Spend an hour with me as I go through the standard tune the Days of Wine and Roses while discussing some of the things that Joe Pass routinely did on tunes. Dominant Approach, Chromatic Approach, diminished movement, and playing in time are just some of the topics covered. The 14 page PDF includes awesome examples for you to practice and are fully transcribed from the video.
By request, an hour long lesson on playing outside! The 23 page PDF is full of both melodic and chordal examples of some of my methods of playing outside. Those methods include reharmonization, intervallic playing and complete manipulation of the given harmony. For those of you interested in some...
In this video, I discuss every possibility of major triads over alternate bass notes. Examples would be E/Bb or D/Bb. For those of you who have trouble understanding how to treat these types of chords, this lesson is for you. A great PDF with full explanations of all of the theory is included in ...
In this lesson I discuss how to conceptualize ballads, and how to avoid the major pitfalls that frequently occur when playing at very slow tempos. I discuss the rhythmic components as well negotiating such a "large" quarter note. This lessons includes many examples in both notation and tab and fe...
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