Lesson

This etude is simple, but if it's new to you it will open up doors in your playing.

Rotate sticks 1 and 3 and then 2 and 4 with the double stops.

You're harmonizing your solo with one note. It's interesting, I think it's fun to listen to as a listener. You can use this in your comping, soloing, solo playing.

I've spent many an hour playing in this format. It is definitely based on what pianists do with lines and chords. We don't have 10 fingers so this is what we have to work with. It's a cool sound with bass and drums also.

Did I ever post this??? This is a great lesson by my mentor.

Chinese translation is for Chinese students
有很多Steve的學生問他說怎麼樣才可以增加和弦的詞彙，有些學生甚至會買很多關於和弦的書回家研究，並且想要藉此增加和弦的詞彙，但是Steve認為要用開放的思考模式來想這些和弦詞彙，比如說C大調三和弦一般人會認為這樣的音程關係就會存在C大調的一級和弦中，但是這三個音同時也可以出現在降B調中，分別能為9音也就是C，升11音也就是E, 以及13音也就是G。如果這個和弦只有三個音那就可以比四個音的和弦找到更多可能性，相對的五個音的和弦就更難找到適合的和弦，越多的音久越難找到合適的和弦。例如BCE這三個音，可以用在C大調中也可以用在a小調中或者是D13和弦中，F13和弦，d minor 13。不要覺得一個和弦只能有一個名稱，開放性的思考。現在試著找大三和弦，選一個大三和弦看看哪些和弦能讓這個大三和弦可以使用在其中。

Here is my Drop 2 version of "As Time Goes By". All I am doing here is playing the melody harmonized in Drop 2 voicing. When there is no melody, I fill it in a little but I was trying to keep it simple. I have attached the music to what I play in the video below in my comment.

This takes a lot of work to do smoothly on the vibes. It does not work for every melody, nor would you want to play like this all the time but I think it adds a sophisticated vocabulary to the instrument.

Here's some ideas to get started categorizing your material when your just starting out to play vibes:

1. Technique / Theory

A: Study the major scales and arpeggios(triads, 6th chords and 7th chords)
B: Study the dorian mode and minor 7 arpeggios
C: study the Myxolidian mode and dominant 7 arpeggios
D: Study the rest of the modes: Phrygian, Lydian, Aeolian, Locrian and Minor 7b5 arpeggio.

2. Four Mallet technique:

A: Study chord voicings in root position
B: Play a melody with a bass note of simple tunes
C: Practice 2-5-1 progression in all keys

This is the first part of a multi part series on modes. When I've posted everything you'll find it in the link above here.
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Chinese translation for Chinese students
有幾個方式去學調式音階，
第一種你可以想成都在C大調音階的關係（全部沒有升降記號）：
C音到C音Ionian,
D音到D音Dorian,
E音到E音Phrygian,
F音到F音Lydian,
G音到G音Mixolydian,
A音到A音Aeolian,
B音到B音Locian,

第二種方式，也是Tony喜歡用的一種方式：

把七個調式音階建立在同一個根音上，
比如Dorian就是把Ionian的3,7,音降低半音。
如果只是用第一種方式，沒有比較的對象，每一種調式聽起來都會只是在C大調中的聲音色彩。

Move those 5ths!