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You Stepped Out of a Dream
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Found a cassette from Berklee circa 1988 of me pla
This Etude is a vertical melody over the Giant Ste
Here's a bit of Segment from our Kansas City Trio
The ear training series is out (on my blog). Link
An ear training series covering major modes comes
1 b5 3 b7 1 b7 b5 singing w cat.
Major 7 #5 Melody
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" I love you" changes. Leonard Thompson keys, Tim
Blues with Peter, Todd and Karl.
Sing and play mini lesson! Make sure to play it sl
(Link to full video below) Need a way to improve y
Live trio CD coming soon.. here's a short clip...
ROLL ...MATT OTTO BRANDON DRAPER
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Lessons 100 – 150
101: Lydian b13 Cycle 5
102: Accenting Triplets
103: -7b5 Chords
104: Modes Harm Min
105: Tetrad 1,9,5,13
106: Maj7 and Alt
107: Car Practice
108: Stardust
109: Relax, Use Space, Listen.
110: Posture, Balance, Breath.
110b: Repetition
111: Maj Triads 2nd Inversion
112: Dominant Pentatonic
113: Triads through Scales
114: 5/8 Over 4/4
115: Melodic Minor Modes
116: 4 Half Diminished Modes
117: Major 9 #5 Melody
118: All Intervals Routine
119: Relative Pitch
120: Singing/Tapping
121: I’m A Fool To Want You
122: Major Melody – Triplets grouped in 5
123: Ear Warm Up
124: Shell + triad
125: Blues for Alice
126: Practice PDFs
127 Amazing Scale Warm Up!
128: C Major Triad add #11
129: Varijashree Venugopal – Sings Naima
130: Using the 9 on every chord
131 a: Have You Met Mrs. Jones – Natural 9
131 b: 4-3 Suspension on Have You Met Mrs. Jones?
132: Using Space
133: Singing all tensions on a Dominant 7th chord.
134: Chet Baker – Just Friends
135: Practicing Major Scale Melodies
136: Woody and You
More Lessons
Lessons 1 – 49
Lesson 1: Spread Triads
Lesson 2: Diatonic 4ths
Lesson 3: Rhythm Changes
Lesson 4: Cycle Melody
Lesson 5: 13th Arpeggios
Lesson 6: Minor ii-V-i
Lesson 7: C7 – Maj7(#5)
Lesson 8: ii-V7 using triads
Lesson 9: Voicings
Lesson 10: Whole Tone
Lesson 11: Major b9, b13
Lesson 12: Embellishment
Lesson 13: Lydian 5ths
Lesson 14: Diminished
Lesson 15: Drones
Lesson 16: Long Tones
Lesson 17: Intervallic
Lesson 18: Long Tones 2
Lesson 19: Maj7 #9 #11
Lesson 20: V7 -3rds
Lesson 21: V7 Chromatic
Lesson 22: ii – V Chromatic
Lesson 23: Harmonic Maj
Lesson 24: Major Melody
Lesson 25: 13 #11
Lesson 26: Relative Pitch
Lesson 27: 4ths-Maj7
Lesson 28: Shining Hour
Lesson 29: Maj #5 #9 #11
Lesson 30: Sing and Play
Lesson 31: Bach Sing-Play
Lesson 32: Bach – V7 – i
Lesson 33: Groupings
Lesson 34: V7 Alt Scale
Lesson 35: ii-V-i Harm Min
Lesson 36: ii-V-i Harm Min
Lesson 37: Singing Modes
Lesson 38: 1st Inv Triads
Lesson 39: Bach Cello Suite
Lesson 40: HW diminished
Lesson 41: Shell + Tension
Lesson 42: Synthetic Scale
Lesson 43: Diminished
Lesson 44: Simple ii – V7
Lesson 45: Bird Line
Lesson 46: Altered Melody
Lesson 47: Dizzys’ Bebop
Lesson 48: -7b5
Lesson 49: sus4
Lessons 50 – 100
Lesson 50: Wide Intervals
Lesson 51: Maj7#5
Lesson 52: Enclosures
Lesson 53: pentatonic
Lesson 54: Triad w NT
Lesson 55: ii – V7#5 -i dim
Lesson 56: Giant Steps
Lesson 57: Scale Routine
Lesson 58: Dim Triads
Lesson 59: Tri-Tone Pairs
Lesson 60: Sequence
Lesson 61: “Drop 2”
Lesson 62: Masterclass
Lesson 63: Nat 9 ~ Flat 9
Lesson 64: Book ii-V-I
Lesson 65: Stage Fright
Lesson 66: Minor Major 9
Lesson 67: min triad add 9
Lesson 68: -7b5, 9, 13
Lesson 69: A Major
Lesson 70: Etudes
Lesson 71: E Modal
Lesson 72: 3 Note Cell
Lesson 73: Cycle Pt.1
Lesson 74: Cycle Pt.2
Lesson 75: Cycle pt.3
Lesson 76: 30 Days
Lesson 77: Triadic Blues
Lesson 78: 8th Note Feel
Lesson 79: Arpeggio
Lesson 80 -Triplets in 4’s
Lesson 81: Monk
Lesson 82: Maj7#5 Pent
Lesson 83: No Tongue
Lesson 85: Intervals
Lesson 86: Charle Parker 2
Lesson 87: ii-7 V7 Melody
Lesson 88: Bach Theme
Lesson 89: Altered
Lesson 90: Tina Brooks
Lesson 91: Yusef Lateef
Lesson 92: 3rd and 5th
Lesson 93: Scale Pattern
Lesson 94: 7Alt Monk
Lesson 95: Random Chords
Lesson 96: Augmented
Lesson 97: Bergonzi
Lesson 98: Trumbauer
Lesson 99: 4 Note Cell
Lesson 100: Triads
