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KU Combos playing great at the Blue Room!

Geoff Landman and I will be hosting Saxophone Day

Here's a short Etude over I Love You - Ku Trombone

Playing the Majestic 6 to 10 tonight w Zach B. Mor

This is an etude I wrote for Alto saxophonist Keeg

This is a short etude I wrote over the chord chang

After 2pm Owen/Cox Dance Group Nutcracker, We'll b

Here's a Rhythm Changes Etude I wrote for Bari Sax

Here's a short Etude I wrote for Nic over the chor

Conception etude. pdf at mattotto . o r g

Here's a fun Etude I wrote for KU Major Spencer Ad

Got the new trio CD - The Landscape Listens. Feat

Instagram post 18036261956239115

Recorded some original music for a new album today

Recorda Me w Matt Villinger. #jazzmusic

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Lessons

Lesson 167: Giant Steps – Cycle 5 Melody
Lesson 166: Thriving After College
Lesson 165: Harmonic Major Modes Over 2-5-1 in Minor
Lesson 164: Yardbird Suite Etude
Lesson 163: Blues For Alice Etude
Lesson 162: Rhythm Changes Etude.
Lesson 161: Recorda Me Etude.
Lesson 160: Conception Etude
Lesson 159: Lee Konitz – Sing a phrase – play it back.
Lesson 158: Cycle 5 – Harmonic Major
Lesson 157: 96 Melodies from any 4 Notes.
Lesson 156: Staying Relaxed While Playing Saxophone
Lesson 155: Blues Etude using Diminished and Triad Pairs
Lesson 154: Major 7 b9 Melody
Lesson 153: Minor Pentatonic Warm Up
Lesson 152: Maj Triad add #11 Tetrad
Lesson 150: Blues Etude – 4 note cell
Lesson 149: What is This Thing Called Love.
Lesson 148: I Hear A Rhapsody – Etude
Lesson 146 Part 4: Countdown, Giant Steps, Tri-Tonic
Lesson 146 Part 3: Countdown, Giant Steps, Tri-tonic
Lesson 146 Part 2: Countdown, Giant Steps, Tri-Tonic
Lesson 146 Part 1: Countdown, Giant Steps, Tri-Tonic
Lesson 145: Major Melody using #9, #11 and #5
Lesson 144: Barry Harris – Chromatic Chord Scales
Lesson 143: The Sus Chord – G7sus4
Lesson 142: Dominant Shell add #11
Lesson 141: Major #9 Melody
Lesson 140: Cycle 4 Melody – Altered
Lesson 139: Simple 3 chord Tune “Melisma”
Lesson 138: 6 Bar Tune
Lesson 137: All The Things You Are
Lesson 136: Woody and You
Lesson 135: Practicing Major Scale Melodies
Lesson 134: Chet Baker – Just Friends
Lesson 133: Singing all tensions on a Dominant 7th chord.
Lesson 132: Using Space
Lesson 131 b: 4-3 Suspension on Mrs. Jones?
Lesson 131 a: “Mrs. Jones” Natural 9
Lesson 130: Using the 9 on every chord
Lesson 129: Varijashree Venugopal – Sings Naima
Lesson 128: C Major Triad add #11
127 Amazing Scale Warm Up!
126: Practice PDFs
Lesson 125: Blues for Alice
Lesson 124: Shell + triad
Lesson 123: Ear Warm Up
Lesson 122: Melody: Triplets grouped in 5
Lesson 121: Fool To Want You
Lesson 120: Singing/Tapping
Lesson 119: Relative Pitch
Lesson118: All Intervals
Lesson 117: Major 9 #5 Melody
Lesson 116: The Four Half Diminished Scales
115: Melodic Minor Modes
Lesson 114: Groupings of 5/8 Over 4/4
Lesson 113: Triads Through Scales
Lesson 112: Dominant Pentatonic: The “McCoy Tyner” Scale.
Lesson 111: 2nd Inversion Triads
Lesson 110b: Repetition – How to do it efficiently and effectively.
Lesson 110: Posture, Balance, Breath – Staying Focused and Calm
Lesson 109: Relax, Wait, Listen – Staying Focused and Calm
Lesson 108: Stardust Phrase – 12 Keys
Lesson 107: Car Practice
Lesson 106: Warm Up With Major7ths + Altered Scales
Lesson 105: 1,9,5,13 Tetrad
Lesson 104: Modes of Harmonic Minor
Lesson 103: -7b5 chords
Lesson 102: Accenting Triplets
Lesson 101: Lydian b13 Cycle 5
~Lesson 100: Triads
~Lesson 99: 4 Note Cell
-Lesson 98: Trumbauer
Lesson 97: Bergonzi
~Lesson 96: Augmented Study
~Lesson 95: Random Chords
~Lesson 94: 7Alt Monk
~Lesson 93: Scale Pattern
~Lesson 92: the 3rd and 5th
~Lesson 91: Yusef Lateef Scale
~Lesson 90: Blues Tina Brooks
~Lesson 89: Altered Melody
~Lesson 88: Bach Theme
~Lesson 87: ii-7 V7 Melody
~Lesson 86: Bird Line (2)
~Lesson 85: Intervallic Ideas
Lesson 84: Miles -Trane
Lesson 84: Visa – Charlie Parker
~Lesson 83: No Tongue
~Lesson 82: Maj7 #5 Pentatonic
Lesson 80 -Triplets in 4’s
Lesson 79: Broken Arpeggio
Lesson 78: 8th Note Feel
Lesson 77: Triadic Blues
Lesson 76: 30 Day Challenge
Lesson 75: Cycle Wheel pt.3 (Cycle 4 and 5)
Lesson 74: Cycle Wheel Pt.2 (Cycle 3 and 6)
Lesson 73: Cycle Wheel Pt.1 (Cycle 2 and 7)
Lesson 72: 3 Note Cell
Lesson 71: E Modal Melody
Lesson 70: Etudes
-Lesson 70: Augmented Melody
Lesson 69: A Major
Lesson 68: -7b5 nat 9 nat 13
Lesson 67: min triad add 9
Lesson 66: Minor Major 9
Lesson 65: Stage Fright
Lesson 64: Book ii-V-I
Lesson 63: Nat 9 ~ Flat 9
Lesson 62: Masterclass
Lesson 61: “Drop 2” Voicing
-Lesson 60: Diatonic Sequence
-Lesson 59: Spread Tri-tone
-Lesson 58: Triad Diminished
-Lesson 57: Scale Routine
-Lesson 56: Giant Steps Etude
-Lesson 55: ii – V7#5 -i dim
-Lesson 54: Triad w Neighbors
Lesson 53: pentatonic
Lesson 52: Enclosures
Lesson 51: Maj 7 #5 melody
Lesson 50: Wide Intervals
Lesson 49: sus4
Lesson 48: -7b5
Lesson 47: Dizzys’ Bebop
Lesson 46: Altered Melody
Lesson 45: Bird Line
Lesson 44: Simple ii – V7
Lesson 43: Diminished
Lesson 42: Synthetic Scale
Lesson 41: Shell + Tension
Lesson 40: HW diminished
Lesson 39: Bach Cello Suite
Lesson 38: 1st Inv Triads
Lesson 37: Singing Modes
Lesson 36: ii-V-i Harmonic Min.
Lesson 35: ii-V-i Harmonic Min
Lesson 34: V7 Altered Scale
Lesson 33: Rhythmic Grouping
Lesson 32: Bach – Minor V7 – i
Lesson 31: Bach Sing-Play
Lesson 30: Sing and Play
Lesson 29: Maj #5 #9 #11
Lesson 28: My Shining Hour
Lesson 27: 4ths-Maj7
Lesson 26: Relative Pitch
Lesson 25: 13 #11 Displaced
Lesson 24: Major Melody
Lesson 23: Harmonic Maj
Lesson 22: ii – V – I Chromatic
Lesson 21: V7 Chromatic
Lesson 20: V7 to i using -3rds
Lesson 19: Maj7 #9 #11 Melody
Lesson 18: Long Tones 2
Lesson 17: Intervallic Melody
Lesson 16: Long Tones
Lesson 15: Drones and Pedals
Lesson 14: Diminished Melody
Lesson 13: Lydian Melody in 5ths
Lesson 12: Embellished Triad
Lesson 11: Major b9, b13
Lesson 10: Whole Tone Melody
Lesson 9: Arpeggiating Voicings
Lesson 8: ii-V7 using triads
Lesson 7: C7 using Maj7(#5)
Lesson 6: Minor ii-V-i
Lesson 5: 13th Arpeggios
Lesson 4: Cycle Melody
Lesson 3: Rhythm Changes
Lesson 2: Diatonic 4ths
Lesson 1: Spread Triads

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