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Tune Deep Dive - Wave Pt. 6 by Behn Gillece

behng 19 September 2025

🚨 Tune Deep Dive: “Wave” – Pt. 6: Soloing with Motifs 🚨

In Part 6, we focus on building solos using motifs—short melodic ideas that you can develop, repeat, and vary throughout the form. This exercise takes one simple motif and applies it across all the chords of the A section, showing how a small, clear idea can be adapted to fit shifting harmony.

Rhythm Changes - Build Vocabulary on the As Pt. 2 by Behn Gillece

behng 7 March 2025

Expanding Vocabulary Over the Second A Section

In previous lessons, we explored the bridge of rhythm changes and how to apply those concepts to other tunes. We also examined one possible approach to the first A section, demonstrating how its harmonic movement reflects countless other standards. Now, let’s build on that by focusing on the second A section, incorporating some different harmonic choices and melodic vocabulary.

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