Ear Training Series.
Saxophonist Xose Miguelez and I put together an ear training series that uses what I like to call “passive learning”. The series includes 156 mp3s and pdfs to sing along with and train your ear focusing on the modes of
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Saxophonist Xose Miguelez and I put together an ear training series that uses what I like to call “passive learning”. The series includes 156 mp3s and pdfs to sing along with and train your ear focusing on the modes of
Working on triads is something I do frequently as I find it good for my ears, my mind, my technique and my basic understanding of one of the fundamental structures found in both melody and harmony. Strong melodies and voicings
I finished a new book recently which is a very in depth study of the major triad. The major triad, built off the naturally occurring overtone series, is one of the most common melodic and harmonic structures found in nearly
In this lesson we’ll look at the first ii – V7 – I melody found in the “Modern Jazz Vocabulary vol. 2” book. This melody is comprised of major 1st inversion triads descending by half steps and a few chromatic
I’ve put together mattotto.org blog lessons 1 through 22 in a 60 page, 8.5 by 11, spiral bound book for easy reference. I did omit the Long Tone and Drone exercises since they don’t include written material, but I’ve expanded
The second volume of Modern Jazz Vocabulary is finally done. I made some changes in the books format based on a lot of the feedback I got from people about vol. 1. This book is bigger in size but should
I finally finished my first book on jazz improvisation. After years of practice journals and outlines for the ultimate jazz tome, I finally realized that I’m not Mick Goodrick or Hal Crook (no matter how much I practice) and in