Melodic motifs, rhythmic displacement, and the Lydian dominant scale are covered in this series on the classic blues tune by Sonny Rollins.
By Bob

By Bob
Melodic motifs, rhythmic displacement, and the Lydian dominant scale are covered in this series on the classic blues tune by Sonny Rollins.
By Bob
This exercise will get you familiar with the concept of “7th’s on 7,” or flipping a chord on its head.
This is a great technique for not only getting away from “root-based” improvising, but also
getting the important, color notes of a chord on downbeats.
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How to make those palm keys speak as naturally as the middle range of your horn
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A short phrase moving chromatically through ii-V’s
Frustrated because the information doesn’t seem to come together for you?
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In this lesson series, I’ll show you how to dive into the world of playing in odd meters. You’ll learn how to feel time in 7/8, and then how to practice applying increasingly challenging pieces of bebop vocabulary in this time feel.