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This is an improv concept that will be featured in Volume Two of The Complete Guide To Improvisation which will be coming out soon. I was working on this concept with a private guitar student this week at Berklee. Here is the concept applied over Autumn leaves. The concept involves superimposing a Maj 7th #5 structure over any chord and outlining the Maj 7 #5 chord in the improv. We can also use the related Symmetrical Augmented scale as well as use passing and approach notes to notes in the Maj 7 #5 structure.

Donna Lee

In day 4, we're reverting back to the original rhythm. The difference here is closed voicings. Notice the nice crunch in the closed voicings. As with the other lessons, keep the articulation nice and short on the eighth note.

Balafon to Vibraphone: a unique path to new ideas

I wanted to share some thoughts about my balafon lessons and how they might connect to your primary instrument: vibes, marimba, piano, etc.

This is being translated to Chinese students.

歡迎來到www.vibesworkshop.com，我們正在討論我們的每月一曲Green Dolphin Street，這集我只是要講個小東西，這首曲子的B段（～music～），然後走到Fm7（～music～），好！Fm7的五級（V）是什麼？C7對不對，或是F#（ Tritone Substitute），所以放這些進去，如果你打Cmaj7，後面接個II-V到F#m7（～music～），聽這個！（～music～）ok！（～music～）只是個小撇步，放C7或F#7在Cmaj7後面，如果你聽到有人演奏很有趣的聲音在Cmaj7後面，那就是進下個和弦Fm7之前，接個屬和弦（Dominent Chord），並且你也能夠演奏三全音代理屬和弦（Tritone Substitute），所以我們有F#（～music～），聽起來不錯對不對！！（～music～）ok！希望這對你有幫助。這是個小撇步！

＊三全音代理屬和弦（Tritone Substitute）