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.
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”.
Practicing II-V-Is in 12 Keys
Learn tactics for effective use of play-alongs, as well as a breakdown of some bebop vocabulary.
Playing Over a II-7 V7 in a Difficult Key (2 of 2)
Thinking major over ii-Vs, using the blues scale musically, why bending notes makes you sound like an amateur, sounding hip while playing “in”, and more.
How to Think Visually About II-V-I’s: A Lick to Know in All 12 Keys
The lick that made the II-V-I progression “click” in my head for the first time. This is a “must-know” in 12 keys lick.