Beginning Improvisation, Lesson 3: Paving the Way with Pentatonics
Beginning Jazz Improvisation! • 25m
Learn to use this multi-functional scale on major and minor tonalities, chords, and tunes. We cap the lesson off by improvising with a play-along track to the jazz standard, Cantaloupe Island. Be sure to download the EXTRAS for the written file and play-along track.
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