Cool lesson. It turns into an etude once you get the chords down. Spend some time on this!
Lessons that cover topics on triads and chord tone lines.
Here are all Tony Miceli's lessons on lines.
Lessons that cover topics on phrasing.
Lessons that cover topics on improvisation and soloing.
Green Dolphin Street solo: https://youtu.be/OTzzzW-GRsw
Green Dolphin Street head with chords (A section): https://youtu.be/Fs_59QAn8IA
This is a "workout" in a musical sense, although it certainly requires energy and concentration!
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhbfGYiAFwxEZkOG10R8-_ZUIS8KtLK4j&si=Ja1iv4U04V7HMwCS
This playlist has Freidman 14 and a slow solo that Tony recorded for my lessons on Donna Lee. My job was to transcribe in Ab then transpose to C from memory. It was a tough one!
In this exercise, the line is a little closer to a walking bass line with quarter notes. Keep the notes legato, and shoot for keeping the pedal down as much as possible with clean dampening in between the notes. Check out the attached PDF!
