Check out this lesson plan. Check out the simple solo and the scales. Then lets talk.

can you do a chord tone solo easily on this tune?
can you play the chords with 4 mallets?
is it memorized?

we should meet online when i get back from canada.

Putting the Scales in the Chords

This is an old lesson, but I think it's good. The audio is down at the bottom of the text.

So think of the scales this way. The chord tones and the notes between the chord tones are the scales. For example:

I'm fasinated by lines so today I studied opening licks. I put them down in a Finale doc and thought I'd post them.

I sat and listened to them until I could pretty much play them, then I went over to the hunk of metal and tried to slowly play the lick without messing up. Then I sped it up and put it through all the keys.

You guys should try it. Licks are attached.

Neighbor tones are ways to embellish melodies. A very natural musical thing. This does though take a little practice if you're not already familiar with them.

I know some of these topics we've been talking about are a little over some of your heads. Which is fine, I'd like to help get you further up the ladder, so you can understand more of that.

With that in mind, What questions do you have that might help me when making up lessons for this site. Let's stick on the more basic side of vibe playing in this topic.

What do you think?