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Back to SearchEpisode 280: Tune of the Month: Milestones
This week we take a look at an awesome modal tune to practice what we have learned about pentatonics so far. Milestones will allow us to stretch a bi…
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 279: Lick of the Month: McCoy Tyner on Blues on the Corner
This month we are studying one of the master pianists of all time, McCoy Tyner. This lick represents the endless possibilities of using pentatonics a…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 278: Pentatonic Deep Dive Part 2
This week we continue our series on pentatonics by investigating our options over a dominant 7th chord. The options are fairly limited but, the good …
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 277: Pentatonic Deep Dive Part 1
This month is all about pentatonics! We will be talking about how to creatively use pentatonic shapes over the 3 most common jazz chords. We start wi…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 276: Tune of the Month: I Hear A Rhapsody
Welcome to our tune of the month episode and the conclusion of our series on triads! This week, we will use the amazing composition, I Hear A Rhapsod…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 275: Lick of the Month Triadic Lines
This week, all of the work we have done on major triads comes together into some ii-V-I lines. We explore three of the patterns we have covered in th…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 274: Triad Workout Part 4
In this episode we reach the end of our triad workout by dealing with some very difficult exercises! These triads not only start places other than th…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 273: Triad Workout Part 3
This week we continue our series on triads with some challenging exercises designed to get you away from root position and develop more flexibility w…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 272 Q&A: Swing Feel and Playing Non-Diatonically
July has five Fridays, so I figured this month we would try something a little bit different! I asked some of the Patreon members for questions they …
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 271: Tune of the Month: Dindi
This month, we are going to flex some of our newfound triad skills on an awesome Antoni Carlos Jobim tune, Dindi. This song has very interesting harm…
4 years, 11 months ago