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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3 Against 4 Hemiola Lesson

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I was first introduced to this concept years ago. A hemiola is a repeated pattern played over a constant pulse that sets up a polyrhythm.  In this lesson I talk about  the concept of playing a simple rhythm in 3 over a tune with a 4/4 time signature. This is a concept that I use Read More…

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Playing With a Triplet Pulse Lesson

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In this lesson I talk about a playing style that I teach where you play to the triplet pulse. I first heard this style years ago when I was listening to a Jerry Bergonzi album. Jerry was playing these running lines that seem to float above the time. It was like nothing I had ever Read More…

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Improving Your Rhythm in 3 Lesson

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This lesson is similar to my last lesson on rhythm entitled “Improving You Rhythm”. In this lesson I’m dealing with the 3/4 time signature. This is a very common time feel in jazz and other types of music and it is very important to be able to play with a great feel when playing in Read More…

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Improving your Swing with 2&4 Lesson

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This is a lesson on improving your swing by putting the metronome on 2&4. I talk about the reasons for this and how to work on it so you get the most out of it. i also talk about playing behind the beat as well as ahead of the beat. I also talk about playing Read More…

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