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One of my students has been working on "Footprints" and wanted to explore playing in 3/4 time. To help, I put together a simple etude focused on adapting familiar patterns to fit 3/4. What I like about this approach is that it lets you apply a straightforward line throughout the tune, and it flows well in 3/4. There are a few places where I adjusted the line slightly to better match the chords. Also, keep in mind that these changes are a bit simpler than the original ones, but they’re still widely used by many players—dating back to an old real book version!

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🚨 Soloing Through the Changes Pt. 5 – Scale-Based Soloing: Bebop Dominant & Diminished Scales

In Part 5, we shift our focus from arpeggios to scale-based soloing, using the bebop dominant scale as a framework for outlining harmony with a smoother, more linear flow. This scale includes a chromatic passing tone (usually the natural 7th in a dominant scale), allowing you to maintain a strong rhythmic flow while still landing chord tones on downbeats.

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In this lesson, I discuss the four basic dampening techniques, which can be thought of as different stickings to dampen with. Mastery of these is critical to good dampening application in real musical contexts!

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I talked about the relationship between the diminished chords and dominant chords, then I'll make a series videos of barry harris and diminished chord, please let me know if you have any thoughts or questions!

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this is my stuff. Those of you who have been on the site for a long time, have heard some of this before. 

It has to sound like the song when you solo. That means you know the changes or have AMAZING ears. 

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I play a tune we all know and talk about it.