the bass notes. You should try and go through the tune and put the chords in yourself before you look at the other etudes. You will learn a lot doing it this way.

Above is a link to the video where I talk about the tune and four mallet playing.

Pick the right melody, it doesn't have to be hard!

這邊我們要講到rhythm changes的bridge。
在練習bridge時，不要loop it(反覆連接不斷的打)
而是要打完這八小節回到home key, 停下來，然後再打一次。
試著轉到不同的調，然後連接所有屬和弦的tritone，也就是他們的三音和七音。
一遍又遍的演奏，從簡單的chord outline（和弦音）開始即興，接著試著演奏比較忙的句子，
這個練習會真的幫助到你的屬和弦即興的技巧，
因為平常我們演奏ii- v- i習慣了，常常看到屬和弦，就會演奏altered聲響。但是藉由這個練習，
你可以真正的練習到屬和弦聲響。

Some ideas for dampening while sustaining.

Here's pt. 1 of a three part lesson on turnarounds. There are so many, so I tried to stick to the critical, and most practical ones. Enjoy!

Are you sick of rhythm changes yet? Here's some relief if you are!

Here is a little piece of music(see attachment) from a theater show I'm doing n Januari. This is a short introuction to the third part of the show. I thought this would be a good exercise for sticking.

A lot of guys are always asking: "What sticking should I use?" The thing with sticking is that you can always do it in a lot of ways.