Tony talks about assembling a tune

Thought I would post this I saw it at the DW stand. This is a reminder of a truly great artist Jim Chapin whom every drummer should know and whom I had the great pleasure of meeting. He was an amazing individual he could play either way leading with right or left hand had incredible independence with all four limbs and led the way for all of the great drummers we hear today and he wrote 2 amazing books first of which was printed in 1949 I think and was called Advanced Techniques For The Modern Drummer.

I just thought this was an interesting shot.

Hey here I am playing the solo form the Astor Piazzolla´s tune "Vibraphonissimo" played by Gary Burton. I hope you like it and expect your comments.

We just heard Alice Mc Leod-Coltrane on some of Terry Gibbs special tracks here. I was just wondering... We've heard that she, among piano, harp, organ, also played the vibes... But there are nearly no information on that part of her career. Who said she was great at this instrument too? Bruce was that you?

So I was just wonder, Mr Gibbs, I'm sure you could help us and make her memory live again here... Would you like to share your souvenirs of Alice with us? That would be so great!!

- Marie

This part I focus on using one upper structure triad and mixing it with the 4 notes of the dominant 7 chord to create a melodic fragment.

I will use the key of C as an example in parenthesis.
In summary, we are using a Maj Triad built off of the 6th scale degree of a V7 chord that leads to I. This could be the V7 of a ii-V7-I. (D-7 G7 Cmaj)
The idea to make the melodic fragment is to use the 4 notes of the V7.
I III V VII (G, B, D, F) and mix them with the notes of a Maj triad built off of the 6th scale degree of the V7(G7). So an Emaj triad. E, G#, B.

These are some pics of Marimba and vibes I took at the Frankfurt Fair recently some cool stuff here enjoy

Check out Terry playing on rhythm changes. Pretty smokin' huh??

Check out Terry and Alice Coltrane. Who does Alice Coltrane sound like?? I won't give my impression yet.

This is totally swinging stuff!

Terry gave me permission to post this.

After you know the chords and the melody what are some ways of assembling tunes?

I believe that without a foundation with the tune, it's going to be hard to 'tame' it. Even though I don't always practice what I preach, knowing the melody and practicing it is a great way to begin this process. I think we can get a lot out of playing the melody over and over. I think most of us (including me) don't put enough time into the process.