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 advanced topics, you will not be disappointed!
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