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This semester I have been working with my teacher on playing ballads in the solo style and wanted to share a system/ exercise that I've been using to begin developing orchestration ideas when playing the melody. The following exercise is based on a concept I modified from John Mehegan’s “Jazz Improvisation 4: Contemporary Piano Styles” called “Root – Chord Patterns”.

Hi Vibeworkshoppers!
With the amount of info on the site at this point, I thought it might be helpful to do a series of lessons talking and demonstrating the process I take when learning a tune. Starting from the very beginning and focusing on the process. I'm learning Coltrane's Countdown, but the process applies to whatever tune you want to work on.
-Tyler

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