In this lesson, you'll take the first steps toward learning how to improvise over tunes with chord changes. In addition to learning how to interpret some of the most common types of chord symbols, you'll learn an easy-to-follow routine for practicing and assembling your musical vocabulary into melodic improvised phrases. The chord changes used in the exercises and examples are similar to those found in the standard tune, "Mack the Knife."
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Shaping the Blues Scale, Part 1
This lesson offers an approach for practicing and using the blues scale. The exercises are designed to help you locate the most soulful sounds in the blues scale. Exercises and examples are based on the C and G blues scales, but are easily transposed to any key
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Shaping the Blues Scale, Part 2
This lesson addresses the use of the blues scale in relation to the chords in the blues progression. By targeting specific tones on the different chords, an approach is outlined for creating sophisticated and soulful sounding phrases. Examples and exercises are based on the C blues scale, but are...
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Relating the Pentatonics, Part 1
In this lesson, you'll learn the relationship between the major pentatonic, minor pentatonic, and blues scales. Exercises and examples are provided that will teach you how to determine, understand, and play these scales in any key.
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