Practicing for chord tones, common tones, intervals, relevant, scales, and motivic ideas.
By Bob 9 Comments

By Bob 9 Comments
Practicing for chord tones, common tones, intervals, relevant, scales, and motivic ideas.
By Bob 12 Comments
Zoom in (and out) on a sliver of a song to address important technical limitations.
Practicing this way—even for a chorus—always leads me to something I can use to shed technical details.
By Bob 8 Comments
How do you get that sound that’s kind of articulated, kind of not? The one you hear in so much bebop?
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I shot this mid-practice session to show you exactly how I use SSS at 60 to iron out a problem.
By Bob 9 Comments
This exercise opens up tons of options as an improviser. It helps break you out of a scale-based, or stepwise sound.