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Play a Great Standard in 1 Month - Body & Soul - Week 1 by Behn Gillece

🎵 Play A Great Standard In One Month – Body & Soul – Week 1

Welcome to the next installment of Play A Great Standard In One Month!

After spending two full series exploring blues and rhythm changes, we've moved into a new phase of our studies: applying those concepts to some of the most important standards in the jazz repertoire.

Playing in 3/4 - Melodic Shapes Pt. 4 by Behn Gillece

🚨 Playing in 3/4 – Pt. 4: Expanding the Line

In Part 4, we continue developing melodic phrasing in 3/4 by working with longer lines and wider interval movement. These examples stretch across barlines, helping you feel how phrases can flow beyond the measure while keeping a consistent pulse. The challenge here is to maintain clarity, evenness, and direction through the longer gestures.

In this lesson you’ll:

Tune Deep Dive - Wave Pt. 6 by Behn Gillece

🚨 Tune Deep Dive: “Wave” – Pt. 6: Soloing with Motifs 🚨

In Part 6, we focus on building solos using motifs—short melodic ideas that you can develop, repeat, and vary throughout the form. This exercise takes one simple motif and applies it across all the chords of the A section, showing how a small, clear idea can be adapted to fit shifting harmony.

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