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I think of online lessons like this.…
Just started learning the Friedman Etude No. 1. I need to work on getting more legato (dampen simultaneously with hitting the next note), dynamics and bringing the speed up.
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All the English accents! Pretty funny to hear all the accents in one room and all the slang and all the curses! I had a student who was from London and it was very hard to understand him.
The 3 musicians I'm playing with are real pros and…
Is it or isn't this my grip! Who knows! Someone else named and I've written the most extensively about it. Call it what you want, but I think it's a great grip to play vibes with. Sort of has the best of both worlds.
My favorite vibe…
I'm reminded of that Zen story about the grasshopper that keeps jumping half the distance to his destination and never gets to where he's going.
We're so close with this site, the increments are getting tiny now and I'm dying to get to the…
Finally. I was going nuts! We probably spent about 9 months on this site and it's done. Now I can get down to making videos, working with students and having fun.
I hope you guys like the site, check it out and if you think you can get…
Man! Back in the day, I used to teach Behn Gillece. He came over today and recorded some lessons and a piece for the school and I learned a ton. Behn has come into his own and is a top notch vibe player! He talked about solo playing and…
I saw a few new subscribers! That's great. I haven't started to promote the site yet. Just working out a few kinks. One member barryk has been combing through the site and helping me tie up the loose ends!
There's a lot more coming, I have…
Here I am practicing Blue Bossa chord solo. Got a little lost in the middle. I still need more practice memorizing the changes.
I wish the sound compression was better on the Web Streaming setting in iMovie, it seems to add tremolo even…
Just a guick tip! When working in this site or in general working on music use Google for your questions. For instance if you want to learn more about modes.
type this into google
music what are the modes
here's the reply: http://www.…
I never heard about a technique that I just thought of and tried out.
I was playing a line and let the last note ring out. I took my open palm over that note and fluttered it up and down to get a tremolo. This is analogous to what a…
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Bluesette is a great tune to study because of all the ii Vs. This is one of those tunes that is you really work hard on it, you're practicing many other tunes since they'll have similar changes.
Musicians usually play it in either Bb or G…
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…
john. let me know you got this, by responding and posting a comment. then we'll work on bluesette here. i'm going to make you a video tonight i hope!
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Intermediate Lesson Plans. Intermediate and advance areas are a little more difficult to work out since someone might be advanced in one area and not so in another. So feel free to look around both sections.
Advanced Lesson Plans. Intermediate and advance areas are a little more difficult to work out since someone might be advanced in one area and not so in another. So feel free to look around both sections.
