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2013-06-01 By Bob

Exercise 17 (7ths On 7) – Visual Technique for Improvisation

This exercise will get you familiar with the concept of “7th’s on 7,” or flipping a chord on its head.
This is a great technique for not only getting away from “root-based” improvising, but also
getting the important, color notes of a chord on downbeats.

2013-05-25 By Bob 13 Comments

What to Do About Wimpy High Notes

How to make those palm keys speak as naturally as the middle range of your horn

2013-05-19 By Bob 8 Comments

Sidestepping: Sliding out—and Back in—to a Chord

A short phrase moving chromatically through ii-V’s

2013-05-11 By Bob Leave a Comment

I Should Care: Learning Tunes from Multiple Sources

Frustrated because the information doesn’t seem to come together for you?

2013-05-01 By Bob

Odd Meter Bebop

In this lesson series, I’ll show you how to dive into the world of playing in odd meters. You’ll learn how to feel time in 7/8, and then how to practice applying increasingly challenging pieces of bebop vocabulary in this time feel.

2013-04-26 By Bob 48 Comments

Transcribing in Real Time: Step-By-Step How I Learn a Solo By Ear (Chris Potter on “Everything Happens to Me”)

I walk you through my exact transcribing process, in real time, so you can hear exactly what I’m taking from the material.

2013-04-20 By Bob 10 Comments

How to Transcribe a Fast Lick (that seems too fast to figure out)

Think you can’t transcribe? Think you can’t transcribe fast lines? Sure you can.

2013-03-20 By Bob Leave a Comment

False Fingering for B flat

A really cool alternate fingering for high Bb favored by Chris Potter and Michael Brecker

2013-02-23 By Bob 3 Comments

In the Car with Joshua Redman: Jig-a-Jug

Join me in the passenger seat as I share my favorite moments–and why I think they’re noteworthy–from this track.