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The Jazz Gym: Part 5 of the Improvisers Workout Program | Major II-V-I Vocabulary
April 1, 2008Welcome back to the Jazz Gym. In out last workout we learned some simple scale sequences...
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Plucking Hand Specifics
April 1, 2008Once again, I’d like to stick with the basics for this installment and take up where...
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Part 4 of the Improvisers Workout Program | Short Sentences
February 1, 2008Welcome back to the Jazz Gym. In our last workout (click here to view Part 3)...
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Musical Concepts: Harmonic Minor Scale
February 1, 2008** Note: At the end of this page is the music download of the lesson. Please...
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Fretting Hand Specifics
February 1, 2008For this installment, I’d like to get back to basics and share with you some tips...
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Sonny Rollins: “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise” / Respecting the Music With Phil Baker
February 1, 2008Meet Phil Baker – A NIGHT AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD – VOL. 1 I consider Sonny...
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Opening the Slap Style Vocabulary : Slap Basics With Doug Johns
February 1, 2008It’s the Things In Between…. Things in between? What the hell is he talking about? A...
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Vertical Bass : Extended Bass With Al Caldwell
February 1, 2008Playing across the neck is the real secret behind an Extended Range Instrument (ERI). Whatever position...
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Be Encouraged: Practice Makes Perfect / Creating Grooves With David Dyson
February 1, 2008In time, I’ve realized that there are several landmark growth moments in anything that you attempt...
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Hadrien Feraud’s Various Solo Excerpts : Pick’s Transcription Workshop
February 1, 2008In this month’s installment of Pick’s Transcription Workshop I’ve chosen to focus on a young technically...
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Good Vibrations: Repair and Beyond With Chris Brandt
December 1, 2007In my last article I posed a leading question to the readers… A magnetic pickup on...
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The Difference Between Playing and Emoting: Thoughts From Mike Pope
December 1, 2007As musicians, we’ve all been listening to music we love for a long time. I used...
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Develop a Better Pulse with a Drum Kit: Slap Basics With Doug Johns
December 1, 2007Hello, Everybody, and welcome to the second installment of Opening the Slap Style Vocabulary. Recently, drummer...
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Slap Triad Arpeggios: Slap Bass With Ray Riendeau
December 1, 2007Click on the docment below to launch the Slap Triad Arpeggios lesson. Download Ray_Riendeau_Slap_Arpeggios.mov
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Expanding your Vocabulary with MIDI: Extended Bass With Al Caldwell
December 1, 2007I have a band called the Traveling Black Hillbilly’s. I play Banjo and Bass in the...