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So I see a bunch of University Professors here and some have been hanging out quite a bit. I would love to try some stuff with all this technology with your percussion department. I think we're ready to design an online jazz course, we…
15 years 7 months ago - 6 comments
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Hi Everyone! I'm kind of new to this post thing but I'll give it a try ;) I thought it would be interesting to share with you what I've been going through these past weeks. I recently injured my right hand and I haven't been able to play…
15 years 6 months ago - 3 comments
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So I'm hanging online with Patty via google talk and we were talking about Mike Pinto, so i figured I'd post the vid here. I think he sounds great, and his approach is a little different. He uses those Milt mallets but holds 3 I think most…
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Hi Everyone, Can't say I've written a blog before but there's a first time for everything. I was discussing this with John Piper and he thought it would be a great discussion for the community. This site is obviously a great resource for…
15 years 7 months ago - 2 comments
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last night i had some time welll not really time ..lol ..instead of watching tv i mess with my recording studio... so i imported the portland session into the program and remixed it. musicians on session T Macaoidh Vibraphone David…
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Just from my practice sessions. I was just messing around with the changes from 'I Loves You Porgy'.
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Scales Part 2
tonymiceli
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Ways to practice scales. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chinese translation for Chinese students 第一件事,如果你要打8度上行,可以試著打到第九音在下行,這樣聽起來比較悅耳。 再來可以練習小調,Dorian(大調降3,7), 旋律小音階Melodic minor scale。…
7 years ago - 2 comments
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http://www.steveyeager.com/Home.html Says it all. Check him out, I think you'll love Steve's playing and if you haven't heard him already, this should be a treat. Also a real nice person and we'd love to hear from him at www.vibesworkshop.…
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Here's a prerequisite for the Shapes and Patterns of Music sight reading. My recommendation is to play these exercises as fast as you can but start at the beginning no matter how proficient you already are. If it's too easy, play it faster…
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With all this talk about lines, I thought I'd remind everyone about some of the bebop heads. Donna Lee, Scrapple, Anthropology, these are major studies in 'the language'. Not only the language of bebop but the language of music, how things…
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Lines:
Piper
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Here are some simple jazz-type lines that I think helps to learn the vocabulary that constructs a bebop line. These lines are NOT intended to be creative or expressive art. They are intended to help teach the "sound" so that the learner/…
14 years 2 months ago - 2 comments
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Phew, that's a hard tune to play solo on! I did sort of my version. I'm hoping one of you guys get the etude down and perform that. I would like that! But here's my version based on the etude!
15 years 1 month ago - 10 comments
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Here's a simple and fun challenge. For many, it will be very humbling. When we improvise, we're actually transcribing what we imagine in our head and playing it on our instrument. It's spontaneous composition. That's the goal (agreed?). So…
15 years 7 months ago - 0 comments
Sunday
Jon Letsky
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Hey Tony, Did we pick a time for tomorrow yet? I didn't see one reading through our past messages. I'm free anytime after dinner. Would 7:30 work for you? Jon
15 years 7 months ago - 2 comments
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Check out this video!!! Two giants!! Amazing!!
15 years 1 month ago - 7 comments
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Trying to regulate email from the site is pretty tough. So here are some options. Click on 'my account' under the menu that's under your login name on the left side of the page and then click on MANAGE MY SUBSCRIPTIONS. There you'll see 3…
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Pivot Chords are an interesting way to modulate. It's a great study when added to a tune you're working on!
14 years 3 months ago - 7 comments
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Wow! Check this out: http://vibesworkshop.com/shoutbox That was the conversation from this morning with Joe Locke, Ed Saindon, John Piper, Myself and a bunch of others! We're having too much fun. Everybody was drinking coffee and tea and…
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