How to learn a new piece of vocabulary, apply it, and mix it in with your own improvisations.
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.
A Detailed Case Study in Copying a Solo from a Recording and Harvesting Material Inside It – Michael Brecker’s Solo on “Escher Sketch”
A deep-dive, nitty-gritty case study on how to break down an advanced solo, copy it in small doses and turn it into etudes, exercises, and vocabulary you can apply in your own unique ways.
Listening Lab: Erroll Garner, “The Way You Look Tonight”
This month’s transcription challenge is a masterful rendition by Errol Garner of this “must-know” standard.
Transcription Challenge Review: Easy Living – Chet Baker Sings
Feedback on members’ submissions for this challenge.
Case study in phrasing a melody: Chet Baker sings “Easy Living”
Imitating this beautifully delivered melody will introduce you to subtle phrasing nuances while providing guide rails for your tone and intonation.