Lesson

This Horace Sliver tune is a great tune for modal study. It moves through some contrasting and somewhat awkward keys. When improvising it is important to make smooth connections as you move from key to key.

I've included the arrangement of the head. You can substitute the flute with pretty much any other instrument.

7WOB - Au Privave - Behn's Lessons

My lesson is once again an epic etude made up of a few parts. Do the parts that are of interest to you.

Everyone:
As always, memorize the tune and the chords.

Ok Tricotism: Here are your assignments :-)

Beginners:

1. Print out the Epic Etude. There are 3 choruses in this etude. Take the chorus with the comping (chords) and fill in the chords with their extensions.
2. Play the head, play a solo (even a chord tone solo), comp for one chorus and then play the head out. Repeat the last 4 bars as a tag.
3. Play the A section in one of key.

Intermediate and advanced

Ticotism

Groovin High

Groovin High

Ticotism

Here are my groovin High Lessons.

I've posted the main audio which contains Groovin High Melody and a Chord Study (2 separate pdfs)

Then you a quarter note solo (no audio) and a syncopated study in 3rds (pdf and audio).

If you're a beginner do the following:

1. Play the melody, then follow it with the quarter note study and then take the melody out.
2. Fill in the chords on the quarter note solo etude
3. Post 2 recordings of Groovin high from Youtube that you like.

If you're intermediate:

There's an etude here in here called "Line Etude for First Half." For extra credit, create a 2nd half for it :)