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Without A Song: Guide tone lines, real-time transcribing Chris Potter’s solo, and a new twist to 7th chords

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Using Tunes to Practice Improvisation

Module 1	Pennies From Heaven	+
Lesson 1	Listening Lab: Stan Getz's Solo on “Pennies From Heaven”
Lesson 2	The "Pennies From Heaven" Ending
Lesson 3	Breaking down Stan Getz's solo on Pennies From Heaven (Part 1)
Lesson 4	Breaking down Stan Getz's solo on Pennies From Heaven (Part 2)
Lesson 5	Breaking down Stan Getz’s Solo on Pennies From Heaven (Part 3)
Lesson 6	Breaking down Stan Getz’s Solo on Pennies From Heaven (Part 4)
Lesson 7	Bonus: Transcription Challenge Reviews
Module 2	Blue 7	+
Lesson 1	Blue 7: Play Along with Bob
Lesson 2	Blue 7: Exploring Triplets
Lesson 3	Blue 7: Wide Interval Leaps & Rhythmic Displacement (Sonny's Opening Phrase)
Lesson 4	Blue 7: Lydian Dominant Triplet Lick
Lesson 5	Blue 7: Combining Lydian Dominant, Bebop Enclosures, and Triplets
Module 3	Autumn Leaves	+
Lesson 1	Autumn Leaves: Finding and Using Guide Tones
Lesson 2	Autumn Leaves: Chord Scale Exercise for Learning Tunes
Module 4	Now's the Time	+
Lesson 1	Now's The Time: Melody and opening solo phrase
Lesson 2	Now's The Time: Transposing a lick you transcribed
Lesson 3	Now's The Time: Bird's iconic turnaround lick
Lesson 4	Now's The Time: Dissecting the VI7 phrase
Lesson 5	Now's The Time: The III, flat III substitution
Module 5	What Is This Thing Called Love?	+
Lesson 1	Internalizing Chord Changes - What Is This Thing Called Love?
Lesson 2	One scale that works great over tricky minor II V I - What Is This Thing Called Love?
Lesson 3	Cool Sound: Diminished Major 7 over II V I - What Is This Thing Called Love?
Lesson 4	Transcribing "Hot House" (contrafact based on "What Is This Thing Called Love?")
Module 6	Anthropology	+
Lesson 1	Anthropology: Improve Your Time Feel by Practicing with the Metronome on Different Beats (1)
Lesson 2	Anthropology: Improve Your Time Feel by Practicing with the Metronome on Different Beats (2)
Lesson 3	Anthropology: 4 Ways to Turn a Bebop Melody Into New Melodic Material
Lesson 4	Anthropology: Using the Bridge Melody as a Launchpad for Improvisation
Lesson 5	Anthropology: Understanding Melodic Architecture—Borrowing from "Ornithology"
Lesson 6	Anthropology: Superimposing -7b5 (Ø7) over Dominant 7 Chords
Lesson 7	Anthropology: Superimposing -7b5 (Ø7) and Maj7 (∆7) Chords over Dominant 7 (& Tritone Sub)
Module 7	I'll Remember April	+
Lesson 1	I'll Remember April: Sonny Stitt Listening Lab
Lesson 2	I'll Remember April: 2 Minor Licks for the A Section
Lesson 3	I'll Remember April: Etude
Lesson 4	I’ll Remember April: Transforming the Melody from Basic to Advanced, Part 1
Lesson 5	I’ll Remember April: Transforming the Melody from Basic to Advanced, Part 2
Lesson 6	I’ll Remember April: Memorizing the Changes 1—Make the Basics Musical
Lesson 7	I'll Remember April: Harmony 2—How I practice using guide tones in my solos
Lesson 8	I'll Remember April: Jazz Practice Buddy—Play along with Bob
Lesson 9	I'll Remember April: Try this ii-V-I lick—Dominant 7th Up, Altered Dominant Down
Module 8	A Night In Tunisia	+
Lesson 1	A Night In Tunisia: Learning the melody from multiple sources
Lesson 2	A Night In Tunisia: Figuring out the harmony by ear
Lesson 3	A Night In Tunisia: Stan Getz's solo
Lesson 4	A Night In Tunisia: Weaving chord changes together
Lesson 5	A Night In Tunisia: Trade 8's with Bob
Module 9	Groovin' High	+
Lesson 1	Groovin' High: Getting your eighth notes to swing
Lesson 2	Groovin' High: Superimposing Half-Diminished and Major 7th Chords over Dominant 7th
Lesson 3	Groovin' High: Playing "out" on II-Vs (1)
Lesson 4	Groovin' High: Playing "out" on ii-Vs (2) - play along with Bob
Lesson 5	Groovin' High: Playing "out" on ii-Vs (3) - superimposing 7th chords
Module 10	Woody 'N You	+
Lesson 1	Woody 'n You: Level 1, 2 and 3
Lesson 2	Woody ‘N You: Dissecting Chris Potter's solo
Lesson 3	Woody ‘N You: Dealing with Minor 7 Flat 5 (ø7) Chords
Lesson 4	Woody ‘N You: Breaking down Chris Potter's solo (1)
Lesson 5	Woody ‘N You: Breaking down Chris Potter's solo (2)
Lesson 6	Woody ‘N You: Breaking down Chris Potter's solo (3)
Lesson 7	Woody ‘N You: Breaking down Chris Potter's solo (4)
Module 11	Just Friends	+
Lesson 1	Just Friends: Listening Lab
Lesson 2	Just Friends: Using the Number System to Learn, Remember, and Transpose Tunes
Lesson 3	Just Friends: Motivic Development with Rhythmic Displacement
Lesson 4	Just Friends: Introduction to Triad Pairs
Lesson 5	Just Friends: What Are Triad Pairs?
Lesson 6	Just Friends: Locating Triad Pairs (Modal Triads Explained)
Lesson 7	Just Friends: A Triad Pairs Practice Strategy
Lesson 8	Just Friends: Trade with Bob
Module 12	Without A Song	-
Lesson 1	Without A Song: Guide tone lines, real-time transcribing Chris Potter's solo, and a new twist to 7th chords
Lesson 2	Without A Song: Beyond 1357, Part 1 - Feel
Lesson 3	Without A Song: Beyond 1357, Part 2 - Melodic & Harmonic Construction
Lesson 4	Without A Song: Visualizing Voice Leading - Applying Piano Voicings to the Saxophone
Module 13	Miyako (Wayne Shorter)	+
Lesson 1	Simplify Complex Chord Changes by Using 4-Note Cells
Lesson 2	Miyako: finding 4-note cells
Lesson 3	Miyako: Pivot points, half-step motion, and contrary motion
Lesson 4	Miyako: Play along while I comp on piano