Beginner

VW Lesson
Rhythm Changes Oleo Exercises by Tony Miceli

Scales: Mixolydian and Lydian Dominant Scales, all 12 keys.
Tunes: Oleo, I Got Rhythm, Cottontail, Anthropology, Moose the Mooch, Wail.
Assignment: Pick a rhythm changes tune to learn. 1st chorus play the melody, 2nd chorus comp through changes using a mixture of open and close voicings.3rd chorus, improvise a solo.
Additional Material on Rhythm Changes;

Hey,

This is a video of Harvey and me playing the blues before the steeldrum workshop starts in Greece.

thanks

dimitris

You don't have to push the pedal down all the way to the floor.

Pat Metheny once said in an interview that playing arpeggios is great for your technique because they make you move quickly up and down your instrument. This etude gets you playing over the entire three octaves and will sharpen your accuracy. Choose your sticking carefully. Try out different combinations until you find the one that works for you.

I like to play it "dry" so I can hear each note separately, but you can add some pedaling if you like. Doing that will make the piece sound fuller.

A few errors I know. Sometimes I play it without fault. But if I do, they are not returning errors. Each time another note. I think it's the stress of ending it without errors that makes me make them.

I was really satisfied with this one (even with the errors) for the main reason that I was relaxed while playing.

P.S. 2 posts today, to end before I go on holiday. I didn't thought I could finish both, at a moment I thought I couldn't finish neither, but yesterday I regained confidence to post both of them.

(The other one is friedman etude n°6)