I didn't know that Terry Gibbs played with Benny Goodman. He's playing a Deagan Imperial, which was known for a great warm tone. I had one in high school that I bought for $290. The guy I bought it from was convinced it had only 2 1/2 octaves, which was why he was selling it so cheaply. I showed him it had 3 octaves, but then my dad kicked me in the foot and said, "It's not polite to argue."

🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 4

Over the first three weeks of this series, we've built a solid foundation:

• Learning the form
• Internalizing common voicings
• Introducing basic comping rhythms
• Developing a feel for the harmonic movement of rhythm changes

This week, we take another step forward.

👉 We're introducing more syncopated comping rhythms.

I have more, but for now here's the chord melody. Next I just play around for a couple of choruses. 

Get this down! 

🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 3

Over the first two weeks of this series, we've focused on building a harmonic foundation:

• Learning the form
• Internalizing common voicings
• Hearing the movement of the harmony
• Developing familiarity with rhythm changes

The rhythm was intentionally simple so all of our attention could be placed on the chords.

This week, that changes.

👉 We're introducing comping rhythms.

Many of the voicings in this lesson will already be familiar from Weeks 1 and 2. That's by design.

This is an exercise of blues solo. One chorus written using chord tones on the beats, and (mostly) blues scale and bebop dominant scale tones as passing notes.