A Different Way To Practice Scales | Using Chord Shapes to Anchor Scale Patterns In this lesson I provide an introduction for a different way to practice scales. It is different from the …
Learning To Improvise Over Chord Changes
Learning to improvise over chord changes is a long process! It is very challenging and can be exceedingly frustrating. The basic understanding of how to improvise is hard enough, then when you through …
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Ten Arpeggios In One Position
Arpeggios! They are an essential tool in your improv toolbox. Ten arpeggios in one position are covered in today's lesson. Each of these ten arpeggios is played in one position, in two octave …
A Simple Chord Melody To Practice
Welcome to another lesson! The first week of the month is chord week so this lesson focuses on a simple chord melody. Alternatively I like to call it a melodic progression, because I took a chord …
How to Solo Melodically Using Motifs
You may have heard, or read, somebody giving advice to new improvisers that goes something like this, "just play melodically" or "sing what you play". While these vague suggestions do indeed …
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Outlining Chord Progressions w/ Unique Arpeggio Patterns
There are many different ways to approach improvisation. Using a linear approach, you derive ideas from scale patterns. In a vertical approach, you use non-consecutive scale tones (aka arpeggios), and …
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