Lesson

https://youtu.be/Jb4fpTZNhAM?si=NVpREMYzSG670rEV

https://youtu.be/fdzG2r9N3go?si=KsIHrPh7Puntfols

I've made other lessons here with the same theme. Make it sound like the song. 

It's our job in a way. Sure the heavy weights do this or that. But a true heavy weight can make it sound like the song. Once you have mastered that then you can take liberties. Listen to some of the solo Chick Corea CDs. He takes liberties but he's a monster! 

I am doing a lot of teaching this semester. Probably the most I have ever done. It's really hard for a musician to turn work down. Well for me it is. 

It's a lot of fun teaching students who practice and work hard. Not as much fun teaching students with lots of excuses. 

I do have a bunch of good students though so that helps. Here's an exercise I made for one of them to work on the Bebop dom scale. Learn it, memorize it and play it fast!!!!

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Friedman Etude 8

I put on a  C drone and did my best to improvise through the seven modes.

Recorded in the USM School of Music 

Recorded in The USM School of Music 

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This is a performance of Friedman 13.