Hi Jan,
This is a cool way to further my learning process. Actually, the first time I heard about using the metronome more and breaking it down how you have the first two chapters, was when I watched a seminar/class on YouTube from Kenny Werner. I'm so glad to see this laid out in a book. I'm plugging away through the 2nd chapter for about a week now. I find it's very rewarding once I learn how to play the 5 over 2, and 4 over 3. I'm still working on the 3 over 5, and 3 over 7. They can be tricky. I love using the stonekick metronome beats app with these exercises.
Also, I kind of wish you put the chord names over top of the 5 over 2 study. Very nice piece by the way. I feel I've barely scratched the surface in this book. And I've already learned so much.
Regards,
Chris
(Cleveland, Ohio)
This is a cool way to further my learning process. Actually, the first time I heard about using the metronome more and breaking it down how you have the first two chapters, was when I watched a seminar/class on YouTube from Kenny Werner. I'm so glad to see this laid out in a book. I'm plugging away through the 2nd chapter for about a week now. I find it's very rewarding once I learn how to play the 5 over 2, and 4 over 3. I'm still working on the 3 over 5, and 3 over 7. They can be tricky. I love using the stonekick metronome beats app with these exercises.
Also, I kind of wish you put the chord names over top of the 5 over 2 study. Very nice piece by the way. I feel I've barely scratched the surface in this book. And I've already learned so much.
Regards,
Chris
(Cleveland, Ohio)
Hi Chris,
Thanks for the kind words. It makes me so happy whenever I hear that someone is benefiting from the book. I cannot help but feel humbled when I learn that a person is taking the time to thoroughly study each chapter.
Kenny Werner has some great stuff! I really like his “Effortless Mastery” series, and have both his book and DVD. It’s something to check out if any of you haven’t yet.
About why I didn’t print the chords:
At the time, I thought that if I went into harmony it might distract from the rhythmic aspect of the book. I even wrote about it during the introduction. I’m going to go ahead and post them for you as both a picture, and a downloadable PDF placed below the picture. Note that on bar #11 there is an asterisk. It indicates that the chord displayed over the bar is the recorded chord. However, I prefer the one added below the sheet.
As part of your routine, try to incorporate some of the book concepts into your playing/composing. That way, you will get the most out of them.
Best,
Jan
Thanks for the kind words. It makes me so happy whenever I hear that someone is benefiting from the book. I cannot help but feel humbled when I learn that a person is taking the time to thoroughly study each chapter.
Kenny Werner has some great stuff! I really like his “Effortless Mastery” series, and have both his book and DVD. It’s something to check out if any of you haven’t yet.
About why I didn’t print the chords:
At the time, I thought that if I went into harmony it might distract from the rhythmic aspect of the book. I even wrote about it during the introduction. I’m going to go ahead and post them for you as both a picture, and a downloadable PDF placed below the picture. Note that on bar #11 there is an asterisk. It indicates that the chord displayed over the bar is the recorded chord. However, I prefer the one added below the sheet.
As part of your routine, try to incorporate some of the book concepts into your playing/composing. That way, you will get the most out of them.
Best,
Jan
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