Look under 'Check This Out' for the link to the PDF of this lesson.
Here's quick lick number 1. Gives you a way to use the left hand to accompany yourself over a fast moving lick.
Check the end of the lick when you hit the F chord. Just double up with your right hand to play a chord. That's a good concept/technique to get in your playing.
Quick Lick #1
Your last assignment for the semester:
Pick an etude out of the Friedman: Dampening and Pedaling book and post it here. David Friedman will comment on your posts.
@Harvey - What's the due date?
Great stuff. I hope you guys work hard on this and the following videos.
Giovanni talks about how to play over triton substitutions, which scale you can use, some tricks to reharmonize it etc...
VW Lesson- Practicing the Blues by Tony Miceli
Scales: Minor Blues Scales (1,b3,4,b5,5,b7) in all 12 keys
Tunes: Blue 7, Straight No Chaser, Sandu, Billy’s Bounce, Bessie’s Blues, Au Privave.
Assignment: Pick a blues from the above choices, one you don’t already know, or would like to know better. State the melody, then play root notes on the first beat and improvise through the form as demonstrated in the video lesson.
Additional Blues Material;
So I was thinking of making some sort of chord etude and I thought, why don't I just comp through a tune. Then if you're working on comping you could learn this etude and analyze it.
So I took the changes to 'I Loves You Porgy' and comped simply through it. I played mostly quarter notes to keep things moving.
I'm curious is this is helpful to any of you.
Hi everyone, I'm attaching a pdf hand out I used recently for a clinic. In it I go through an example of how one might use a combination of Cells and Upper Structure Triads to create tension and release for playing melodic lines and phrases through your improvisations!
If there are any questions please do not hesitate to ask!
Enjoy!