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Taking an improvisational concept from the practice room to the gig is one of the hardest things to do. We practice a scale or concept for hours and hours, but then when we get on the gig or big concert, it all seems to fall apart. In this video lesson, I show you how to Read More…
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The circle of fifths is a fundamental progression that is a must for every serious jazz student to master. In the majority of jazz standards the chords move in this circle of fifth pattern. C,F,Bb,Eb,Ab,etc………….. Memorizing this pattern and being able to navigate it while improvising is one of the most important things you can Read More…
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In this lesson I talk about ways that you can vary your bebop lines. I take an original bebop line from my “Mastering the Dominant Bebop Scale” book and show you 6 ways that you can alter the line for more variations. This lesson was created to help those of you who have been working Read More…
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The dominant bebop scale is an essential tool in playing jazz. It is used all over the place in jazz music. If you’re transcribing jazz solos you won’t have to go long before you find some variation of this scale being used. In my Approach Note Books I tackled Major and Minor tonalities pretty thoroughly. In Read More…
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Mastering The Dominant Bebop Scale
The Dominant Bebop Scale is a scale that can be used over a dominant chord. It has both the major 7th and the flat 7th in the scale so in the key of G the scale would be GABCDEFF#G. The reason that the dominant bebop scale sounds so great is that Read More…
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