The audio and the pdf is attached. I tried something new and talked through the piece. Is this helpful? Print out the pdf to not only practice but for notes with the video.
Because of the many requests to build an accordion frame that I simply cannot fulfill, I have developed the frame into a kind of kit that requires very little DIY skills.Since shipping longer frame components is very expensive, I have…
This etude goes through the same chord changes as Blues for Alice. One thing to keep in mind is that when playing this etude with the additional ii-V-I's, figure out all the other tunes you can use these lines on. Also, try it in different…
Here's another dampening etude. We change keys here, Bb, another very common blues key. Some of these lines actually work great not just as bass lines, but solo lines! You can hear players like Hank Mobley occasionally playing these bass…
In this etude, the quarter note remains consistent like an actual walking bass line. The challenge in this exercise is to keep the pedal down and the dampening smooth, making sure no notes ring together. Work on getting a really nice…
I did this solo for a student today. It's quantized so it will sound a little stiff on the recording. I wanted to show playing through the changes. using the scales. Might be helpful to some of you.here's a link to the…
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhbfGYiAFwxEZkOG10R8-_ZUIS8KtLK4j&si=Ja1iv4U04V7HMwCS This playlist has Freidman 14 and a slow solo that Tony recorded for my lessons on Donna Lee. My job was to transcribe in Ab then transpose…
In this exercise, the line is a little closer to a walking bass line with quarter notes. Keep the notes legato, and shoot for keeping the pedal down as much as possible with clean dampening in between the notes. Check out the attached PDF!
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So, for over a month now, I've been threatening to video myself playing several of the Segovia transcriptions of the Fernando Sor guitar etudes...Every time I go upstairs where I can video and set up a camera, something goes awry in my…
Hi everyone!I'm doing a short series on dampening. In these etudes, we're using walking bass lines as a way to work on dampening. Most of these exercises are pretty simple, and a lot of fun! Try them out and see how well you can keep a…
This is a solo vibraphone arrangement of Astor Piazzolla's "Libertango." It is one of five pieces by Astor Piazzolla that is included in my soon to be published book "A Piazzolla Portfolio." The five compositions in the book…
This is a solo vibraphone arrangement of Astor Piazzolla's "Invierno Porteño." It is one of five pieces by Astor Piazzolla that is included in my soon to be published book "A Piazzolla Portfolio." The five compositions in the…
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