hey Tony,
Happy Birthday!! Yeah I know, not yet for you, but here in Europe it is! ?
Man, it's been a while. Finally managed to get that rock I was hiding under off of me ? ... Been checking some of the latest stuff. Still going strong here! I hope I can again find the time to stay more in touch with you guys!
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Warren Wolf has a shirt that says, 'No One Cares, Practice'.
I think that's a power message for students. It's your turn!
Your turn to solve the same problems as Gary Burton, Mike Manieri, Milt Jackson and all the rest of the great vibe players.
Check out this video. I hope all this makes sense to you guys and that you can start using some of these ideas. Any questions post them here! If a couple people wanted a class on it, I would gladly do it. Let's say minimum 3 people post here that they want a lesson on this and I'll do it. We will set up a zoom time.
I made a cool play along and made a sort of etude. It's a chance for you guys to play over 2 simple chords and play some 4 mallet stuff and some lines. I will make a video and talk about the etude very soon.
But play this, learn this. Play along with me, and then use this stuff on your own. I use neighbor tones, bridges between whole steps. I.E. D Db C. If this was over a Dmin7 the important notes would be D and C and the bridge between them would be Db. Get it????
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Can you play this? With a metronome, make it swing and play the rhythyms? Go as slow as you want to!!!! But once you get it down, work on the speed. Also, IMHO, don't use it as a reading exercise. Memorize it. Can you play it in another key?
I'll give a free lesson to anyone who can play it (memorized) in another key. And you'll have to play it at the lesson as well! :-)
I'm just talking about the tune, I'm getting Sentimental Over You. Talking about how I would practice it and how I would approach it.
I played two solos with hi hat. One fast and one slow, they will follow with the transcription! Check back!
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