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Hey everyone,

Hello everyone!

This is a lesson geared towards beginners, but useful for everyone! I explain my method for going through all possible standard extensions and voicings for a dominant chord (there are 32 in total for any dominant chord!). The same applies to major, minor, diminished, etc.

For this first part, memorize the first four measures of the tune. Pt 1b coming shortly!

Hello everyone,

As with the previous lesson on dominant chord scales, I want to stress that just playing scales correctly won't necessarily produce the best improvisational content, and I think learning scales has a limited value. But there is value, and it's essentially figuring out what extensions happen on what chords.

A scale, at the end of the day, is just a 13th chord, with a 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13 all put within one octave, and knowing this makes scales much more useful to me. So as you practice scales, remember this and figure out what chords they relate to.

C&C welcomed. First time uploading!
Anthony Luker

University of Southern Mississippi

Instructor Dr. John Wooton

1. make it sound like the tune! Does mine sound like the tune?
2. Lots of chord tones
3. Memorize my version and follow it with yours and post it.

Hey all,

The lesson offer is still on but with a small change; complete any two etudes from the blues or rhythm changes etudes I've posted and I will do a free 30 minute lesson. So if you want to do one of the blues etudes and one of the rhythm changes, you can get the lesson. Must be a decent version of each though :)

Hope to see some posts!

I always make a stand along version of tunes I'm learning. How can I play them simply and what would I do to play them like that.

Here is a "Blues Super Pack". A whole bunch of stuff on the blues. There are two videos, one is embedded here and talks briefly about what this is. The second is attached and looks at the two etudes also attached here.