Developing Vocabulary - Jazz Break
Jazz Breaks with Barry Greene
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5m 4s
This lesson shows you how to build your improvisational language by studying and reworking phrases from classic bebop heads. You’ll learn how to extract, adapt, and connect these melodic ideas to develop authentic bebop vocabulary that naturally flows in your solos.
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