Hello Everyone!
I had some time so I decided to make a couple of audio lessons on triads, which have been the focus of my practicing lately! After years of practicing seventh chords, 9th chords, 11th chords, and 13th chords, I've come to appreciate what triads can do.
plenty to do here.
If you click right below here on Bags Groove it should ask you to open up Ireal pro and should import this.
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Probably one of the best things about our instrument is that, when all hell is breaking loose around us, we can retreat to an instrument that is capable of playing very peaceful and soothing tones. It's one of those nights over here and this is one of my mother in law's favorite Christmas tunes, "Mary's Boy Child" by Harry Belafonte.
Thought I'd share it. Been working on some new recording technique for very soft playing as well.
This is the first part in my phrasing series, where I'll hit my main thoughts on dampening, pedaling, sticking, and articulation. This video is on sticking.
I'm finding all these ways to work out with Ireal Pro. And you know it, it's fun and it's cool. Not like a real band however.....
This is way hipper than using a metronome.
Here are some scale solos to transcribe. I could write them out, but you should work on transcribing them. You can post them here and one of us can check them.
Do you see all the things I can do with scales? Can you do them? I think they are very important and simply seeing all the notes light up are crucial for playing solos. Repetition of scale studies will really help you.
The toolkit are all the things I think you need to know to play a tune.
Can you nail the 7th and the 9th of all the chords in Blue Bossa? I can, and you with practice you can also. It's a skill to instantly know where everything is in a chord. The only way you can learn is through repetition. So transcribe these solos, based on the 7ths and 9ths of each chord.
The toolkit are all the things I think you need to know to play a tune.
When I think about it. These are things any good pro can do. So if you can't do it, think about that. Get these skills together and you move a little closer to some great player, to whom all this is second nature.
