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Jazz Standards. Everything you learn leads to playing over tunes. Jazz Language. Acquiring jazz language is fundamental to improvising. Visualization. Training the mental side of 10 KILLER TIPS FOR TRANSCRIBING JAZZ SOLOS • JAZZADVICE 00:00. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. *You can even look at the rhythmic elements of this line ( syncopation, triplets, accents) and shape of the line and apply these concepts into your own solos. Remember a line that you transcribe isn’t just one lick, it’s language. 9 JAZZ STANDARDS THAT'LL BOOST YOUR MELODIC SKILLS Y ou know the routineYou pick out a new tune, read through the melody, and start to work on a solo. You’ve got a few ideas, throw in a couple of your favorite licks, and follow the guide tone lines. And then it happensyou’re stuck playing the same old scales and patterns that you use in every solo.. Not exactly the creative musical experience you imagined. 10 BRILLIANT JAZZ TRANSCRIPTIONS AND SOLOS TO LEARN FROM 1) Miles Davis, Blues by Five. Watch the video on Youtube. When you begin improvising it’s easy to become obsessed with each and every chord. You want to play the right notes and you want to sound good in front of your fellow musicians. So you start focusing on individual chords, scales and individual notes . CHORD FUNCTION: MUSIC THEORY FUNDAMENTALS • JAZZADVICE Chord Function: Music Theory Fundamentals You Need To Know. C hord function is a confusing topic that is intricately tied to other just as confusing topics like voice leading, harmonic tension and resolution, intervallic content, chord voicings, chord families and more! Today we’ll unravel the slew of questions that arise fromexploring chord
5 MUST-KNOW BEBOP TACTICS FROM SONNY STITT • JAZZADVICE 00:00. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Start becoming aware of how you’re using tension and resolution in your lines, and thinking in these terms. With every chord, scale, chord-tone, or concept you use, begin to understand how it allows you to better apply tension and release. THE POWERFUL RHYTHMIC PRINCIPLES OF CHARLIE PARKER Charlie Parker loves to use ties in a way to extend his phrases over the bar line and connect two musical ideas. Using this rhythmic device in your own playing is simple. All you have to do is tie the last note of one phrase over the bar line, to the first note of the next phrase in the following measure. 4 TIPS FOR USING THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES T he melodic minor scale is a scale that you’ve probably learned early on in your musical development, but it can take on a whole new life when applied to jazz. This scale is a very useful and versatile scale for improvisers to know and not just for soloing over minor chords or tonalities. The melodic minor presents some nice harmonic options when you are looking to get away from just HOW TO USE THE PENTATONIC SCALE LIKE MCCOY TYNER IN YOUR The Blues is a form that every improviser must learn and master if they want to become a proficient player. You can approach it with blues language, bebop, or even modern and outside approaches – it all comes together in the blues. And today we’re going look at 3 creative ways McCoy Tyner uses the pentatonic scale on the blues. 1) Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale over Dominant 10 OPTIONS FOR IMPROVISING OVER V7 CHORDS AND ALTERED 3) V7#11. The #11 of the V7 chord resolves to root of tonic: It’s important to make a distinction between a V7#11 and a V7b5 chord. On a V7#11, the #11 refers to the upper structure of the chord, so the 5th is natural, however on a V7b5 chord the 5th is flat. Here are a few ways to access this V7#11 sound: THE REAL JAZZADVICE • JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS, TIPSLESSONSPREMIUMCOURSESMELODIC POWERTHE EAR TRAINING METHODTOOLS FORMUSICIANS
Jazz Standards. Everything you learn leads to playing over tunes. Jazz Language. Acquiring jazz language is fundamental to improvising. Visualization. Training the mental side of 10 KILLER TIPS FOR TRANSCRIBING JAZZ SOLOS • JAZZADVICE 00:00. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. *You can even look at the rhythmic elements of this line ( syncopation, triplets, accents) and shape of the line and apply these concepts into your own solos. Remember a line that you transcribe isn’t just one lick, it’s language. 9 JAZZ STANDARDS THAT'LL BOOST YOUR MELODIC SKILLS Y ou know the routineYou pick out a new tune, read through the melody, and start to work on a solo. You’ve got a few ideas, throw in a couple of your favorite licks, and follow the guide tone lines. And then it happensyou’re stuck playing the same old scales and patterns that you use in every solo.. Not exactly the creative musical experience you imagined. 10 BRILLIANT JAZZ TRANSCRIPTIONS AND SOLOS TO LEARN FROM 1) Miles Davis, Blues by Five. Watch the video on Youtube. When you begin improvising it’s easy to become obsessed with each and every chord. You want to play the right notes and you want to sound good in front of your fellow musicians. So you start focusing on individual chords, scales and individual notes . CHORD FUNCTION: MUSIC THEORY FUNDAMENTALS • JAZZADVICE Chord Function: Music Theory Fundamentals You Need To Know. C hord function is a confusing topic that is intricately tied to other just as confusing topics like voice leading, harmonic tension and resolution, intervallic content, chord voicings, chord families and more! Today we’ll unravel the slew of questions that arise fromexploring chord
5 MUST-KNOW BEBOP TACTICS FROM SONNY STITT • JAZZADVICE 00:00. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Start becoming aware of how you’re using tension and resolution in your lines, and thinking in these terms. With every chord, scale, chord-tone, or concept you use, begin to understand how it allows you to better apply tension and release. THE POWERFUL RHYTHMIC PRINCIPLES OF CHARLIE PARKER Charlie Parker loves to use ties in a way to extend his phrases over the bar line and connect two musical ideas. Using this rhythmic device in your own playing is simple. All you have to do is tie the last note of one phrase over the bar line, to the first note of the next phrase in the following measure. 4 TIPS FOR USING THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES T he melodic minor scale is a scale that you’ve probably learned early on in your musical development, but it can take on a whole new life when applied to jazz. This scale is a very useful and versatile scale for improvisers to know and not just for soloing over minor chords or tonalities. The melodic minor presents some nice harmonic options when you are looking to get away from just HOW TO USE THE PENTATONIC SCALE LIKE MCCOY TYNER IN YOUR The Blues is a form that every improviser must learn and master if they want to become a proficient player. You can approach it with blues language, bebop, or even modern and outside approaches – it all comes together in the blues. And today we’re going look at 3 creative ways McCoy Tyner uses the pentatonic scale on the blues. 1) Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale over Dominant 10 OPTIONS FOR IMPROVISING OVER V7 CHORDS AND ALTERED 3) V7#11. The #11 of the V7 chord resolves to root of tonic: It’s important to make a distinction between a V7#11 and a V7b5 chord. On a V7#11, the #11 refers to the upper structure of the chord, so the 5th is natural, however on a V7b5 chord the 5th is flat. Here are a few ways to access this V7#11 sound: BEST ARTICLES TO LEARN JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS Jazz improvisation advice and articles to become a better jazz musician and improvisor. Learn jazz standards, tunes, scales, transcribing, ear training and how to practice jazz 9 JAZZ STANDARDS THAT'LL BOOST YOUR MELODIC SKILLS Y ou know the routineYou pick out a new tune, read through the melody, and start to work on a solo. You’ve got a few ideas, throw in a couple of your favorite licks, and follow the guide tone lines. And then it happensyou’re stuck playing the same old scales and patterns that you use in every solo.. Not exactly the creative musical experience you imagined.JAZZ SCALES
Start by focusing on only two keys: F# and Db. Do the triadic and scalar speed drills with a metronome until you have them mastered in those keys. Isolate the high and low ranges. Then practice the whole triadic sequence and the whole scale. Start slow! Set the metronome slow enough to execute everything perfectly. 5 POWERFUL STORYTELLING TACTICS FOR YOUR NEXT JAZZ SOLO You see, as humans, we’re hardwired to follow a story We latch onto intriguing ideas, we relate with characters, we mirror emotions, we follow the twists and turns of a plot, and we want to know what happens in the end.. This effect is the same whether it’s a scary story told over a campfire, a classic movie, a stand-up comedy set, or an improvised solo flowing out of a speaker. MASTER ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE PART III: THE WALKDOWN Learn the secrets to the Walkdown in the jazz standard All the Things You Are and study 9 transcribed solo excerpts from the jazz masters. THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO JAZZ ARTICULATION: COLTRANE The 3 types of articulation are: Hard articulation – an attack (tonguing for horn players) at the beginning of each sequential note. Slurred articulation – slurring (no tonguing for horn players) a group of notes together. “Jazz” articulation – the commonly taught way of articulating by attacking (tonguing for horns) on theupbeats
WHY THIS SIMPLE JAZZ TRANSCRIPTION HACK WILL CHANGE YOUR Why This Simple Jazz Transcription Hack Will Change Your Playing. I t’s just past one in the morning. I’m standing on the sidewalk in lower Manhattan as garbage trucks rumble by and panhandlers hustle for loose change. I’ve just stepped outside of Smalls, the HOW TO PRACTICE POLYRHYTHMS FOR THE MELODIC IMPROVISER A s melodic improvisers, we are naturally focused on the harmonic aspect of what we are playing. After all, there’s nothing worse than playing wrong notes, right? Our minds are so concerned with what key a tune is in, what note choices work well over a specific chord, and how to navigate a difficult progression, that other aspects of musicalitytend to be ignored.
CHARLIE PARKER'S BRILLIANT LICKS & TRICKS ON I REMEMBER Charlie Parker’s Brilliant Licks and Tricks on I Remember You. W ith its unique opening chord changes, the jazz standard I Remember You poses quite the challenge to most jazz improvisers, which is surprising because the chords themselves don’t seem that difficult. But it’s not the individual chords that create the problemIt’s theway
HOW TO IMPROVISE OVER MINOR 7 CHORDS IN JAZZ STANDARDS Improvising over minor 7 chords in jazz has a lot to do with context. You have to understand how chords function in chord progressions of jazz standards. Looking at solos of Charlie Parker, you can see that there is specific jazz language to use over each function of a minorchord.
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10 KILLER TIPS FOR TRANSCRIBING JAZZ SOLOS • JAZZADVICE T ranscribing jazz solos is an essential part of learning to improvise. But here’s the catch: it’s trickier than it sounds, especially if you’re just getting started. Many hopeful players attempt to learn solos from recordings, but often give up infrustration.
JAZZ SCALES
S everal readers have written us lately asking how to practice scales. Simply practicing them is not difficult, but attaining a high level of speed and accuracy, while keeping your sound consistent throughout all registers is quite a task. EAR TRAINING FOR JAZZ IMPROVISATION MADE EASY • JAZZADVICE So let’s go back to the question of ear training For an improviser, ear training is not just a class in school. It’s the one skill that every aspect of your musicianship is built upon.. Essentially ear training means the process of learning to identify intervals, chord qualities, chord tones, chord progressions and the ability to play what you’re hearing. ADVANCED JAZZ IMPROVISATION TECHNIQUES OF JOHN COLTRANE John Coltrane uses advanced soloing techniques on his tune Transition. He makes use of shifting triads and chromaticism through intervals from a whole-tone scale. His complex jazz style is difficult to analyze, but you can use these triad exercises to integrate these harmonic and melodic techniques into your playing. THE POWERFUL RHYTHMIC PRINCIPLES OF CHARLIE PARKER Another critical piece of your rhythmic concept is your understanding and use of space, after all, the space between notes is what defines the actual rhythms within phrases, and the space between phrases clarifies how separate musical ideas relate, contrast, and build into the larger story you’re trying to convey.. Just like playing through bar lines, space is something rarely thought about THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO JAZZ ARTICULATION: COLTRANE Jazz articulation is subtle. It combines hard articulation, slurring, and the standard jazz articulation methods. These John Coltrane techniques will show the beginner jazz 10 EXERCISES TO VISUALIZE JAZZ CHORD PROGRESSIONS IN 10.) All The Things You Are Progression (First 8 measures) Chunks of tunes you’re working on make great visualization exercises. Take a piece of a tune and visualize the chord symbols in all keys. HOW TO IMPROVISE ON V7#9 CHORDS: STRATEGIES FOR ALT A reader recently asked: “I was wondering about how to play over altered dominant chords. What are some strategies for playing over Dominant 7 #9 chords, specifically.” This question comes up frequently for many improvisers. It seems like everyone has a “fail safe” scale or lick that they use exclusively every time they see an altered dominant chord. 4 TIPS FOR USING THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES T he melodic minor scale is a scale that you’ve probably learned early on in your musical development, but it can take on a whole new life when applied to jazz. This scale is a very useful and versatile scale for improvisers to know and not just for soloing over minor chords or tonalities. The melodic minor presents some nice harmonic options when you are looking to get away from just THE REAL JAZZADVICE • JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS, TIPSLESSONSPREMIUMCOURSESMELODIC POWERTHE EAR TRAINING METHODTOOLS FORMUSICIANS
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10 KILLER TIPS FOR TRANSCRIBING JAZZ SOLOS • JAZZADVICE T ranscribing jazz solos is an essential part of learning to improvise. But here’s the catch: it’s trickier than it sounds, especially if you’re just getting started. Many hopeful players attempt to learn solos from recordings, but often give up infrustration.
JAZZ SCALES
S everal readers have written us lately asking how to practice scales. Simply practicing them is not difficult, but attaining a high level of speed and accuracy, while keeping your sound consistent throughout all registers is quite a task. EAR TRAINING FOR JAZZ IMPROVISATION MADE EASY • JAZZADVICE So let’s go back to the question of ear training For an improviser, ear training is not just a class in school. It’s the one skill that every aspect of your musicianship is built upon.. Essentially ear training means the process of learning to identify intervals, chord qualities, chord tones, chord progressions and the ability to play what you’re hearing. ADVANCED JAZZ IMPROVISATION TECHNIQUES OF JOHN COLTRANE John Coltrane uses advanced soloing techniques on his tune Transition. He makes use of shifting triads and chromaticism through intervals from a whole-tone scale. His complex jazz style is difficult to analyze, but you can use these triad exercises to integrate these harmonic and melodic techniques into your playing. THE POWERFUL RHYTHMIC PRINCIPLES OF CHARLIE PARKER Another critical piece of your rhythmic concept is your understanding and use of space, after all, the space between notes is what defines the actual rhythms within phrases, and the space between phrases clarifies how separate musical ideas relate, contrast, and build into the larger story you’re trying to convey.. Just like playing through bar lines, space is something rarely thought about THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO JAZZ ARTICULATION: COLTRANE Jazz articulation is subtle. It combines hard articulation, slurring, and the standard jazz articulation methods. These John Coltrane techniques will show the beginner jazz 10 EXERCISES TO VISUALIZE JAZZ CHORD PROGRESSIONS IN 10.) All The Things You Are Progression (First 8 measures) Chunks of tunes you’re working on make great visualization exercises. Take a piece of a tune and visualize the chord symbols in all keys. HOW TO IMPROVISE ON V7#9 CHORDS: STRATEGIES FOR ALT A reader recently asked: “I was wondering about how to play over altered dominant chords. What are some strategies for playing over Dominant 7 #9 chords, specifically.” This question comes up frequently for many improvisers. It seems like everyone has a “fail safe” scale or lick that they use exclusively every time they see an altered dominant chord. 4 TIPS FOR USING THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES T he melodic minor scale is a scale that you’ve probably learned early on in your musical development, but it can take on a whole new life when applied to jazz. This scale is a very useful and versatile scale for improvisers to know and not just for soloing over minor chords or tonalities. The melodic minor presents some nice harmonic options when you are looking to get away from just BEST ARTICLES TO LEARN JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS Jazz improvisation advice and articles to become a better jazz musician and improvisor. Learn jazz standards, tunes, scales, transcribing, ear training and how to practice jazz 9 JAZZ STANDARDS THAT'LL BOOST YOUR MELODIC SKILLS Y ou know the routineYou pick out a new tune, read through the melody, and start to work on a solo. You’ve got a few ideas, throw in a couple of your favorite licks, and follow the guide tone lines. And then it happensyou’re stuck playing the same old scales and patterns that you use in every solo.. Not exactly the creative musical experience you imagined. MASTER ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE PART III: THE WALKDOWN Learn the secrets to the Walkdown in the jazz standard All the Things You Are and study 9 transcribed solo excerpts from the jazz masters. 4 TIPS FOR USING THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES 2. Dominant Chords (V7 #11) Playing from the fourth note of a melodic minor scale you can create a V7 #11 or lydian dominant sound. This is a really unique sound using the melodic minor scale and because V7 chords are everywhere, there are endless opportunities to use thissound.
10 BRILLIANT JAZZ TRANSCRIPTIONS AND SOLOS TO LEARN FROM T here is a secret that all great musicians have in common. You won’t hear it on their recordings or even in their live performances. And some may even deny it that it ever happened at all. But look back even further and you’ll find it CHORD FUNCTION: MUSIC THEORY FUNDAMENTALS • JAZZADVICE C hord function is a confusing topic that is intricately tied to other just as confusing topics like voice leading, harmonic tension and resolution, intervallic content, chord voicings, chord families and more! Today we’ll unravel the slew of questions that arise from exploring chord function. Questions like, how do you build chords within a key? Why do specific chords have a natural THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO JAZZ ARTICULATION: COLTRANE Jazz articulation is subtle. It combines hard articulation, slurring, and the standard jazz articulation methods. These John Coltrane techniques will show the beginner jazz WHY THIS SIMPLE JAZZ TRANSCRIPTION HACK WILL CHANGE YOUR Then he follows with some C# minor pentatonic material, ending on the 3rd of the chord. Here’s what you should practice: The easiest way to move outside of the harmony, regardless of the tune you’re playing or the chord you’re on, is to utilize material either a half-step above or below the root.. In both of the examples above, Roy begins his outside line a half-step away from the root HOW TO USE ENCLOSURE IN YOUR IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLOS Keep in mind, there’s all sorts of variation possible with enclosure A world of enclosing possibilities. Which chord tone you enclose – You can enclose any chord tone you like, just pay close attention to the sound of the result and make sure it’s what you’re going for in that particular situation.Here I’ve enclosed an upper-structure chord-tone, the sharp 11: HOW TO USE PERMUTATION TO CREATE UNLIMITED MUSICAL IDEAS T ime and again, we’ve stressed on this site that scales are not the secret to jazz improvisation. However, scales can be beneficial if you practice and apply them in the right way. Once you aurally understand and ingrain the vital aspects of the jazz language (i.e. phrasing, melodic construction, expression, harmonic application, time, articulation, etc.) the scales and theory that you THE REAL JAZZADVICE • JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS, TIPSLESSONSPREMIUMCOURSESMELODIC POWERTHE EAR TRAINING METHODTOOLS FORMUSICIANS
Jazz Standards. Everything you learn leads to playing over tunes. Jazz Language. Acquiring jazz language is fundamental to improvising. Visualization. Training the mental side of BEST ARTICLES TO LEARN JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS Jazz improvisation advice and articles to become a better jazz musician and improvisor. Learn jazz standards, tunes, scales, transcribing, ear training and how to practice jazz 10 KILLER TIPS FOR TRANSCRIBING JAZZ SOLOS • JAZZADVICE 00:00. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. *You can even look at the rhythmic elements of this line ( syncopation, triplets, accents) and shape of the line and apply these concepts into your own solos. Remember a line that you transcribe isn’t just one lick, it’s language.JAZZ SCALES
Start by focusing on only two keys: F# and Db. Do the triadic and scalar speed drills with a metronome until you have them mastered in those keys. Isolate the high and low ranges. Then practice the whole triadic sequence and the whole scale. Start slow! Set the metronome slow enough to execute everything perfectly. 5 POWERFUL STORYTELLING TACTICS FOR YOUR NEXT JAZZ SOLO You see, as humans, we’re hardwired to follow a story We latch onto intriguing ideas, we relate with characters, we mirror emotions, we follow the twists and turns of a plot, and we want to know what happens in the end.. This effect is the same whether it’s a scary story told over a campfire, a classic movie, a stand-up comedy set, or an improvised solo flowing out of a speaker. CHORD FUNCTION: MUSIC THEORY FUNDAMENTALS • JAZZADVICE Chord Function: Music Theory Fundamentals You Need To Know. C hord function is a confusing topic that is intricately tied to other just as confusing topics like voice leading, harmonic tension and resolution, intervallic content, chord voicings, chord families and more! Today we’ll unravel the slew of questions that arise fromexploring chord
THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO JAZZ ARTICULATION: COLTRANE The 3 types of articulation are: Hard articulation – an attack (tonguing for horn players) at the beginning of each sequential note. Slurred articulation – slurring (no tonguing for horn players) a group of notes together. “Jazz” articulation – the commonly taught way of articulating by attacking (tonguing for horns) on theupbeats
4 TIPS FOR USING THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES T he melodic minor scale is a scale that you’ve probably learned early on in your musical development, but it can take on a whole new life when applied to jazz. This scale is a very useful and versatile scale for improvisers to know and not just for soloing over minor chords or tonalities. The melodic minor presents some nice harmonic options when you are looking to get away from just HOW TO USE THE PENTATONIC SCALE LIKE MCCOY TYNER IN YOUR The Blues is a form that every improviser must learn and master if they want to become a proficient player. You can approach it with blues language, bebop, or even modern and outside approaches – it all comes together in the blues. And today we’re going look at 3 creative ways McCoy Tyner uses the pentatonic scale on the blues. 1) Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale over Dominant HOW TO IMPROVISE ON V7#9 CHORDS: STRATEGIES FOR ALT In order to fully utilize the harmonic possibilities available though, you must first be able to aurally recognize the unique sound of each “altered” note. For starters, go to the piano and play a V7 chord in root position. On top of that voicing play the #9 of the chord. Sing that note, internalize it’s character, and hear how it relates THE REAL JAZZADVICE • JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS, TIPSLESSONSPREMIUMCOURSESMELODIC POWERTHE EAR TRAINING METHODTOOLS FORMUSICIANS
Jazz Standards. Everything you learn leads to playing over tunes. Jazz Language. Acquiring jazz language is fundamental to improvising. Visualization. Training the mental side of BEST ARTICLES TO LEARN JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS Jazz improvisation advice and articles to become a better jazz musician and improvisor. Learn jazz standards, tunes, scales, transcribing, ear training and how to practice jazz 10 KILLER TIPS FOR TRANSCRIBING JAZZ SOLOS • JAZZADVICE 00:00. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. *You can even look at the rhythmic elements of this line ( syncopation, triplets, accents) and shape of the line and apply these concepts into your own solos. Remember a line that you transcribe isn’t just one lick, it’s language.JAZZ SCALES
Start by focusing on only two keys: F# and Db. Do the triadic and scalar speed drills with a metronome until you have them mastered in those keys. Isolate the high and low ranges. Then practice the whole triadic sequence and the whole scale. Start slow! Set the metronome slow enough to execute everything perfectly. 5 POWERFUL STORYTELLING TACTICS FOR YOUR NEXT JAZZ SOLO You see, as humans, we’re hardwired to follow a story We latch onto intriguing ideas, we relate with characters, we mirror emotions, we follow the twists and turns of a plot, and we want to know what happens in the end.. This effect is the same whether it’s a scary story told over a campfire, a classic movie, a stand-up comedy set, or an improvised solo flowing out of a speaker. CHORD FUNCTION: MUSIC THEORY FUNDAMENTALS • JAZZADVICE Chord Function: Music Theory Fundamentals You Need To Know. C hord function is a confusing topic that is intricately tied to other just as confusing topics like voice leading, harmonic tension and resolution, intervallic content, chord voicings, chord families and more! Today we’ll unravel the slew of questions that arise fromexploring chord
THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO JAZZ ARTICULATION: COLTRANE The 3 types of articulation are: Hard articulation – an attack (tonguing for horn players) at the beginning of each sequential note. Slurred articulation – slurring (no tonguing for horn players) a group of notes together. “Jazz” articulation – the commonly taught way of articulating by attacking (tonguing for horns) on theupbeats
4 TIPS FOR USING THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES T he melodic minor scale is a scale that you’ve probably learned early on in your musical development, but it can take on a whole new life when applied to jazz. This scale is a very useful and versatile scale for improvisers to know and not just for soloing over minor chords or tonalities. The melodic minor presents some nice harmonic options when you are looking to get away from just HOW TO USE THE PENTATONIC SCALE LIKE MCCOY TYNER IN YOUR The Blues is a form that every improviser must learn and master if they want to become a proficient player. You can approach it with blues language, bebop, or even modern and outside approaches – it all comes together in the blues. And today we’re going look at 3 creative ways McCoy Tyner uses the pentatonic scale on the blues. 1) Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale over Dominant HOW TO IMPROVISE ON V7#9 CHORDS: STRATEGIES FOR ALT In order to fully utilize the harmonic possibilities available though, you must first be able to aurally recognize the unique sound of each “altered” note. For starters, go to the piano and play a V7 chord in root position. On top of that voicing play the #9 of the chord. Sing that note, internalize it’s character, and hear how it relates BEST ARTICLES TO LEARN JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS Jazz improvisation advice and articles to become a better jazz musician and improvisor. Learn jazz standards, tunes, scales, transcribing, ear training and how to practice jazz PREMIUM JAZZADVICE • PLAY JAZZ AND LEARN STANDARDS, CHORDS Premium membership allows you to access premium jazz advice articles and lessons, giving you the best resources on how to play jazz. If you're serious about playing jazz and learning how to improvise, join premium to learn tunes and jazz standards faster, improve your ear, and improvise over chord changes with musical freedom. THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO JAZZ ARTICULATION: COLTRANE The 3 types of articulation are: Hard articulation – an attack (tonguing for horn players) at the beginning of each sequential note. Slurred articulation – slurring (no tonguing for horn players) a group of notes together. “Jazz” articulation – the commonly taught way of articulating by attacking (tonguing for horns) on theupbeats
HOW TO PRACTICE JAZZ SCALES, CHORDS, AND PATTERNS IN ALL 4 A significant part of practicing jazz improvisation consists of working on scales, chords, and patterns. Practicing them in a thorough manner will enable you to obtain the most benefit in the shortest amount of time. Unfortunately, we often get caught up in practicingthis material in
10 BRILLIANT JAZZ TRANSCRIPTIONS AND SOLOS TO LEARN FROM 1) Miles Davis, Blues by Five. Watch the video on Youtube. When you begin improvising it’s easy to become obsessed with each and every chord. You want to play the right notes and you want to sound good in front of your fellow musicians. So you start focusing on individual chords, scales and individual notes . EAR TRAINING FOR JAZZ IMPROVISATION MADE EASY • JAZZADVICE For an improviser, ear training is not just a class in school. It’s the one skill that every aspect of your musicianship is built upon. Essentially ear training means the process of learning to identify intervals, chord qualities, chord tones, chord progressions and the ability to play what you’re hearing. And real ear training happenswhen
WHY THIS SIMPLE JAZZ TRANSCRIPTION HACK WILL CHANGE YOUR Why This Simple Jazz Transcription Hack Will Change Your Playing. I t’s just past one in the morning. I’m standing on the sidewalk in lower Manhattan as garbage trucks rumble by and panhandlers hustle for loose change. I’ve just stepped outside of Smalls, the CHARLIE PARKER'S BRILLIANT LICKS & TRICKS ON I REMEMBER Charlie Parker’s Brilliant Licks and Tricks on I Remember You. W ith its unique opening chord changes, the jazz standard I Remember You poses quite the challenge to most jazz improvisers, which is surprising because the chords themselves don’t seem that difficult. But it’s not the individual chords that create the problemIt’s theway
THE POWERFUL RHYTHMIC PRINCIPLES OF CHARLIE PARKER Charlie Parker loves to use ties in a way to extend his phrases over the bar line and connect two musical ideas. Using this rhythmic device in your own playing is simple. All you have to do is tie the last note of one phrase over the bar line, to the first note of the next phrase in the following measure. HOW TO PRACTICE POLYRHYTHMS FOR THE MELODIC IMPROVISER A s melodic improvisers, we are naturally focused on the harmonic aspect of what we are playing. After all, there’s nothing worse than playing wrong notes, right? Our minds are so concerned with what key a tune is in, what note choices work well over a specific chord, and how to navigate a difficult progression, that other aspects of musicalitytend to be ignored.
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Start by focusing on only two keys: F# and Db. Do the triadic and scalar speed drills with a metronome until you have them mastered in those keys. Isolate the high and low ranges. Then practice the whole triadic sequence and the whole scale. Start slow! Set the metronome slow enough to execute everything perfectly. 5 POWERFUL STORYTELLING TACTICS FOR YOUR NEXT JAZZ SOLO You see, as humans, we’re hardwired to follow a story We latch onto intriguing ideas, we relate with characters, we mirror emotions, we follow the twists and turns of a plot, and we want to know what happens in the end.. This effect is the same whether it’s a scary story told over a campfire, a classic movie, a stand-up comedy set, or an improvised solo flowing out of a speaker. CHORD FUNCTION: MUSIC THEORY FUNDAMENTALS • JAZZADVICE Chord Function: Music Theory Fundamentals You Need To Know. C hord function is a confusing topic that is intricately tied to other just as confusing topics like voice leading, harmonic tension and resolution, intervallic content, chord voicings, chord families and more! Today we’ll unravel the slew of questions that arise fromexploring chord
THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO JAZZ ARTICULATION: COLTRANE The 3 types of articulation are: Hard articulation – an attack (tonguing for horn players) at the beginning of each sequential note. Slurred articulation – slurring (no tonguing for horn players) a group of notes together. “Jazz” articulation – the commonly taught way of articulating by attacking (tonguing for horns) on theupbeats
4 TIPS FOR USING THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES T he melodic minor scale is a scale that you’ve probably learned early on in your musical development, but it can take on a whole new life when applied to jazz. This scale is a very useful and versatile scale for improvisers to know and not just for soloing over minor chords or tonalities. The melodic minor presents some nice harmonic options when you are looking to get away from just HOW TO USE THE PENTATONIC SCALE LIKE MCCOY TYNER IN YOUR The Blues is a form that every improviser must learn and master if they want to become a proficient player. You can approach it with blues language, bebop, or even modern and outside approaches – it all comes together in the blues. And today we’re going look at 3 creative ways McCoy Tyner uses the pentatonic scale on the blues. 1) Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale over Dominant HOW TO IMPROVISE ON V7#9 CHORDS: STRATEGIES FOR ALT In order to fully utilize the harmonic possibilities available though, you must first be able to aurally recognize the unique sound of each “altered” note. For starters, go to the piano and play a V7 chord in root position. On top of that voicing play the #9 of the chord. Sing that note, internalize it’s character, and hear how it relates THE REAL JAZZADVICE • JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS, TIPSLESSONSPREMIUMCOURSESMELODIC POWERTHE EAR TRAINING METHODTOOLS FORMUSICIANS
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Start by focusing on only two keys: F# and Db. Do the triadic and scalar speed drills with a metronome until you have them mastered in those keys. Isolate the high and low ranges. Then practice the whole triadic sequence and the whole scale. Start slow! Set the metronome slow enough to execute everything perfectly. 5 MUST-KNOW BEBOP TACTICS FROM SONNY STITT • JAZZADVICE 00:00. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Start becoming aware of how you’re using tension and resolution in your lines, and thinking in these terms. With every chord, scale, chord-tone, or concept you use, begin to understand how it allows you to better apply tension and release. 5 POWERFUL STORYTELLING TACTICS FOR YOUR NEXT JAZZ SOLO You see, as humans, we’re hardwired to follow a story We latch onto intriguing ideas, we relate with characters, we mirror emotions, we follow the twists and turns of a plot, and we want to know what happens in the end.. This effect is the same whether it’s a scary story told over a campfire, a classic movie, a stand-up comedy set, or an improvised solo flowing out of a speaker. CHORD FUNCTION: MUSIC THEORY FUNDAMENTALS • JAZZADVICE Chord Function: Music Theory Fundamentals You Need To Know. C hord function is a confusing topic that is intricately tied to other just as confusing topics like voice leading, harmonic tension and resolution, intervallic content, chord voicings, chord families and more! Today we’ll unravel the slew of questions that arise fromexploring chord
4 TIPS FOR USING THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES T he melodic minor scale is a scale that you’ve probably learned early on in your musical development, but it can take on a whole new life when applied to jazz. This scale is a very useful and versatile scale for improvisers to know and not just for soloing over minor chords or tonalities. The melodic minor presents some nice harmonic options when you are looking to get away from just THE POWERFUL RHYTHMIC PRINCIPLES OF CHARLIE PARKER Charlie Parker loves to use ties in a way to extend his phrases over the bar line and connect two musical ideas. Using this rhythmic device in your own playing is simple. All you have to do is tie the last note of one phrase over the bar line, to the first note of the next phrase in the following measure. HOW TO USE THE PENTATONIC SCALE LIKE MCCOY TYNER IN YOUR The Blues is a form that every improviser must learn and master if they want to become a proficient player. You can approach it with blues language, bebop, or even modern and outside approaches – it all comes together in the blues. And today we’re going look at 3 creative ways McCoy Tyner uses the pentatonic scale on the blues. 1) Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale over Dominant HOW TO IMPROVISE ON V7#9 CHORDS: STRATEGIES FOR ALT In order to fully utilize the harmonic possibilities available though, you must first be able to aurally recognize the unique sound of each “altered” note. For starters, go to the piano and play a V7 chord in root position. On top of that voicing play the #9 of the chord. Sing that note, internalize it’s character, and hear how it relates BEST ARTICLES TO LEARN JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS Jazz improvisation advice and articles to become a better jazz musician and improvisor. Learn jazz standards, tunes, scales, transcribing, ear training and how to practice jazz PREMIUM JAZZADVICE • PLAY JAZZ AND LEARN STANDARDS, CHORDS Premium membership allows you to access premium jazz advice articles and lessons, giving you the best resources on how to play jazz. If you're serious about playing jazz and learning how to improvise, join premium to learn tunes and jazz standards faster, improve your ear, and improvise over chord changes with musical freedom. HOW TO PRACTICE JAZZ SCALES, CHORDS, AND PATTERNS IN ALL 4 A significant part of practicing jazz improvisation consists of working on scales, chords, and patterns. Practicing them in a thorough manner will enable you to obtain the most benefit in the shortest amount of time. Unfortunately, we often get caught up in practicingthis material in
THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO JAZZ ARTICULATION: COLTRANE The 3 types of articulation are: Hard articulation – an attack (tonguing for horn players) at the beginning of each sequential note. Slurred articulation – slurring (no tonguing for horn players) a group of notes together. “Jazz” articulation – the commonly taught way of articulating by attacking (tonguing for horns) on theupbeats
10 BRILLIANT JAZZ TRANSCRIPTIONS AND SOLOS TO LEARN FROM 1) Miles Davis, Blues by Five. Watch the video on Youtube. When you begin improvising it’s easy to become obsessed with each and every chord. You want to play the right notes and you want to sound good in front of your fellow musicians. So you start focusing on individual chords, scales and individual notes . 5 POWERFUL STORYTELLING TACTICS FOR YOUR NEXT JAZZ SOLO You see, as humans, we’re hardwired to follow a story We latch onto intriguing ideas, we relate with characters, we mirror emotions, we follow the twists and turns of a plot, and we want to know what happens in the end.. This effect is the same whether it’s a scary story told over a campfire, a classic movie, a stand-up comedy set, or an improvised solo flowing out of a speaker. WHY THIS SIMPLE JAZZ TRANSCRIPTION HACK WILL CHANGE YOUR Why This Simple Jazz Transcription Hack Will Change Your Playing. I t’s just past one in the morning. I’m standing on the sidewalk in lower Manhattan as garbage trucks rumble by and panhandlers hustle for loose change. I’ve just stepped outside of Smalls, the CHARLIE PARKER'S BRILLIANT LICKS & TRICKS ON I REMEMBER Charlie Parker’s Brilliant Licks and Tricks on I Remember You. W ith its unique opening chord changes, the jazz standard I Remember You poses quite the challenge to most jazz improvisers, which is surprising because the chords themselves don’t seem that difficult. But it’s not the individual chords that create the problemIt’s theway
HOW TO PRACTICE POLYRHYTHMS FOR THE MELODIC IMPROVISER A s melodic improvisers, we are naturally focused on the harmonic aspect of what we are playing. After all, there’s nothing worse than playing wrong notes, right? Our minds are so concerned with what key a tune is in, what note choices work well over a specific chord, and how to navigate a difficult progression, that other aspects of musicalitytend to be ignored.
WHY YOU HATE PRACTICING: 3 WAYS TO LOVE YOUR INSTRUMENT Strive to get into a relaxed, productive and creative space every time you play your instrument. Aim to free your mind from negativity, stress, and the pressure of competition. This is your time to slow down, focus and work on reaching your musical goals. Try spending a few minutes each day meditating before you start your practicesession.
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Start by focusing on only two keys: F# and Db. Do the triadic and scalar speed drills with a metronome until you have them mastered in those keys. Isolate the high and low ranges. Then practice the whole triadic sequence and the whole scale. Start slow! Set the metronome slow enough to execute everything perfectly. 5 MUST-KNOW BEBOP TACTICS FROM SONNY STITT • JAZZADVICE 00:00. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Start becoming aware of how you’re using tension and resolution in your lines, and thinking in these terms. With every chord, scale, chord-tone, or concept you use, begin to understand how it allows you to better apply tension and release. 5 POWERFUL STORYTELLING TACTICS FOR YOUR NEXT JAZZ SOLO You see, as humans, we’re hardwired to follow a story We latch onto intriguing ideas, we relate with characters, we mirror emotions, we follow the twists and turns of a plot, and we want to know what happens in the end.. This effect is the same whether it’s a scary story told over a campfire, a classic movie, a stand-up comedy set, or an improvised solo flowing out of a speaker. CHORD FUNCTION: MUSIC THEORY FUNDAMENTALS • JAZZADVICE Chord Function: Music Theory Fundamentals You Need To Know. C hord function is a confusing topic that is intricately tied to other just as confusing topics like voice leading, harmonic tension and resolution, intervallic content, chord voicings, chord families and more! Today we’ll unravel the slew of questions that arise fromexploring chord
4 TIPS FOR USING THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES T he melodic minor scale is a scale that you’ve probably learned early on in your musical development, but it can take on a whole new life when applied to jazz. This scale is a very useful and versatile scale for improvisers to know and not just for soloing over minor chords or tonalities. The melodic minor presents some nice harmonic options when you are looking to get away from just THE POWERFUL RHYTHMIC PRINCIPLES OF CHARLIE PARKER Charlie Parker loves to use ties in a way to extend his phrases over the bar line and connect two musical ideas. Using this rhythmic device in your own playing is simple. All you have to do is tie the last note of one phrase over the bar line, to the first note of the next phrase in the following measure. HOW TO USE THE PENTATONIC SCALE LIKE MCCOY TYNER IN YOUR The Blues is a form that every improviser must learn and master if they want to become a proficient player. You can approach it with blues language, bebop, or even modern and outside approaches – it all comes together in the blues. And today we’re going look at 3 creative ways McCoy Tyner uses the pentatonic scale on the blues. 1) Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale over Dominant HOW TO IMPROVISE ON V7#9 CHORDS: STRATEGIES FOR ALT In order to fully utilize the harmonic possibilities available though, you must first be able to aurally recognize the unique sound of each “altered” note. For starters, go to the piano and play a V7 chord in root position. On top of that voicing play the #9 of the chord. Sing that note, internalize it’s character, and hear how it relates THE REAL JAZZADVICE • JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS, TIPSLESSONSPREMIUMCOURSESMELODIC POWERTHE EAR TRAINING METHODTOOLS FORMUSICIANS
Jazz Standards. Everything you learn leads to playing over tunes. Jazz Language. Acquiring jazz language is fundamental to improvising. Visualization. Training the mental side of 10 KILLER TIPS FOR TRANSCRIBING JAZZ SOLOS • JAZZADVICE 00:00. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. *You can even look at the rhythmic elements of this line ( syncopation, triplets, accents) and shape of the line and apply these concepts into your own solos. Remember a line that you transcribe isn’t just one lick, it’s language.JAZZ SCALES
Start by focusing on only two keys: F# and Db. Do the triadic and scalar speed drills with a metronome until you have them mastered in those keys. Isolate the high and low ranges. Then practice the whole triadic sequence and the whole scale. Start slow! Set the metronome slow enough to execute everything perfectly. 5 MUST-KNOW BEBOP TACTICS FROM SONNY STITT • JAZZADVICE 00:00. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Start becoming aware of how you’re using tension and resolution in your lines, and thinking in these terms. With every chord, scale, chord-tone, or concept you use, begin to understand how it allows you to better apply tension and release. 5 POWERFUL STORYTELLING TACTICS FOR YOUR NEXT JAZZ SOLO You see, as humans, we’re hardwired to follow a story We latch onto intriguing ideas, we relate with characters, we mirror emotions, we follow the twists and turns of a plot, and we want to know what happens in the end.. This effect is the same whether it’s a scary story told over a campfire, a classic movie, a stand-up comedy set, or an improvised solo flowing out of a speaker. CHORD FUNCTION: MUSIC THEORY FUNDAMENTALS • JAZZADVICE Chord Function: Music Theory Fundamentals You Need To Know. C hord function is a confusing topic that is intricately tied to other just as confusing topics like voice leading, harmonic tension and resolution, intervallic content, chord voicings, chord families and more! Today we’ll unravel the slew of questions that arise fromexploring chord
4 TIPS FOR USING THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES T he melodic minor scale is a scale that you’ve probably learned early on in your musical development, but it can take on a whole new life when applied to jazz. This scale is a very useful and versatile scale for improvisers to know and not just for soloing over minor chords or tonalities. The melodic minor presents some nice harmonic options when you are looking to get away from just THE POWERFUL RHYTHMIC PRINCIPLES OF CHARLIE PARKER Charlie Parker loves to use ties in a way to extend his phrases over the bar line and connect two musical ideas. Using this rhythmic device in your own playing is simple. All you have to do is tie the last note of one phrase over the bar line, to the first note of the next phrase in the following measure. HOW TO USE THE PENTATONIC SCALE LIKE MCCOY TYNER IN YOUR The Blues is a form that every improviser must learn and master if they want to become a proficient player. You can approach it with blues language, bebop, or even modern and outside approaches – it all comes together in the blues. And today we’re going look at 3 creative ways McCoy Tyner uses the pentatonic scale on the blues. 1) Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale over Dominant HOW TO IMPROVISE ON V7#9 CHORDS: STRATEGIES FOR ALT In order to fully utilize the harmonic possibilities available though, you must first be able to aurally recognize the unique sound of each “altered” note. For starters, go to the piano and play a V7 chord in root position. On top of that voicing play the #9 of the chord. Sing that note, internalize it’s character, and hear how it relates BEST ARTICLES TO LEARN JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS Jazz improvisation advice and articles to become a better jazz musician and improvisor. Learn jazz standards, tunes, scales, transcribing, ear training and how to practice jazz PREMIUM JAZZADVICE • PLAY JAZZ AND LEARN STANDARDS, CHORDS Premium membership allows you to access premium jazz advice articles and lessons, giving you the best resources on how to play jazz. If you're serious about playing jazz and learning how to improvise, join premium to learn tunes and jazz standards faster, improve your ear, and improvise over chord changes with musical freedom. HOW TO PRACTICE JAZZ SCALES, CHORDS, AND PATTERNS IN ALL 4 A significant part of practicing jazz improvisation consists of working on scales, chords, and patterns. Practicing them in a thorough manner will enable you to obtain the most benefit in the shortest amount of time. Unfortunately, we often get caught up in practicingthis material in
THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO JAZZ ARTICULATION: COLTRANE The 3 types of articulation are: Hard articulation – an attack (tonguing for horn players) at the beginning of each sequential note. Slurred articulation – slurring (no tonguing for horn players) a group of notes together. “Jazz” articulation – the commonly taught way of articulating by attacking (tonguing for horns) on theupbeats
10 BRILLIANT JAZZ TRANSCRIPTIONS AND SOLOS TO LEARN FROM 1) Miles Davis, Blues by Five. Watch the video on Youtube. When you begin improvising it’s easy to become obsessed with each and every chord. You want to play the right notes and you want to sound good in front of your fellow musicians. So you start focusing on individual chords, scales and individual notes . 5 POWERFUL STORYTELLING TACTICS FOR YOUR NEXT JAZZ SOLO You see, as humans, we’re hardwired to follow a story We latch onto intriguing ideas, we relate with characters, we mirror emotions, we follow the twists and turns of a plot, and we want to know what happens in the end.. This effect is the same whether it’s a scary story told over a campfire, a classic movie, a stand-up comedy set, or an improvised solo flowing out of a speaker. WHY THIS SIMPLE JAZZ TRANSCRIPTION HACK WILL CHANGE YOUR Why This Simple Jazz Transcription Hack Will Change Your Playing. I t’s just past one in the morning. I’m standing on the sidewalk in lower Manhattan as garbage trucks rumble by and panhandlers hustle for loose change. I’ve just stepped outside of Smalls, the CHARLIE PARKER'S BRILLIANT LICKS & TRICKS ON I REMEMBER Charlie Parker’s Brilliant Licks and Tricks on I Remember You. W ith its unique opening chord changes, the jazz standard I Remember You poses quite the challenge to most jazz improvisers, which is surprising because the chords themselves don’t seem that difficult. But it’s not the individual chords that create the problemIt’s theway
HOW TO PRACTICE POLYRHYTHMS FOR THE MELODIC IMPROVISER A s melodic improvisers, we are naturally focused on the harmonic aspect of what we are playing. After all, there’s nothing worse than playing wrong notes, right? Our minds are so concerned with what key a tune is in, what note choices work well over a specific chord, and how to navigate a difficult progression, that other aspects of musicalitytend to be ignored.
WHY YOU HATE PRACTICING: 3 WAYS TO LOVE YOUR INSTRUMENT Strive to get into a relaxed, productive and creative space every time you play your instrument. Aim to free your mind from negativity, stress, and the pressure of competition. This is your time to slow down, focus and work on reaching your musical goals. Try spending a few minutes each day meditating before you start your practicesession.
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Jazz Standards. Everything you learn leads to playing over tunes. Jazz Language. Acquiring jazz language is fundamental to improvising. Visualization. Training the mental side ofJAZZ SCALES
Start by focusing on only two keys: F# and Db. Do the triadic and scalar speed drills with a metronome until you have them mastered in those keys. Isolate the high and low ranges. Then practice the whole triadic sequence and the whole scale. Start slow! Set the metronome slow enough to execute everything perfectly. 10 KILLER TIPS FOR TRANSCRIBING JAZZ SOLOS • JAZZADVICE 00:00. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. *You can even look at the rhythmic elements of this line ( syncopation, triplets, accents) and shape of the line and apply these concepts into your own solos. Remember a line that you transcribe isn’t just one lick, it’s language. ADVANCED JAZZ IMPROVISATION TECHNIQUES OF JOHN COLTRANE John Coltrane uses advanced soloing techniques on his tune Transition. He makes use of shifting triads and chromaticism through intervals from a whole-tone scale. His complex jazz style is difficult to analyze, but you can use these triad exercises to integrate these harmonic and melodic techniques into your playing. EAR TRAINING FOR JAZZ IMPROVISATION MADE EASY • JAZZADVICE For an improviser, ear training is not just a class in school. It’s the one skill that every aspect of your musicianship is built upon. Essentially ear training means the process of learning to identify intervals, chord qualities, chord tones, chord progressions and the ability to play what you’re hearing. And real ear training happenswhen
THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO JAZZ ARTICULATION: COLTRANE The 3 types of articulation are: Hard articulation – an attack (tonguing for horn players) at the beginning of each sequential note. Slurred articulation – slurring (no tonguing for horn players) a group of notes together. “Jazz” articulation – the commonly taught way of articulating by attacking (tonguing for horns) on theupbeats
10 EXERCISES TO VISUALIZE JAZZ CHORD PROGRESSIONS IN 3.) ii V I VI. This exercise is the same as #1, however, now you’ll visualize the VI dominant chord symbol in measure 4, returning to the ii chord in measure 1. Repeat each a key a few times until you’re comfortable with the VI chord moving back to the ii chord. Then move down in half steps until you’ve gone through all twelve keys. 4 TIPS FOR USING THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES T he melodic minor scale is a scale that you’ve probably learned early on in your musical development, but it can take on a whole new life when applied to jazz. This scale is a very useful and versatile scale for improvisers to know and not just for soloing over minor chords or tonalities. The melodic minor presents some nice harmonic options when you are looking to get away from just HOW TO PRACTICE POLYRHYTHMS FOR THE MELODIC IMPROVISER A s melodic improvisers, we are naturally focused on the harmonic aspect of what we are playing. After all, there’s nothing worse than playing wrong notes, right? Our minds are so concerned with what key a tune is in, what note choices work well over a specific chord, and how to navigate a difficult progression, that other aspects of musicalitytend to be ignored.
HOW TO IMPROVISE ON V7#9 CHORDS: STRATEGIES FOR ALT In order to fully utilize the harmonic possibilities available though, you must first be able to aurally recognize the unique sound of each “altered” note. For starters, go to the piano and play a V7 chord in root position. On top of that voicing play the #9 of the chord. Sing that note, internalize it’s character, and hear how it relates THE REAL JAZZADVICE • JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS, TIPSLESSONSPREMIUMCOURSESMELODIC POWERTHE EAR TRAINING METHODTOOLS FORMUSICIANS
Jazz Standards. Everything you learn leads to playing over tunes. Jazz Language. Acquiring jazz language is fundamental to improvising. Visualization. Training the mental side ofJAZZ SCALES
Start by focusing on only two keys: F# and Db. Do the triadic and scalar speed drills with a metronome until you have them mastered in those keys. Isolate the high and low ranges. Then practice the whole triadic sequence and the whole scale. Start slow! Set the metronome slow enough to execute everything perfectly. 10 KILLER TIPS FOR TRANSCRIBING JAZZ SOLOS • JAZZADVICE 00:00. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. *You can even look at the rhythmic elements of this line ( syncopation, triplets, accents) and shape of the line and apply these concepts into your own solos. Remember a line that you transcribe isn’t just one lick, it’s language. ADVANCED JAZZ IMPROVISATION TECHNIQUES OF JOHN COLTRANE John Coltrane uses advanced soloing techniques on his tune Transition. He makes use of shifting triads and chromaticism through intervals from a whole-tone scale. His complex jazz style is difficult to analyze, but you can use these triad exercises to integrate these harmonic and melodic techniques into your playing. EAR TRAINING FOR JAZZ IMPROVISATION MADE EASY • JAZZADVICE For an improviser, ear training is not just a class in school. It’s the one skill that every aspect of your musicianship is built upon. Essentially ear training means the process of learning to identify intervals, chord qualities, chord tones, chord progressions and the ability to play what you’re hearing. And real ear training happenswhen
THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO JAZZ ARTICULATION: COLTRANE The 3 types of articulation are: Hard articulation – an attack (tonguing for horn players) at the beginning of each sequential note. Slurred articulation – slurring (no tonguing for horn players) a group of notes together. “Jazz” articulation – the commonly taught way of articulating by attacking (tonguing for horns) on theupbeats
10 EXERCISES TO VISUALIZE JAZZ CHORD PROGRESSIONS IN 3.) ii V I VI. This exercise is the same as #1, however, now you’ll visualize the VI dominant chord symbol in measure 4, returning to the ii chord in measure 1. Repeat each a key a few times until you’re comfortable with the VI chord moving back to the ii chord. Then move down in half steps until you’ve gone through all twelve keys. 4 TIPS FOR USING THE MELODIC MINOR SCALE AND ITS MODES T he melodic minor scale is a scale that you’ve probably learned early on in your musical development, but it can take on a whole new life when applied to jazz. This scale is a very useful and versatile scale for improvisers to know and not just for soloing over minor chords or tonalities. The melodic minor presents some nice harmonic options when you are looking to get away from just HOW TO PRACTICE POLYRHYTHMS FOR THE MELODIC IMPROVISER A s melodic improvisers, we are naturally focused on the harmonic aspect of what we are playing. After all, there’s nothing worse than playing wrong notes, right? Our minds are so concerned with what key a tune is in, what note choices work well over a specific chord, and how to navigate a difficult progression, that other aspects of musicalitytend to be ignored.
HOW TO IMPROVISE ON V7#9 CHORDS: STRATEGIES FOR ALT In order to fully utilize the harmonic possibilities available though, you must first be able to aurally recognize the unique sound of each “altered” note. For starters, go to the piano and play a V7 chord in root position. On top of that voicing play the #9 of the chord. Sing that note, internalize it’s character, and hear how it relates BEST ARTICLES TO LEARN JAZZ IMPROVISATION, STANDARDS Jazz improvisation advice and articles to become a better jazz musician and improvisor. Learn jazz standards, tunes, scales, transcribing, ear training and how to practice jazz 10 BRILLIANT JAZZ TRANSCRIPTIONS AND SOLOS TO LEARN FROM 1) Miles Davis, Blues by Five. Watch the video on Youtube. When you begin improvising it’s easy to become obsessed with each and every chord. You want to play the right notes and you want to sound good in front of your fellow musicians. So you start focusing on individual chords, scales and individual notes . HOW TO MASTER THE II-V-I PROGRESSION: 25 ESSENTIAL JAZZ Learn how to master the ii-V-I progression in jazz standards and jazz improvisation. Learn 25 transcribed solo lines, master the music theory, gain improvisation techniques and essential musical concepts from John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Hargrove andmany more.
HOW TO USE THE PENTATONIC SCALE LIKE MCCOY TYNER IN YOUR The Blues is a form that every improviser must learn and master if they want to become a proficient player. You can approach it with blues language, bebop, or even modern and outside approaches – it all comes together in the blues. And today we’re going look at 3 creative ways McCoy Tyner uses the pentatonic scale on the blues. 1) Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale over Dominant WHAT TO THINK ABOUT WHILE IMPROVISING: JAZZ CHORDS AND To sum up, yes, when you’re improvising, you are thinking about the chords, however the thinking is more of an awareness than conscious thought. The more time you have spent thinking about the chords in the practice room and getting their sounds in your head, the more this “thinking” turns into an awareness. That is the goal. HOW TO USE ENCLOSURE IN YOUR IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLOS Enclosure is quite simple. In its most basic form, a chord tone is selected and the surrounding notes below and above are inserted before the chord tone. The inserted notes can be related chromatically, diatonically, or both. In the examples below, the first is enclosed diatonically (within the key of C) and the second chromatically (itjust so
THE POWERFUL RHYTHMIC PRINCIPLES OF CHARLIE PARKER Charlie Parker loves to use ties in a way to extend his phrases over the bar line and connect two musical ideas. Using this rhythmic device in your own playing is simple. All you have to do is tie the last note of one phrase over the bar line, to the first note of the next phrase in the following measure. CHORD FUNCTION: MUSIC THEORY FUNDAMENTALS • JAZZADVICE Chord Function: Music Theory Fundamentals You Need To Know. C hord function is a confusing topic that is intricately tied to other just as confusing topics like voice leading, harmonic tension and resolution, intervallic content, chord voicings, chord families and more! Today we’ll unravel the slew of questions that arise fromexploring chord
HOW TO USE PERMUTATION TO CREATE UNLIMITED MUSICAL IDEAS T ime and again, we’ve stressed on this site that scales are not the secret to jazz improvisation. However, scales can be beneficial if you practice and apply them in the right way. Once you aurally understand and ingrain the vital aspects of the jazz language (i.e. phrasing, melodic construction, expression, harmonic application, time, articulation, etc.) the scales and theory that you A LESSON WITH PIANIST BILL EVANS: MASTERING MINOR II V The central theme of this second phrase is chromaticism. Let’s look at how he uses this chromaticism to gain a fluidity over the minor ii V progression. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Here Bill Evans plays the natural 5th over the half diminished chord and the major 7th on dominant.Skip to content
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