Look under 'Check This Out' for the link to the PDF of this lesson.
Here's Behn's chord melody of Bye Bye Blackbird. The videos are coming, but meanwhile practice his chord melody.
Again I left the chord symbols out, you can put them in. That's your homework assignment. :-)
This is a great lesson. Just go through all the tunes you know see where you can put this. Pull out the real book, whatever!
Also check out Behn's comping. He plays really clear rhythms IMHO.
This is the official announcement of the University of Delaware Workshop with David Friedman and myself.
Listen to this. I've given examples before. This works perfectly on the vibes. Can you imagine playing a jazz ballad with this 'style' of playing?
There's so much to learn from Bach. He's figured it all out. So maybe the vibes are not like the guitar or the piano, they're like the violin!!!! :-)
The pdf's for this lesson are under the 'Check This Out Section'.
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Here's a lesson from a while back. I didn't dig it so I never posted. I didn't think I really did a good job Illustrating it. Maybe it's not so bad, but I think the idea is important.
It's about role playing, thinking like you're a different instrument. I think putting your brain in a different point of reference can really help your playing.
Let me know what you think.
Here's a tune list that was compiled by a fellow teacher at Univ of the Arts. Might be of use to some of you. Also see the 'Check this out link' for the Short Tunes List.
This is a very very simple etude based on the changes to 'My Romance'. Here's why I think it's cool. It simply states the changes to the tune. What you should do is:
Now this is an easy etude. You should be able to memorize it quickly. You should memorize it and then play it in different keys. This will be a really good harmony lesson for you if you play it through all the keys.