Vibraphone

Just some ideas to get some of you going with pentatonics.

Memorize it.
Play it on the piano with bass notes in your left hand.
Play it on the vibes in all the keys.

Line Building Blocks Exercise

After a lifetime of work trying to become a great improviser, I've come to understand that music can be broken down into basic challenges that venture off into more complex ones as you continue to search for the ultimate YOU in your music.

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Here's part two in the little diminished lesson series. In this lesson, I'll show you how to better think of flat 3 diminished chords to give you more melodic material.

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Today we talk about further application of the pedal point using non-functional harmony based on trias superimposed to a bass note.
We can build pedal point on the root or the fifth of the tonal area in which the tune is composed and on top of that build triads that moves:
1. chromatically
2. by whole tones
3. by major/minor thirds

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Today we talk about an harmonic device that I stole from bass players!
We can build pedal point on the root or the fifth of the tonal area in which the tune is composed.
I'll use the harmony of On green dolphin street to show it. Make sure to learn the melody and the changes before this lesson.

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Today we talk about an harmonic device that I stole from bass players!
We can build pedal point on the root or the fifth of the tonal area in which the tune is composed.
I'll use the harmony of On green dolphin street to show it. Make sure to learn the melody and the changes before this lesson.

www.giovanniperin.com