A lesson on applying patterns to improvisation....specifically standards with ii-v-i changes. Refer to the pdf for a copy of the patterns.
Rusty
Part 1 of 4 with some ideas for scales.
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Chinese translation for Chinese students
練習音階很重要
第一個，可以加強雙手的技巧，
第二，你要了解每一個音階中的每一個組成音，這樣當你看到一個和弦的時候，你就知道用什麼音階套用在上面。
Here is a two part etude on rhythm changes. The first is a solo with a pdf of the transcription.
Part 2 is a chorus of comping with the transcribed music in a pdf from.
Also are audio files with all the parts and then without the play along parts.
You should memorize both solos and play them in different keys to study them.
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Here is lesson two where I demonstrate harmonizing minor and dominant bebop scales. Make sure to run these through all keys with a metronome. Notice how the major and relative minor scales are identical (you only have to learn one that you think of 2 ways ;) Also notice that on the dominant scale you play a diminished chord on the natural sixth step (instead of flat sixth on others) which is a departure from the progression of I7-V7dim-I7-V7dim etc (I falter for a second with this on the video). Please also practice the arpeggios on the chord tones and non-chord tones as well.
I spent the day, getting a 7 part series together on intros and endings! This is certainly something every vibe player struggles with at some point in his journey. I don't consider myself great at intros and endings, but I've worked on them.
The series will come up every 2 days with a new episode for the next 14 days! So you can spend the next 2 weeks thinking about intros and endings and practicing them!
Scrapple is cool tune mainly because it's a variation of rhythm changes. Instead of I VI II V for the first 4 bars, it's ii V and then the rest of rhythm changes.
Here are my assignments.