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Comping Lab Lesson #4: Making the Most of Range While Comping on Ballads

Hey everyone,

The next couple comping lessons will be focused on ballads. In this one, I share how I think of the range of the instrument -- like an orchestra, with a low range for bass movement, a middle range for melody and/or chords, and an upper register useful for subtle effects, upper structure triads subtle, and counter-lines. I think this is especially important when playing ballads!

Friedman Etude 11

Hola a todos!

Comparto acá mi humilde versión del estudio n°11 de "Dampening and Pedaling".
Traté de utilizar varias técnicas de dampenig para desarrollar la interpretación del estudio y de paso practicar y profundizar un poco más en el manejo de las mismas. Usé Pivot dampening, slide dampenig, hand dampening y, además, alternatig dampening y same mallet dampening.

Gracias por el espacio , espero que les guste!

Tomás

Comping Lab Lesson #3: Sliding (Making Your Block Chords Swing pt. 3)

Hey everyone,

Here's the third and final part of my series on comping over a medium swing F blues, and how to give it that rhythmic drive a full rhythm section has. This is an interesting lesson, because I, myself, am still figuring it out! We're talking about sliding -- like a glissando, and how to use it the way guitarists and pianists do.

Let me know if you guys have thoughts on this! I obviously don't think it's applicable in all situations, but I think it certainly has some use in swing and rhythm music.