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This is some old great stuff! 

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Here's another one of my etudes. A great tune 'The Touch Of Your Lips'.

It's the head and then one chorus of some four mallet stuff. 

Your Job is to put the changes in, study the music and write in all the alterations. I.E. if it's Bb7 look at the music. Am I playing a b9 well know it's Bb7b9

You should be able to play it by yourself and make it swing.

Assignments Due

• Open Closed with minor 2 5 1 iib5 V7b13b9 I-maj7
• Play the melody to Donna Lee, rootless voicings for one chorus, chord tone solo for one chorus, melody one chorus
• Post all of Friedman #10
• Joe Locke - Sticks and Strings
  • When did Joe Locke die?
  • Who is on this cd?
  • Do you like this cd?
  • Can you think of how this CD is a little different from the rest?

Where to go from here

• Talk about transcribing

Assignment

• Trans

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I always say we spend most of our time playing alone! 

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I work for a non profit called Global Academy For Inspirational Arts (GAIA). We work with music students in Costa Rica. I had to make a tutorial on the modes and thought maybe some of you would find it useful. Everything you need is attached. I would love to see some of you work on this and give me your thoughts. (Including misspelled words, I still have to put it in Spanish!)

I remember learning the modes in classical theory class. And online later when I learned modes from the same note, could I really here the difference between them. 

🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 4

Up to this point, we’ve stayed in F and focused on building a strong foundation:

• Clear guide tone movement
• Controlled upper voice motion
• Consistent Charleston rhythm

This week, we take a big step forward.

👉 We move to the key of B♭, one of the most common blues keys.

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