Vic Firth just finished editing this clip. The playing was taped at Berklee in one of the percussion department studios and the interview was taped at the VF office. The tunes that I'm playing in the clip are Black Orpheus and Somewhere Over the Rainbow on vibes and Ain't Misbehavin' and St. Thomas on marimba.
Check out this etude. Study the chords and write in the names with the alterations. Then play the etude. It will get you moving around and weaving through the changes. Work up the speed a little bit, and transposing in one other key will go along way.
The etude PDF is attached.
Hey all,
So I am in Texas visiting my folks, which means I don't have a vibe with me. I used to get really bummed about this. Having to spend a week or so away from my instrument. I have since come to look at it as a forced "put yourself in a box" situation. I still have a keyboard here, so I can practice music, and it forces me to practice specific things. This week I decided to focus on comping/ voicings/ and learning tunes in other keys through the "vehicle" of chords/ voicings. I found this article (for a guitar magazine as you can tell by the tab) by my old professor.
Here's my last lesson before I start a bunch of lessons on rhythm changes. Sorry, my loop skipped once or twice during this, but I was only like a second, so I kept it.
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Joe Locke just released his brand new CD with Geoffrey Keezer and gang - Signing!
Upon his own words: "This is the CD I've wanted to make for a long time, my first for MOTEMA. It was a joy to create this music with Geoffrey Keezer, Terreon Gully & Mike Pope. They are astounding on this recording!"
On the link below you can watch a beautiful exerpt on vid, get the album in all formats, full or by title, lead sheets, etc: http://store.joelocke.com/albums/signing/
I was practicing rhythm changes today and thought my stuff sounded stale. So I put on the mallet kat made a sound I dug and now my stuff sounds hip!!! (at least to me!)
Can you hear the form? With no accompaniment you get to stretch things a bit!
