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Chinese translation for Chinese students

這集我們要講如何練習bass line, 講一些練習的小方法。
當你演奏stride的風格時，（tony有介紹這個演奏方法，可以去搜尋影片）也是演奏四分音符節奏，
就跟bass line一樣，所以我們可以應用一些相同的idea。

小練習：

左手外棒，演奏四分音符。
右手可以即興演奏一些旋律。八分音符、十六分音符。

或

左手外棒，加上一些八分音符，
右手可以即興演奏一些旋律。八分音符、十六分音符都可以。

試著練習，看看會不會有什麼新的想法。

prepare 3 tunes and then turn on your recorder and do a concert. record the 3 tunes.

this is much better even than doing one tune. i'm doing it all the time now.

i think we should have a little online concert series. maybe some of you prepare a mini concert and we pick a weekend and post them!

i can't believe i didn't think of it before. think of all the things you work on!! going from tune to tune. the concentration.

ok for beginners you just do this. you play 3 heads in and record that. or one of the tunes you prepare a solo.

I was trying to dust off the chops today and came up with this little exercise. Try it out for 10 minutes in some different keys and see if it helps.

Lesson talking about learning bebop melodies in different keys, thinking about the harmony, how the lines work, and developing vocabulary.

Here's the Mancini Challenge.

I have to learn these tunes for an online concert Sunday March 19 at 1pm. We're doing Mancini tunes. He writes a lot of slow and beautiful tunes. Here is a PDF of the tunes we are playing. You should check them out and listen to the originals online.

I have a fellow young musician who thought a couple were very corny. I like corny and Mancini's tunes are so beautiful to me.

Did I post something like this recently.

I'm so busy I can't remember! But here's another one!