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"All The Things You Are" - Chord Tone Soloing with One Tension

Improvising on “All The Things You Are” using chord tone soloing along with one tension. For the Major and Minor chords, I’m using only tension 9 and either 9 or b9 for the Dom 7 chords. In most cases, I’m using the b9. The improv can also incorporate other tensions like the 11 and 13 as well as diatonic and chromatic approach notes. This is a fundamental and valuable improv technique covered in Volume One of The Complete Guide to Improvisation. The concept allows us to clearly sound the changes since most of the notes are chord tones.

The Bebop Blues Form

Hi vibes friend today i'd like to talk about some simple ways to improve your blues playing!
Here are the bebop blues form I'll explain in the video.
Please follow them while watching the lesson.

Form n.1
F7 | Bb7 | F7 | Cm7 F7 |Bb7 |Bdim | F7 D7 | Gm C7 | F7 D7 | Gm7 C7
I7 IV7 I7 Vm7 I7 IV7 #IVdim I7 VI7 IIm7 V7 I7 VI7 IIm7 V7