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Great bunch of students at the clinic. The clinic took place at the Accademia Del Suono in Milan. The school is located in a neighborhood of Milan with a very nice facility that includes a state of the art recording studio. The school's director is Timur Semprini who founded the school. I was very impressed by Timur's attention to detail and hospitality. The school has a top notch faculty that includes Andrea Dulbecco for vibraphone and Tony Arco for drums. The students had excellent questions. We all got a chance to hang a bit after the clinic.
Here's a simple melody over a chorus of rhythm changes. Take it at a slow tempo. Rhythm changes can be challenging to play over; this etude is meant to strike up a good balance between playing melodically, and catching some of the fast moving changes. Good luck!
Aloha, This February I had the opportunity to play in Honolulu, HI. While i was there i was exposed to the great vibist Arthur Lyman. We also were very fortunate to meet and talk to his drummer Harold Chang, whom was his drummer for 30 years. " Yellowbird" is one of the songs that Arthur would play solo and with his Quartet ... very fun tune to play and the Second Chord is distinctively Hawaiian..
While we were there I worked with an amazing middle school percussion ensemble from " Nui Valley Middle School" directed by Zachary Morita .. this kids blew me away ...
Chinese translation for Chinese students
屬七和弦升九音的和聲配置：
以F7#9為例，演奏3, 5, b7, #9，分別是A, C, Eb, G#（Ab）
你也可以看成是Ab大三和弦加上A為低音。
要熟記這個和聲配置，就是要轉到12個調裡。
並且切記，如果真的要熟悉而且會演奏時反應很快的就能夠應用上，一定要放到ii-V-i裡面練習。
Chinese translation for Chinese students
今天要講的是小調和弦（minor chord）的和弦配置（voicing）。
以A minor 和絃為例，這個和聲配置是3, 7, 9, 11音組成。也就是C, E, B, D。
轉到不同調試試看。
練習一個新的和聲配置時，最好要放到ii-V-i的和絃進行裡面練習，效果最好。
也可以移動這個最高音的音，也會產生一個很漂亮的聲音線條。
I taught Dennis a little bit. He's an amazing musician. Perfect pitch, total recall. He's really got the whole package. I taught while he was at Curtis Institute of Music.
Listen to him play. Top notch.
Excerpt of vibraphone and improvisation clinic in Milan, May 16th, 2014. This segment addresses solo playing on Body and Soul along with voicings and harmonic practices including symmetrical diminished scale lines and voicings. Other segments from the clinic are up on YT and address the fulcrum grip and dampening techniques, voicing and reharmonization on Autumn Leaves, stride solo playing on Ain't Misbehavin' and solo playing utilizing dampening on Black Orpheus. All clips are posted on my YouTube page listed in the Clinics/Educational Clips section.
This are two tunes tunes (»Childhood« by Martin Flindt and »Februar Sky« by Stephan König) connected by a free improvisation called »Clouds« recorded with my duo partner STEPHAN KÖNIG from Leipzig. Please lie back, relax yourself and open your mind for this musical journey of nearly 19 minutes...