Today's practice - week of June 9

[kesslari]

This week I'm transcribing some Strunz and Farah, and working on their stuff.
Very fast triplets, making me work on articulation and both left and right hand accuracy.

 

[Nashrakh]

These days I'm trying to get comfortable with soloing. Over both minor and dom7 chords because for the music I play, that's what I'll need the most. So I'm going through the circle of fifths, changing keys and chord type each day. Like this: day 1 - C minor. Day 2 - C7. Day 3 - G minor. Day 4 - G7. Et cetera.

Of course, doing this will only get me acquainted with individual chords. So I set aside some time each session to practice a handful of these thrown together (with Band in a box for example).

For phrasing and vocabulary, I'm mainly listening to Ben Webster playing ballads these days. Makes me want to get a fretless...

 

[kesslari]

I had to google Ben Webster - nice stuff.

 

[Spin Doctor]

I had to google Ben Webster - nice stuff.

I had to Google Strunz and Farah. Nice stuff!