Learning to play bebop is a tall order for the beginning improvisor. The fast tempos require knowing your chords and scales inside and out. You must also have very good technical capabilities on your instrument. In April of this year I created a post for an Anthropology contrafact in all 12 keys with charts and […]
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The blues chord changes appear in more jazz songs than any other harmonic structure. The importance of learning how to play over these changes cannot be over emphasized. I am providing a workout on jazz blues in all 12 keys. Be sure to try Evan Tate’s 250 Jazz Patterns and Steve Neff’s blues lessons over […]
Steve Neff is a wonderful sax player and has written a number of eBooks and other instructional material. “Best Minor II-V-I Patterns” consists of 80 Minor II-V-I patterns. Each pattern is four bars and includes the pattern in all 12 keys. The first measure is a ii7b5 chord. The second measure is a V7b9 followed […]
Each backing track is in concert so if you wish to practice your Minor II-V-I with the I chord a D minor on tenor saxophone – you should select the C Minor II-V-I backing track. The first two beats of measure one is a IIb5 chord. The second two beats of measure one is a […]
Each backing track is in concert so if you wish to practice your Minor II-V-I with the I chord a D minor on tenor saxophone – you should select the C Minor II-V-I backing track. The first measure is a IIb5 chord. The second measure is a Vb9 chord. The next two measures is a […]