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I haven’t had time to look and see how much this has already been covered before I joined the site. I’m hoping there is something useful here.

Hey VW's if you like these, let me know and I will do more like this.

Joe takes a strange progression and resolved it because of the melody!

How about as an exercise, one of the subscribers transcribe the progression!

Here's a how to with the grip that I play with.
OOOOOOPPPPPPPSSS I forgot to mention ONE THING!! Put the outside stick on top of the inside stick, JUST LIKE THE Burton grip.

Dana talks about a Mexican Marimba, how it's made and how to hold 3 sticks in one hand.

The pdf's for this lesson are under the 'Check This Out Section'.

Here is a way to practice the blues. Be strict about it... You'll see.

Chinese translation for Chinese students.

藍調音階，需要很重視語法（phrases），也就是怎樣組成個音階才像blues的語彙。

F blues scale: F Ab Bb B C Eb F

練習方法（in F key）：

先打F and C, 製造一個固定低音的聲響(set a pedal)。再開始即興F blues scale。

先記好每個音中間的音程（Intervals），也就是熟記這個音階。

練習方式：

你可以用問與答的方式自己玩即興。

另一個練習方式，每個小節第一拍第一個音敲擊根音。其他二、三、四拍即興。
常見的藍調曲式：四小節F（一級）>兩小節Bb （四級）>兩小節Ｆ（一級）>一小節 C （五級）> 一小節Bb（四級） > 兩小節F（一級）