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“Donna Lee” Piano Voicings for Non-Piano Players
We’re gonna play through the harmony of the iconic Charlie Parker tune “Donna Lee” at the piano. No chops needed!
“Donna Lee” Melody Workout
A detailed approach on how to practice this important bebop melody so you get the most out of it.
Members Play “Bloomdido” – Charlie Parker
My review of our May challenge. Great work!
Listening Lab: Adapting a Bebop Classic into a Groove Context
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Listening Lab: Charlie Parker’s beautiful melodic embellishment and ornamentation on “April In Paris”
A brilliant example of how to embellish a melody from one of the all-time masters of phrasing.
Colorful vocabulary and flowing lines over the blues: Insight and nuggets from Charlie Parker
In this series we’ll explore insightful nuggets from Bird we can use on the blues–and many other places. Things like guide tones, thinking numerically, visualizing shapes, mixing subdivisions to make your lines swing more, a trick to injecting more “drama” in your lines, half-tonguing, alternate fingerings, and more.
10 Elegant Seconds of Charlie Parker on “East of the Sun” from Bird With Strings
Understanding the architecture behind what Bird plays here (not just learning the lick) will help you create similar things in your own way.
A Faster Path to More Accurate Playing (at Any Tempo) – Slow blues “Chi Chi” in E
When I talk about practicing slow…I mean it. 🙂