Bob – Page 35

2014-10-24 By Bob 9 Comments

Build Your Technique Through Tunes, Triads & Triplets (1 of 2)

Your assignment after watching this: Go experiment with it today, on this tune or any tune you’re working on.

2014-10-10 By Bob 12 Comments

Improvisational Technique: Fourths Moving in Various Intervals

The important thing we’re training ourselves for here is mental flexibility.

2014-09-27 By Bob 21 Comments

Find More Focus—and Avoid Noodling—When Practicing Changes (a Trick to Free up Brain Power)

This technique allows you to focus your attention—and intention—on a particular measure/sound/chord, without restricting you to a single “lick”.

2014-09-02 By Bob 3 Comments

Listening Lab: Driving Rhythmic Feel, Hip Harmonic Ideas, and Laid-Back Blues Phrasing: Johnny Griffin on “Blue Monk”

Studying this solo reveals tons about rhythmic feel, hip harmonic ideas, and blues-soaked nuances.

2014-08-31 By Bob

Playing What You Hear (4 lessons)

This series will help break down playing what you hear and get you thinking about simple ways to develop this skill in your own way.

2014-08-22 By Bob

Essential Elements of Swing (3 lessons)

Do you struggle to achieve an authentic swing feel, or feel your playing is stiff & lacking the ‘snap’ that the masters have?

2014-08-01 By Bob

Diminished Chords: Using Inverted Major Triads for a Fresh Sound (5 lessons)

Once you begin to “see” the chords this way, it opens up new doors…new hallways of ideas.

2014-07-15 By Bob 11 Comments

How I soak reeds

Here’s how I set my reeds up to give them the best chance of responding evenly.

2014-07-14 By Bob

Alto for Tenor Players: What You Need to Know (3 lessons)

Do you need to play alto and tenor? Should you? Let’s examine some pros and cons, as well as helpful strategies for making it easier to switch from your primary to secondary horn—without equal practice time.