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ADDED ZOOM LINK - Pop Up Class - I Remember April

tonymiceli 27 January 2021

This class is for paid subscribers. If you've been thinking about joining vibesworkshop, here is a good opportunity. You get 3 workshops by 3 great vibes players for roughly 20 dollars.

Workshops will be by: Tony Miceli (Feb 15), Behn Gillece (March 1st - 7pm) and Oliver Mayman (March 14, 3pm).

So the next pop up class will be on I Remember April. You have to pass a test to get in the class. First class is February 15th 7pm EST

Play a Great Blues in 3 Months - Week 10 by Behn Gillece

behng 1 May 2026

🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 10

Up to this point, we’ve been building a blues vocabulary through:

• Guide tones
• Chromaticism
• Augmented, diminished, and whole tone sounds
• Full chorus line studies

This week, we shift into something more practical:

👉 Applying these ideas to a real tune

We’re using the melody to “Bag’s Groove” as our starting point, and combining it with chord voicings in the spaces.

This is an important step.

Instead of thinking separately about:

Play a Great Blues in 3 Months - Week 9 by Behn Gillece

behng 26 April 2026

🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 9

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been expanding our line vocabulary using real jazz language:

• Guide tones
• Chromaticism
• Augmented sounds

This week, we take another important step by focusing on two essential dominant sounds:

👉 Whole tone
👉 Diminished

These sounds show up constantly in jazz improvisation, especially over dominant chords, and they create a strong sense of tension and forward motion.

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