In this etude, the quarter note remains consistent like an actual walking bass line. The challenge in this exercise is to keep the pedal down and the dampening smooth, making sure no notes ring together. Work on getting a really nice…
(This is Tony) I'm posting this for John Piper - I learned so much from watching this. This will benefit so many of you guys I think! Let me know what you think. You want more of these?
I did this solo for a student today. It's quantized so it will sound a little stiff on the recording. I wanted to show playing through the changes. using the scales. Might be helpful to some of you.here's a link to the import file for…
Because of the many requests to build an accordion frame that I simply cannot fulfill, I have developed the frame into a kind of kit that requires very little DIY skills.Since shipping longer frame components is very expensive, I have…
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhbfGYiAFwxEZkOG10R8-_ZUIS8KtLK4j&si=Ja1iv4U04V7HMwCS This playlist has Freidman 14 and a slow solo that Tony recorded for my lessons on Donna Lee. My job was to transcribe in Ab then transpose to C…
In this exercise, the line is a little closer to a walking bass line with quarter notes. Keep the notes legato, and shoot for keeping the pedal down as much as possible with clean dampening in between the notes. Check out the attached PDF!
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So, for over a month now, I've been threatening to video myself playing several of the Segovia transcriptions of the Fernando Sor guitar etudes...Every time I go upstairs where I can video and set up a camera, something goes awry in my…
Hi everyone!I'm doing a short series on dampening. In these etudes, we're using walking bass lines as a way to work on dampening. Most of these exercises are pretty simple, and a lot of fun! Try them out and see how well you can keep a…
This is a solo vibraphone arrangement of Astor Piazzolla's "Libertango." It is one of five pieces by Astor Piazzolla that is included in my soon to be published book "A Piazzolla Portfolio." The five compositions in the book are:…
This is a solo vibraphone arrangement of Astor Piazzolla's "Invierno Porteño." It is one of five pieces by Astor Piazzolla that is included in my soon to be published book "A Piazzolla Portfolio." The five compositions in the book are:…
Here's a second part to the other lesson titled "A Way To Practice Soloing and Comping Together". I took a couple other examples about how to practice this. Ultimately, you just do it and try to make music. I know for some of you it won't…
I was inspired by Tony's rendition of "Joy Spring" so I decided to try a a couple of choruses, concentrating on keeping the time, experimenting with different voicings, rhythmic comping and ultimately trying to swing! VERY Challenging with…
Adios Nonino is Astor Piazzolla’s most famous composition. In an interview with Natalio Gorin, Piazzolla stated “The number one piece is Adios Nonino.” “Nonino” was Piazzolla’s name for his father - Vicente Piazzolla. Adios Nonino was…
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