Today our warm up was in the Mingus blues composition
called" Noddin Your Head Blues."
It's a slow blues using the triplet's as a base to feel
the eighth notes. We checked out playing over and emphasizing the diminished
chord in measure 6 which led us to discussing the diminished scales and playing
some exercises through it. Everyone sounded great when they took a solo.
After the blues we played through Ladybird which was a
request by our new bassist Sri. Playing chord tones on the last measure was the
first thing we did and then ramped up the tempo so the class will be ready for
any jam session. Closing out the class we played through Angelica and then the
students booked a room to play in after class. I was so impressed by that.
Mary Ann
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