Most Popular Lessons

Assignments Due

• Open Closed with minor 2 5 1 iib5 V7b13b9 I-maj7
• Play the melody to Donna Lee, rootless voicings for one chorus, chord tone solo for one chorus, melody one chorus
• Post all of Friedman #10
• Joe Locke - Sticks and Strings
  • When did Joe Locke die?
  • Who is on this cd?
  • Do you like this cd?
  • Can you think of how this CD is a little different from the rest?

Where to go from here

• Talk about transcribing

Assignment

• Trans

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🚨 New Tune Deep Dive Series! 🚨
Pt. 1: “Wave” – Establishing Form & Groove

We’re kicking off a brand-new Tune Deep Dive with Antônio Carlos Jobim’s Wave—a bossa nova classic that’s as groovy as it is deceptively tricky. This tune has a 44-bar form (A – A – B – A, with 12-bar A sections and an 8-bar bridge), so memorizing the structure is step one.

I would see David performing this when we would play duo concerts. 

It's a cool improv that is also a great study.

Simple example of a way to study harmony. Learn it and use it for more complex progessions. It usually almost always works, but sometimes it doesn't.

Cool lesson. It turns into an etude once you get the chords down. Spend some time on this! 

Assignments Due

• Play Friedman #6. Must be played well. Does not have to be the exact tempo of the noted tempo, but at a decent tempo
• Blue Bossa - write out your own solo on paper. Playing it well with Ireal pro. Does not have to be memorized
• First 16 bars of Donna Lee memorized and posted on VW
• Lazy 2 5 1 voicings through cycle of fourths in time.
• Roy Ayers Stone Soul Picnic - Post on VW
• What does Roy Ayers have in common with George Benson’s musical career.

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