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Download the PDF, add in the chords and play the solo. Notice how we can hear the tune in the solo. Check out some of the more interesting notes with the chords to find out what extension the note is. Then finally why not try to make your own solo over the tune!

BTW - I'm learning Sibelius and did the solo in one pass using flexitime!

Hi Workshoppers:

If you're looking to celebrate both St Patrick's Day and the vibraphone this Sunday, I have the spot for you. My band, Nós Novo, will be playing a concert of mainly Irish folk songs and tunes at a house concert at Dupuy's Landing in Chelsea from 3-5pm. All details are below. Would love to see you there.

The Band will be:

JS - vibes, percussion, some singing

Part 3 we are.
The puzzling is over. I think I've got all my pieces now. I also listened to the original and noted the structure it has. + I drew a chart of the energy build up the song has to me. (see pdf, lowest chart.).

Now I have to work on it.
-starting with the Metronome
-pedalling and dampening
-trying to improve my chords and soloing
- keeping rhytm
- balancing the build up
.....

Now it's time to build the song.
I did make a 1th rough one today as a starter. It is really bad in all : wrong notes, bad pedal and dampening, tempo sucks, rhytm is wrong.

OK, I don't know if this is the way in blogging to make a sequel. But here is my 2nd post on shipsong.

I've done a session 'freewheeling'. playing around the things in my head, no rules. Just let it come. Lot of useless stuff, a few intersting things. And that was my goal in this excercise. Get ideas while playing.
I'm still strugling in getting the chords more interesting, for the moment I'm not getting further then doing the same thing on a different octave.
I'll attache my freewheeling. If you feel like it....It's about 10 minutes.

A very simple lesson (In theory). Learn the melody. Play it with the rests. Remember the rests count as much as the notes.

Ok, I finally got the courage to video myself practicing. This is my attempt to play over the changes to "The Best Things in Life are Free" with my usual band-in a box partner. I'm still working up a good version of the head and some comping chords, so maybe it will all come together later. I found that it is funny to watch myself groan at the bad notes, but also discovered a learning tool that I hadn't taken advantage of. This garage is where my vibes live, they've never left this space since I bought them 12 years ago.

Hey,

those of you who took a look at my playing along with 'the weeping song' probably read that I was going to try a soloversion of another 'bad seeds' song : the shipsong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4VWKbZkIcM

I already started it, but now I was thinking that, for this community, it might also be interesting to show my workingproces. So here is my blog where you can follow and comment (please do) how I try to build this from scrap to song.

Here you go Carolyn!