I just finished a brand new Neffmusic book that I am very excited about. The description is below: An inside approach to outside playing using pentatonics, chromaticism, 3-tonic systems and intervallic patterns to produce modern lines in the style of Michael Brecker and Bob Berg. Devastating Minor Lines contains 100 16th note lines written out […]
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Best Neffmusic Lesson Commercial?
I just found this post from a number of years ago. All the links were broken and the videos didn’t play. I thought I’d fix the videos and post this again as I think these are funny. My wife made these as a joke for the site. They are a bit “Hollywood” and over the […]
The Mystery Behind Steve’s Minivan………….
Many of you throughout the years, have been surprised and shocked that a cool guy like myself would be driving a 2006 Minivan. I know, I know, you expected me to pull up to the gig with a Lexus, Mercedes or Lamborghini. This video basically sums up why I bought the minivan and why I […]
The New Ultimate II-V-I Primer (PDF Book)
The “New and Improved” Ultimate II-V-I Primer is finally done. The purpose of this book is to give beginner to intermediate jazz improvisers a complete and thorough method to learn many of the note possibilities in a II-V-I progression in a systematic and organized way. I have written this book so that it starts with […]
Playing Neffmusic Lesson Videos on Iphones and Ipads
I’m getting more and more emails every week on how to play my Neffmusic lesson videos on Iphones and Ipads. As these devices become more and more popular the need for mobile video formats increases. Playing my videos on these devices is especially popular for those who are traveling out of town a lot for […]
New Recording by Neffmusic Member Christian Nickel
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a member of my site with a recording attached to it. The recording was so good that I wanted to share it with all of you. The students name is Christian Nickel and here is the email he sent: “Hi Steve Attached one of my […]
Become a Neffmusic Member and Save!
I have had a number of people who have wanted to become members of my site but who don’t want to sign up through paypal. I have decided to set up this page for them so that they can purchase a 3,6 or 12 month membership just by using a credit card. Once I receive […]
Great Story Involving the Band Green Day
About a month or so ago, I took my wife to a “Green Day” concert in Boston. She’s a big Green Day fan and it was around our anniversary…….. While we were there, lo and behold, the keyboard player picks up a saxophone and starts wailin’. Of course, my wife turns to me and asks […]
Mastering the Dominant Bebop Scale
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 […]
Approach Note Books and Lessons
“Approach Note Velocity” by Steve Neff Approach Note Velocity is a book that I created for myself so that I could master all the different approach notes in every key. I have divided the book up into sections by key and have written out the exercises so that you can practice them and read them […]
Getting the Most from Neffmusic Online Lesson
To get most out of my NeffMusic Online Lessons I would suggest a few simple ideas. 1. Focus on one topic like Blues scales, Approach Notes, Pentatonics……..etc. In my mind it’s always better to focus on one topic at a time and master it. Working on bits and pieces of 10 different lessons and not […]
NeffMusic Lessons: Learning How To Learn!
I’m writing this article to all my Neffmusic members to help them get the most out their lessons at Neffmusic. In order to really get the most out of my lessons there are some skills that you need to develop. These lessons are a bit different than going to a teacher and taking one on […]
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