Learn to incorporate the 3 Must-Know Patterns in your solos. Remember to download the EXTRAS!

These 3 patterns combine major scale & arpeggios to create beautiful lines with lots of applications

Learn how to harmonize a sax section using 5-part closed voicings. The lesson is based on an original composition of mine with an audio performance by the sax group at the university where I teach. Full score included with EXTRAS.

A demonstration of the arrangement studied in the lesson on Harmonizing a Sax Group.

Learn to create minor ii-V-i phrases using the half-diminished, altered, and tonic chordal basics. Be sure to download the EXTRAS folder for the written file and a play-along track.

Learn about the various scales associated with the chords in minor ii-V-i's.

Learn the basics of minor ii-V-i's in Part 1 of this series as we cover the different types of chords associated with this common progression.

This is the phrasing demonstration using the play-along track from the lesson.

Learn to use the variations from part 3 along with a chromatic embellishment in your solos on tunes. We'll use the chord progression and play-along tack from Lee Morgan's tune, Ceora for our studies. Be sure to download the. EXTRAS folder and watch the Phrasing Demonstration for the lesson.

Learn to create interesting ii-V-I's using the "One Exercise" along with several variations. Using a ii-V-I play-along track, we'll do a good bit of "I-Play You-Play" practice through the keys. Play-Along Track and Written File included in the downloadable "EXTRAS" folder.

Learn how to apply the Exercise from Part 1 in the series to tunes. I demonstrate the process on the tune, All the Things You Are, using a play-along track. Be sure to download the EXTRAS folder for the track and written file.

This One Exercise will make you a better player. Stay tuned for Parts 2 & 3!

A step by step intermediate level approach to connecting the triads and 7th chord arpeggios in 3/4 time. This series of exercises was developed with a Skype student of mine, but I thought it would make great practice for anyone looking to build fluency with arpeggio based vocabulary.

This Quick Shed routine for learning the relative minor and pentatonic scales is logical and easy-to-follow.

In this quick harmony lesson you'll learn basic 1-3-5-7 major, dominant, minor 7, half-diminished, diminished, and augmented chords by the interval. This is an easy approach that is very practical when it comes to understanding the construction of chords in jazz standards.

In this lesson you'll learn the basics of the diminished chord along with a couple of diminished chord patterns.