I am pleased to announce that my solo vibraphone book has now been published. The book is called "A Piazzolla Portfolio - 5 Nuevo Tango Pieces" arranged for Solo Vibraphone by Jerry Weir. The five pieces in the book are:
🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 4
Over the first three weeks of this series, we've built a solid foundation:
• Learning the form
• Internalizing common voicings
• Introducing basic comping rhythms
• Developing a feel for the harmonic movement of rhythm changes
This week, we take another step forward.
👉 We're introducing more syncopated comping rhythms.
I have more, but for now here's the chord melody. Next I just play around for a couple of choruses.
Get this down!
🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 3
Over the first two weeks of this series, we've focused on building a harmonic foundation:
• Learning the form
• Internalizing common voicings
• Hearing the movement of the harmony
• Developing familiarity with rhythm changes
The rhythm was intentionally simple so all of our attention could be placed on the chords.
This week, that changes.
👉 We're introducing comping rhythms.
Many of the voicings in this lesson will already be familiar from Weeks 1 and 2. That's by design.
🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 2
Last week, we focused on learning the form and internalizing a set of common rhythm changes voicings. The rhythm was intentionally simple so all of our attention could be placed on the harmony.
This week, we're continuing that approach.
👉 The focus is still harmony, not rhythm.
The written rhythm remains simple because we're trying to build a larger vocabulary of voicings before we start introducing rhythmic comping concepts.
🚨 New Series Alert – Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months
Over the past few months, we worked through Play A Great Blues In 3 Months, building a complete approach to the blues through comping, guide tones, lines, vocabulary, melodies, and chord melody.
Now it's time for the next challenge:
👉 Rhythm Changes
If the blues is one of the foundational forms in jazz, rhythm changes is the next major milestone.
I will do a chord melody and either post it here, or as a separate post.
Let's work on comping!
Do you know the chords!!! :-)
My mantra is 'Does it Sound LIKE THE SONG". If you remember that you have to make it sound like the song first and foremost then all your practicing is with that in mind.