Applying Vocabulary: Practicing the Honeysuckle Rose Lick Over Joy Spring
In this lesson, I’ll show you step-by-step how to practice applying this lick over the 6 different II-V-I progressions built in to “Joy Spring.” (And why it’s so beneficial!)
Applying a Flat 9, Flat 13 Lick to Three Standards
In this lesson, I’ll show you how to tackle the most important (and often least practiced) part of learning new vocabulary – application. We’ll apply the lick over three tunes – Autumn Leaves, Oleo, and There is No Greater Love.
Two Birds With One Stone: Applying the Same Vocabulary Over Both Major and Minor II-Vs
This piece of vocabulary works over both major and minor ii-V’s, making the tune Summertime the perfect vehicle for practice. Remember: your fingers are the time-keeper.
The Way You Look Tonight: Applying Erroll Garner’s Lick
In this lesson I’ll show you how I take vocabulary from a transcribed solo and begin to apply it and make it my own.
Let’s shed a 2-5-1 in E Major (concert)
Repetition, repetition, repetition. Play along with me on this one phrase and by the end it’ll be stuck in your noggin. 🙂
A “Quick Win” Vocab Nugget: A ii V Phrase Highlighting the Dominant Flat 9 Sound
A quick nugget of vocabulary over a ii-V-I that utilizes the b9 sound.