Donna Lee is a classic jazz tune, nice chord changes, challenging melody, and tons of classic recordings to pore over. So last week my buddy…
Read MoreChord Tone Improvisation – The Gateway to Musical Connections
Hi, wanted to tell you about one of our courses at ElectricCampfire.com It’s called ‘Chord Tone Improvisation’, and it’s a video based course about musical…
Read MoreHow To Improve Your Soloing
TODAY I’m going to improve your soloing. Plain and simple. In the next 10 minutes. You’re going to find out if you can play a good idea. You’ll…
Read MoreMy 10 Favourite Solos
Here are my 10 favourite solos. They’re also the 10 most beneficial solos I’ve learnt from. I keep coming back to them for inspiration again…
Read MoreJust Listen
So, do you want to get good? Do you spend ages working out patterns for jazz? Are you learning your scales? II V Is? STOP…
Read MoreFilters
Ever listen to music through some kind of filter? You could set filters to only let certain frequencies through, or to remove certain frequencies., So,…
Read MoreAwareness
How does one become more aware? Have you ever listened to boiling water for more than, say, 9 hours straight? If not, surround yourself with…
Read MoreHappy Ear Day
Try This… Play ‘Happy Birthday’ or any other tune you know from childhood. If you can’t play it straight away without any mistakes, then what…
Read MoreOver Analyse – Under Analyse
Learning is an experiment. When I’m learning something I try to think about how I’m going about the learning. So I try many different approaches….
Read MoreResolve all notes not in C
Yesterday we resolved all the notes of the C major scale against a C major chord. You might, on a very rainy day, like to…
Read MoreResolve all notes in C
All notes in C are not created equal. Play them one by one against a simple C chord and resolve them. Here’s what you might…
Read MoreNegative Space, Playing Space
Here are two ideas to do with space The first comes from artist Betty Edwards. In her fantastic book, Drawing on the Right Side of the…
Read MoreDirected Listening
Here’s a listening exercise: Take a recording of yourself and a recording of someone else; someone whose playing you like, maybe. As you listen to…
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