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Chinese translation is for Chinese students
這一集我們仍然要講intro，但是並不是要給你新的和聲進行，
而是要給你一個不同的概念，
我們之前講的都是和弦式的打法，但是其實你可以演奏線條性的旋律（lines），
只要非常清楚的讓大家聽到和弦的性質以及色彩，
小技巧是，在快要進入曲子的前一兩個小節，你可以開始演奏一些和弦（voicing），
讓前奏聽起來清楚，讓大家可以知道你演奏到哪裡。

Chord Tone Solo

Here's an etude where we focus on voicings. You fill in the chords so you analyze the piece! then play it!

Just a quick tip here. Dig by Miles is a great melody to study. Try playing it and tapping your feet on 2 and 4! Try playing it by yourself and just making it swing. All the offbeats make it a challenge.

I think it's great to study melodies and to work on phrasing them. Actually I think it's an Art the way some players play melodies. I know I too often overlook them and take them for granted. But there's so much to learn playing and studying melodies.

Chord Tone Soloing on Coltrane's Giant Steps: One of the concepts that my students and I were working on in improv class this week was Chord Tone Soloing as applied to various compositions including Giant Steps. Practice techniques and concepts included focusing on motives, soloing with chord tones while limiting the range to an octave and Chord Tone Connection in which we go up and down the entire range of the instrument and connect from chord to chord with stepwise motion.