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Chord Voicings on Minor Swing
As a follow-up the "Accompanying Minor Swing" video, here are some cool voicings using passing chords. For 2 and 3…
The Grappelli Flick
It's a kind of Lick, but uses the principle of enclosures (see the enclosures video in the Library's Workouts section)…
Accompanying Minor Swing
The first in a new series of accompaniment videos ... simple voicings on 2 and 3 strings explained on the…
Subs on Sweet Georgia Brown #4-2: 2-bar II-Vs
Here is the second 2-bar subs exercise on the chords of Sweet Georgia Brown.
Enclosures on Je Suis Seul Ce Soir
A nice enclosures etude (with ghost bowings) on slow song in C, Je Suis Seul ...
Ghost Notes on Je Suis Seul Ce Soir
A nice workout for your Ghost notes, play along with your own rhythms on the slow song Je Suis Seul...
Guidetones explained
An explanation of Guidetones and how to learn them on a new song
Investigating Slurred Bowings – part 1
The start of a series of investigations into the mysterious and very personal phenomenon that is jazz slurs.
Pent-Up House with Ghost bowings
Using what we learnt about Ghost bowings, this is how to play the theme of the famous Sonny Rollins song.
Ghost Note Exercise using Guide Tones
Here is a great Ghost Note exercise you can do on any song, using what we have learnt about making…
The Leading Note Lick in Minor keys
The Leading Note Lick is the first one to learn. In minor, not so easy. Here's how!
Intonation of Semitones and Wholetones
As a melody player or soloist, when not double-stopping, make the wholetone gaps as big as possible and the semitone…
The Minor Walk Down #2: J’Attendrai
There are a bunch of songs with Minor Walk Downs, where the bass moves chromatically down from the Minor chord's…
The Minor Walk Down #1: Lover Man
A Minor Walk Down is when the bass plays chromatic notes down from the root note of a Minor chord.…
Planning your Practice Time
Such an important question: how much to spend on the different exercises? I will tell you again and again, practicing…
The Blues Bowing Lick
Using the Blues Bowing technique, with heavy off-beats (up-bows), play this bluesy lick anywhere that is F Minor, Bb Dominant…
Practising the Dominant exercise on All of Me
The Dominant exercise makes you put a lick of your choice (in this case the Flat 9 Lick) on all…
Practising the Tonic Exercise on All of Me
The Tonic exercise makes you put a lick of your choice (in this case the Leading Note Lick) on all…