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Introduction to Exercises 9 & 10

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Visual Technique for Improvisation: A roadmap for thinking ahead on chord changes—and developing the technique to execute ideas over them.

Module 1	Introduction to Visual Technique for Improvisation [2:39 mins]	+
Lesson 1	Preparation Exercise: Long overtones on middle C
Module 2	Part 1: Chromatically Ascending Major chords [17:20 mins]	+
Lesson 1	Things to Focus on While Practicing
Lesson 2	Exercises 1 & 2 (Scales)
Lesson 3	Exercises 3 & 4 (Arpeggios)
Module 3	Part 2: Chromatically Descending Major Chords [9:10]	+
Lesson 1	Intro to Exercises 5 - 8
Lesson 2	Exercise 5 & 6 (Scales)
Lesson 3	Exercises 7 & 8 (Arpeggios)
Module 4	Part 3: Chromatically Ascending and Descending Major Chords [11:17 mins]	-
Lesson 1	Introduction to Exercises 9 & 10
Lesson 2	Exercises 9 & 10 (Scales)
Lesson 3	Introduction to Exercise 11 - Major 7ths on Their 7ths
Lesson 4	Exercise 11
Module 5	Part 4: Up a Tritone, Down a Half Step [7:40 mins]	+
Lesson 1	Introduction to Exercises 12 - 14
Lesson 2	Exercise 12 (Root & 5th)
Lesson 3	Exercise 13 (Pentatonics)
Lesson 4	Exercise 14 (Broken 7th Chords)
Module 6	Part 5: Cycle of Fourths [12:30 mins]	+
Lesson 1	Four Incredibly Useful Patterns to Practice Through the Circle of Fifths/Fourths
Lesson 2	Exercise 15 (1235)
Lesson 3	Exercise 16 (Pentatonics)
Lesson 4	Exercise 17 (7ths on 7)
Lesson 5	Exercise 18 (Minor 7th Over Major 7th)
Module 7	Part 6: Ascending Major Chords in Whole Steps [23:59 mins]	+
Lesson 1	How to Approach This Section's Exercises
Lesson 2	Exercise 19 (5321)
Lesson 3	Exercise 20 (5321 with Rhythmic Variety)
Lesson 4	Exercise 21 (Pentatonics)
Lesson 5	Exercise 22 (Pentatonics as a Launchpad for Improvisation)
Lesson 6	Exercise 23 (7ths on 7 Over Ascending Major)
Lesson 7	Exercise 24 (Minor over Major)
Module 8	Part 7: 4-Bar Bebop Phrase #1 in All Keys [19:28 mins]	+
Lesson 1	Introduction
Lesson 2	How to Think of Each Part of the Phrase For Speed and Accuracy
Lesson 3	Exercise 25: 4-Bar Bebop Phrase Beginning on the Root (All Keys - Ascending)
Lesson 4	Exercise 26: 4-Bar Bebop Phrase Beginning on the Root (All Keys - Descending)
Module 9	Part 8: 4-Measure Bebop Phrase #2 in All Keys [7:21 mins]	+
Lesson 1	4-Bar Bebop Phrase #2: Things to know
Lesson 2	Exercise 27: 4-Bar Bebop Phrase #2: Slow
Lesson 3	Exercise 28: 4-Bar Bebop Phrase #2: Fast