Applying a new piece of vocabulary in this fashion will help you quickly absorb it, and know when to use it.
Archives for December 2018
Easy Living Etude Part 2
Learn how to play new sounds over diminished chords and apply your technical practice to this song.
Transcription Challenge Review: Easy Living – Chet Baker Sings
Feedback on members’ submissions for this challenge.
Easy Living Etude Part 1 – Chromaticizing the Turnaround
This etude highlights how having facility with triads and seventh chords can help you create a coherent and flowing solo.
Listening Lab: Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan on “Easy Living”
Two fantastic examples of playing over this beautiful ballad. The tone, lyricism, and time feel of both are top shelf.
Easy Living: Harmonic Analysis and the Elegance of the Circle of Fifths
Several moments in this chord progression are common to many standard tunes. We’ll take a look at them, and discover how the Circle of Fifths guides the ship.