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🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 6

So far, we’ve been developing lines using guide tones—focusing on 3rds and 7ths to clearly outline the harmony.

This week, we take that idea one step further.

👉 Instead of creating lines from scratch, we’re working with real vocabulary drawn from Milt Jackson transcriptions.

I’ve taken a few short phrases and used them to build a full chorus etude, showing how a small idea can be developed across an entire blues form.

Hey everyone,

Here's part 2 of my augmented scale lesson. Let me know if there are any questions!

🚨 Play a Great Blues in 3 Months – Week 3

Over the first two weeks, we focused on building a solid foundation:

• Clear guide tone movement in the left hand
• A stable and controlled upper voice
• Consistent Charleston rhythm

This week, we start introducing more functional harmonic movement into the blues.

You’ll notice a few important additions:

TOTM - Israel - Playing Over The Fmaj Chord by Behn Gillece

My mantra is 'Does it Sound LIKE THE SONG". If you remember that you have to make it sound like the song first and foremost then all your practicing is with that in mind. 

Trying to find ways to play tunes solo. By that I mean concepts and ways to simply play tunes on the vibes and improvise your accompaniment.

Great stuff here! 

Check out the attached PDF!

Great lesson to break into playing tunes solo. 

Here are links to all the other vids: 

Misty Intro

Lesson 1

Lesson 2