Visual Technique for Improvisation

If you’re unhappy with your tone, dissatisfied with your technical abilities, or having trouble visualizing and playing fluidly through changes, this course will help you change that. Each exercise is designed to work with Jamey Aebersold’s Vol. 21: Gettin’ It Together. But if you don’t have that, I’ve included custom backing tracks for each exercise which you can download, along with written examples, on each page.

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Module 1	Introduction to Visual Technique for Improvisation [2:39 mins]
Lesson 1	Preparation Exercise: Long overtones on middle C
Module 2	Part 1: Chromatically Ascending Major chords [17:20 mins]
Lesson 1	Things to Focus on While Practicing
Lesson 2	Exercises 1 & 2 (Scales)
Lesson 3	Exercises 3 & 4 (Arpeggios)
Module 3	Part 2: Chromatically Descending Major Chords [9:10]
Lesson 1	Intro to Exercises 5 - 8
Lesson 2	Exercise 5 & 6 (Scales)
Lesson 3	Exercises 7 & 8 (Arpeggios)
Module 4	Part 3: Chromatically Ascending and Descending Major Chords [11:17 mins]
Lesson 1	Introduction to Exercises 9 & 10
Lesson 2	Exercises 9 & 10 (Scales)
Lesson 3	Introduction to Exercise 11 - Major 7ths on Their 7ths
Lesson 4	Exercise 11
Module 5	Part 4: Up a Tritone, Down a Half Step [7:40 mins]
Lesson 1	Introduction to Exercises 12 - 14
Lesson 2	Exercise 12 (Root & 5th)
Lesson 3	Exercise 13 (Pentatonics)
Lesson 4	Exercise 14 (Broken 7th Chords)
Module 6	Part 5: Cycle of Fourths [12:30 mins]
Lesson 1	Four Incredibly Useful Patterns to Practice Through the Circle of Fifths/Fourths
Lesson 2	Exercise 15 (1235)
Lesson 3	Exercise 16 (Pentatonics)
Lesson 4	Exercise 17 (7ths on 7)
Lesson 5	Exercise 18 (Minor 7th Over Major 7th)
Module 7	Part 6: Ascending Major Chords in Whole Steps [23:59 mins]
Lesson 1	How to Approach This Section's Exercises
Lesson 2	Exercise 19 (5321)
Lesson 3	Exercise 20 (5321 with Rhythmic Variety)
Lesson 4	Exercise 21 (Pentatonics)
Lesson 5	Exercise 22 (Pentatonics as a Launchpad for Improvisation)
Lesson 6	Exercise 23 (7ths on 7 Over Ascending Major)
Lesson 7	Exercise 24 (Minor over Major)
Module 8	Part 7: 4-Bar Bebop Phrase #1 in All Keys [19:28 mins]
Lesson 1	Introduction
Lesson 2	How to Think of Each Part of the Phrase For Speed and Accuracy
Lesson 3	Exercise 25: 4-Bar Bebop Phrase Beginning on the Root (All Keys - Ascending)
Lesson 4	Exercise 26: 4-Bar Bebop Phrase Beginning on the Root (All Keys - Descending)
Module 9	Part 8: 4-Measure Bebop Phrase #2 in All Keys [7:21 mins]
Lesson 1	4-Bar Bebop Phrase #2: Things to know
Lesson 2	Exercise 27: 4-Bar Bebop Phrase #2: Slow
Lesson 3	Exercise 28: 4-Bar Bebop Phrase #2: Fast

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