Jazz Learning Resources
On Practicing - click here
Practice is only as valuable as its outcomes. This booklet may assist you in identifying and addressing the various components of practice so that you balance: a) your time, and b) the types of practice relevant to different aspects of improvising.
Chord-tone Improvisation and Enclosures for Improvisation
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Don't rush into chord-scales. Scales are passive without voice-leading and resolution. Generate harmony and progression/movement through triadic and chord-tone improvisation, embellished with enclosures.
Guide-tones for Improvisation - click here
Not just 3rds and 7ths… Any note is a guide-tone when you develop control of its resolution. Check-out the familiar resolutions (voice-leading) and have fun with some chromaticism.
Guide Tone Sample Solo on "Tune Up" - click here
