Hey all,
Not really an official lesson here, but thought I'd post a version of our TOTM where I just play the melody through a few times. With each version, I try to do different things with the phrasing, leaning back, forward, decorating…
Great lesson to break into playing tunes solo. Here are links to all the other vids: Misty IntroLesson 1Lesson 2Lesson 3Lesson 4Lesson 5Lesson 6Lesson 7Lesson 8
Building on the previous etude, this new version expands the lines and incorporates additional chord adjustments to deepen the harmonic exploration in 3/4. By introducing extra melodic lines and refining the chord changes, this etude…
This is of course based on What Is This Thing Called Love. Although back in my very immature days we put a comma after called. It's 3 choruses of the tune. First chorus is mostly comping. The second I solo and mostly play the chords…
One of my students has been working on "Footprints" and wanted to explore playing in 3/4 time. To help, I put together a simple etude focused on adapting familiar patterns to fit 3/4. What I like about this approach is that it lets you…