Free Jazz Education and Music
In this short video I attempt to demonstrate how I like to practice Major Scale melodies. Often times we practice the same way we practiced when we where young, only faster. That is, instead of learning better melodic material as
I took off a small phrase from a Chet solo today over just friends. This was a good period for Chet, he had gotten out of jail and although was still learning to play on fake teeth an addict he
I came up with this easy ear training exercise today in which you sing each tension over a dominant 7th chord from easiest to hardest. In this order natural 9, natural 13, sharp 11, sharp 9, sharp 5, flat 9.
If you’re like me, you may often listen back to one of your solos and think, ” I am playing too much, I’m not leaving any space and I’m not listening to the band “. I think that the main
This video is is an extension of lesson 130. here I’m just practicing a simple 4-3 suspension on each cord in the standard have you met Ms Jones. I’m using a natural four or 11 on every cord and the
In this lesson I’m practicing playing the natural 9 on every chord of the standard Have you met Miss Jones?. I’m using a displaced quarter note triplet rhythm starting on the 2nd 8th note triplet of beat one. After being
In this short video I’m playing the nine on each chord of the song I’ve Never Been In Love Before. This vertical practice can help your ear and your mind and leads to some interesting abstract intervalic melodies. I use
Here is a short yet beautiful improvised phrase sung by Varijashree Venugopal over the song Naima by John Coltrane. Varijashree is an amazing, world class singer and improviser and I highly recommend listening to her music, some of which is
You can use the major Triad add #11 tetrad or four Note cell in a variety of harmonic context. There are 96 ways to order any four notes within and octave and a half and so there are a lot
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I discovered this warm up with some help from my friend Peter Schlamb. I did if for a few days before a gig and was shocked at how it changed my entire time feel and attention to the groove. I
This new CD features some of my favorite musicians playing seven of my original compositions. Each track has a different configuration of players. You can get the CD on Band Camp here. . Alliance by Matt Otto .To support mattotto.org
