ADVANCED
These lessons are for the more advanced students and players who want some direction and tools to take their playing in a new direction. Some of these lessons are more conceptual and some are very specific. I deal with some of the harder jazz tunes to improvise over as well as more advanced improvisational concepts.
A Practical Practice Routine (Video & Audio)
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In this lesson I take you through my practice routine of the past 20 years. This lesson has to do with one of the most asked questions i receive by email........How do I practice? What do I practice? I talk about the 5 elements of the routine and how i fo
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Approach Note Freedom Intro (Video & Audio)
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This is a new series that I'm starting to teach how to work through the "Approach Note Velocity" material. In this series I will take you step by step through the process in eaqch lesson. I have found that many students enjoy how the approach note concept
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Approach Note Freedom Lesson 1 (Video & Audio)
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In this series I teach step by step on how to work through the approach note velocity material. In this lesson I assign 3 approaches to a major triad and talk about how to practice them around the circle of fifths. I demonstrate on my tenor sax how to p
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Approach Note Freedom Lesson 10 (Audio, Video & PDF)
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In this 10th lesson of the series I teach on how to work through the approach note velocity material by focusing on the starting notes. In this lesson I show you how to start using the approaches to resolve the 9th of the chords. The goal of this lesson
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Approach Note Freedom Lesson 11 (Video,Audio & PDF)
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In Lesson 11 of "Approach Note Freedom", I introduce you to a new set of approaches to work on. This is a 4 note approach that starts a whole step below the target note and uses chromatic movement to get to the target note. This is a very popular approa
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Approach Note Freedom Lesson 12 (Video,Audio & PDF)
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In Lesson 12 of the Approach Note Freedom Series, I give you 7 II-V-I patterns to practice in all keys. These patterns utilize all of the approaches we have used so far in a variety of ways. This lesson can be a real challenge but if mastered you will g
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Approach Note Freedom Lesson 2 (Video & Audio)
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In this second lesson on the series I teach step by step on how to work through the approach note velocity material. In this lesson I assign 2 more approaches to a major triad and talk about how to practice them around the circle of fifths as well as us
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Approach Note Freedom Lesson 3 (Video & Audio)
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In this third lesson of the series I teach on how to work through the approach note velocity material. In this lesson I assign one more approach to a major triad and talk about how to practice them around the circle of fifths as well as using them with t
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Approach Note Freedom Lesson 4 (Video & Audio)
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In this fourth lesson of the series I teach on how to work through the approach note velocity material. In this lesson I assign three more approachs to a major triad and talk about how to practice them around the circle of fifths as well as using them wi
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Approach Note Freedom Lesson 5 (Video and Audio)
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In this 5th lesson of the series I teach on how to work through the approach note velocity material. In this lesson I assign three more approachs to a major triad and talk about how to practice them around the circle of fifths as well as working on them
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Approach Note Freedom Lesson 6 (Video and Audio)
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In this 6th lesson of the series I teach on how to work through the approach note velocity material. In this lesson I assign three approaches in a minor key and talk about how to practice them around the circle of fifths as well as working on them chroma
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Approach Note Freedom Lesson 7 (Video & Audio)
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In this 7th lesson of the series I teach on how to work through the approach note velocity material. In this lesson I assign three approaches in a minor key and talk about how to practice them around the circle of fifths. This lesson is important becaus
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Approach Note Freedom Lesson 8 (Video & Audio)
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In this 8th lesson of the series I teach on how to work through the approach note velocity material. In this lesson I review the last 7 lessons and show you how to start using these approaches over chord changes. I have written out all of the approache
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Approach Note Freedom Lesson 9 (Video & Audio)
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In this 9th lesson of the series I teach on how to work through the approach note velocity material. In this lesson I show you hoe to start using the approaches before the chord changes. I have written out all of the 3 note approaches learned so far
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Approach Note Velocity Overview (Audio)
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In this lesson I give a general overview of my Approach Note Velocity books. I demonstrate how to play the exercises and practice. I also give tips and hints on how to apply the approaches to real life playing situations. This is a great lesson for those
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Diminished Scale 7th Chords (Video & Audio)
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In this lesson I take you on another approach to the diminished scale. In this lesson I talk about how to improvise using 2 diminished 7th chords on each diminished scale. Approaching the scale from this angle can really open up the possibilities for you.
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Giant Steps-Lesson 1 (Video & Audio)
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In this first lesson on giant steps I talk about what the three tonic system is. I also give hints and tips on how I learned the tune and ways to memorize the changes. I give you specific instruction on how to best internalize the changes and start improv
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Giant Steps-Lesson 2 (Video & Audio)
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In this second lesson on Giant Steps, I take you through three tonic patterns in all 12 keys. I have included 3 pdf sheet with the patterns written out in all 12 keys as well as samples of how to use them on Giant Steps. In this video I talk in depth abou
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II-V-I Primer Lesson Part 2 (Audio)
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This is Part 2 of "The Ultimate II-V-I Primer Lesson 1" This lesson goes hand in hand with the "II-V-I Primer" book. I talk about mastering the chord tones as well as playing lines through the changes. The last part of the lesson is focused on learnin
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Intro to Alternate Fingerings (Video & Audio)
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In this lessons I introduce you to the concept of using alternate fingerings. Alternate fingerings are a concept that I first learned about when listening to John Coltrane and later Michael Brecker. I would hear them play a series of notes and do somethin
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