Wednesday, July 25, 2007

• 10 mins - major scales, 100 bpm
• 10 mins - white note scales, 80 bpm
• 10 mins - major modes, 80 bpm
• 10 mins - min/maj 7 arpeggio's, 75 bpm
• 10 mins - whole range ex. nr. 2
• 10 mins - chromatic scale, 90 bpm
• 10 mins - 4-mallet exercise nr. 4
• 10 mins - 4-mallet exercise nr. 5
• 10 mins - 4-mallet exercise nr. 6
• 60 mins - Donna Lee soloing in 12 keys, 60 bpm
• 30 mins - Bluesette, melody + chords in 6 keys
• 15 mins - Don't Get Around(alt. take) transcribed 2nd A
• 30 mins - Chord changes ||: Fm | Gbmaj#11 :||

Total practice time: 3 hrs 45 mins

Notes:

• All the exercises I do I make up when I do them and then write them down. I'll put some pdf's at the bottom of this message. I guess I should make a page where I can put them all up, coming soon...
• As you may have noticed, I'm getting a little more organised. Somehow the writing down of all this forces me to really think about what I'm practicing!
• The chord changes is just playing around with four mallets, solo + acc.

Exercises: I'll put up new versions of the same pages sometimes when I write out more stuff:

1. Milt Jackson solo on Don't Get Around
2. Milt Jackson Licks
3. 4-mallet exercises
4. Whole range exercises