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A good chord and solo study. I was focusing on chromatic stuff in the chords and the solo.
Diminished Passing Pt. 1 by Behn Gillece
🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 2
Last week, we focused on learning the form and internalizing a set of common rhythm changes voicings. The rhythm was intentionally simple so all of our attention could be placed on the harmony.
This week, we're continuing that approach.
👉 The focus is still harmony, not rhythm.
The written rhythm remains simple because we're trying to build a larger vocabulary of voicings before we start introducing rhythmic comping concepts.
Cool Turnaround! by Behn Gillece
Tune Study - I Hear A Rhapsody Pt. 1 by Behn Gillece
Resolving ii–V’s in Descending Whole Steps
In Part 5, we take the ii–V ideas from the previous lessons and fully resolve each ii–V to its I chord, moving through the exercise in descending whole steps. This type of harmonic motion shows up frequently in jazz standards—How High The Moon being a great example—and it’s an important sound to internalize.
🎵 Play A Great Rhythm Changes In 3 Months – Week 7
Over the past two weeks, we've been developing melodic lines from the inside out.
We started by connecting the 3rds and 7ths, then expanded those guide-tone lines with more melodic movement and common harmonic variations.
This week, we take another major step toward authentic bebop language.
👉 Flat 9 dominant vocabulary.
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Check out the attached PDF!