Sunny Lesson

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This is a lesson that was requested by a member on my site.  It is on the tune “Sunny” by Bobby Hebb.
This is a great tune that has a cool blues feel to it.  I show you how to navigate the changes by using a simple blues scale approach and then adding what I call Read More…

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Mastering the Blues Lesson 1-Tenor Sax

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This is Lesson 1 in a series of lessons for the tenor saxophone.
In this series, I am focusing on improvising over a 12 bar blues form.  I start at the very beginning and teach you how to learn the chords in a blues progression.  From there we move on to improvising using one simple blues Read More…

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Mastering the Blues Lesson 1-Alto Sax

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This is Lesson 1 in a series of lessons for the alto saxophone.
In this series, I am focusing on improvising over a 12 bar blues form.  I start at the very beginning and teach you how to learn the chords in a blues progression.  From there we move on to improvising using one simple blues Read More…

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Sight Reading Lesson 1

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I have had many requests over the last few years to do some lessons on sight reading. Sight reading is an important skill for any musician to have.  Professional musicians especially need to be able to sight read at a pretty high level.
Sight reading well involves a different part of the brain than improvising and Read More…

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Sight Reading Lesson 2

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I have had many requests over the last few years to do some lessons on sight reading. Sight reading is an important skill for any musician to have.  Professional musicians especially need to be able to sight read at a pretty high level.
Sight reading well involves a different part of the brain than improvising and Read More…

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Sight Reading Lesson 3

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I have had many requests over the last few years to do some lessons on sight reading. Sight reading is an important skill for any musician to have.  Professional musicians especially need to be able to sight read at a pretty high level.
Sight reading well involves a different part of the brain than improvising and Read More…

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Sight Reading Lesson 4

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I have had many requests over the last few years to do some lessons on sight reading. Sight reading is an important skill for any musician to have.  Professional musicians especially need to be able to sight read at a pretty high level.
Sight reading well involves a different part of the brain than improvising and Read More…

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Sight Reading Lesson 5

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I have had many requests over the last few years to do some lessons on sight reading. Sight reading is an important skill for any musician to have.  Professional musicians especially need to be able to sight read at a pretty high level.
Sight reading well involves a different part of the brain than improvising and Read More…

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Sight Reading Lesson 6

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I have had many requests over the last few years to do some lessons on sight reading.  Sight reading is an important skill for any musician to have.  Professional musicians especially need to be able to sight read music at a pretty high level.
Sight reading well involves a different part of the brain than improvising Read More…

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Diminished Scales Lesson 2

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This is lesson 2 on using the diminished scale over dominant chords. In this lesson,  I teach you what I have found to be the best method in thinking about the diminished scale and where to use it over dominant chords and diminished 7th chords.  Many young improvisers can get the diminished scales learned but Read More…

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