Hot House

Hot House – How to Unravel Complex Bebop Heads

By Forrest

Bebop “heads,” what jazz players sometimes call the melody of a tune, tend to be some of the trickiest and most technically demanding strings of notes you’re likely to encounter. Much busier than classic jazz standards, these intricate melodies are generally more difficult to learn, understand, and commit to memory. So what do you do …

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How to Simplify Rhythm Changes

How to Simplify Rhythm Changes: The Basics

By Forrest

Taking a solo on Rhythm Changes isn’t easy. With the rapid changing chords and the typical fast tempo, this progression can be quite the challenge…but as the pros know, there are a ton of ways to simplify the chord changes to this infamous progression so that you can free up your mind to actually be …

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The Inverted Arpeggio Trick

The Inverted Arpeggio Trick

By Forrest

, Bebop

Bebop is by no means easy, but if you know specific bebop tricks that the great players use, you’ll set yourself up for success. In today’s video, you’ll learn one of my personal favorite bebop tricks and I’ll show you exactly how to practice it with a series of clear exercises that you can download. …

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Sonny Stitt Minor Exercises

The Sonny Stitt Playbook – His 2 Exercises to Master Minor

By Forrest

, Minor

What if you had Sonny Stitt’s practice journal in your hands right now? All his genius lines and exercises written out. Everything, literally everything, complete with diagrams and descriptions of what he practiced…wouldn’t that be nice? Well, unfortunately, unless he’s your relative, chances are this will never be the case. You’ll never have those practice …

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