Bob – Page 23

2018-10-15 By Bob 21 Comments

Understanding the Architecture of Vocabulary: The Honeysuckle Rose Lick

Mapping out exactly how a lick is built helps you assimilate it faster and makes it easier to apply it in your improvisations.

2018-10-10 By Bob 2 Comments

Playing “Out” Doesn’t Have to be Theoretical: Solo Break Over Stitched Up with John Mayer

Focusing on rhythm and spending lots of time practicing triads helped me to create this cool solo break.

2018-10-08 By Bob

Just Friends

How to memorize (and transpose) chord changes faster, motivic development, rhythmic displacement, and a 4-part introduction to triad pairs.

2018-09-22 By Bob 35 Comments

Getting Away from Root-Based Improvising: A Simple Trick to Add Color to Chord Progressions (“Joy Spring”)

Tired of always playing chords from the root? This exercise will help you develop the skill of seeing a set of chord changes and replacing them with a close cousin.

2018-09-04 By Bob 31 Comments

How the Snarky Puppy horn section learns music…fast.

Here’s a private glimpse into how the Snarky Puppy horn section learns music—fast.

2018-08-04 By Bob 24 Comments

An Improvisational Approach to Practicing Scales in Thirds Over a Chord Progression

Can’t figure out how to go from practicing your scales to actually playing them in your solos? Give this exercise a try.

2018-08-04 By Bob

Case study: scales in thirds in a Stan Getz solo (over “500 Miles High”)

Hear Getz utilize this concept inside a solo + my suggestions for how to add this to your playing.

2018-07-30 By Bob 4 Comments

How to loop a section in the iRealPro app

An extremely useful tool to focus your practice on specific sections of songs or chord progressions.

2018-07-27 By Bob 8 Comments

SBA vs Mark VI – what’s the difference and why choose one over the other?

Bob: “How do you feel about the comparison between your MK VI and Balanced Action? So many of the young greats have gone ‘back’ to the balanced, or super balanced.”