Bob – Page 27

2017-07-30 By Bob 1 Comment

Practicing Cherokee in B (concert)

Practicing this way—even for a chorus—always leads me to something I can use to shed technical details.

2017-06-24 By Bob 8 Comments

How do you get that sound that’s kind of articulated, kind of not? The one you hear in so much bebop?

2017-06-24 By Bob 11 Comments

I shot this mid-practice session to show you exactly how I use SSS at 60 to iron out a problem.

2017-06-15 By Bob 9 Comments

This exercise opens up tons of options as an improviser. It helps break you out of a scale-based, or stepwise sound.

2017-06-13 By Bob 9 Comments

What’s the best way to hold the soprano so it plays easy (yeah, right!) but doesn’t kill your right arm/hand?

2017-06-08 By Bob 11 Comments

Improvising over one chord—or a few that repeat—is more difficult than you might think.

2017-06-07 By Bob 1 Comment

A couple really nice sounds—and the theory behind them—from a gorgeous Stan Getz solo. Try using this!

2017-05-28 By Bob

Wondering what all that “cool stuff”—the stuff that doesn’t “fit” with the chords—your modern heroes are playing is?

2017-05-20 By Bob 14 Comments

A (conceptually) simple way to get to the next level when playing over static, repetitive, or loop-based chord sequences.