5 Secrets to Learning Tunes

Learning jazz standards is a crucial part of every jazz musician's practice routine. After all, as a jazz musician, the entire goal is to perform tunes, so it totally makes sense that they should be a central part of your practice... Now, when it comes to learning tunes, it's how ...Read More

Learning jazz standards is a crucial part of every jazz musician's practice routine. After all, as a jazz musician, the entire goal is to perform tunes, so it totally makes ...Read More

Connecting to the Music…Wherever You Are

Music is meant to be heard live. There is no substitute for the visceral experience of sitting in an audience and soaking up a great live performance. Not only hearing the music, but feeling the physical vibrations of those melodies, chords and rhythms. Seeing the interaction between musicians as they ...Read More

Music is meant to be heard live. There is no substitute for the visceral experience of sitting in an audience and soaking up a great live performance. Not only hearing ...Read More

Know the Rules then Break the Rules

You have to know the rules before you can break them. You’ve probably heard this well-intentioned phrase before. It’s as common and overused as "Practice makes perfect" or any of the countless other sayings that we encounter when it comes to learning a musical instrument. As students of the music ...Read More

You have to know the rules before you can break them. You’ve probably heard this well-intentioned phrase before. It’s as common and overused as "Practice makes perfect" or any of ...Read More

Quadruple Your Jazz Language in 10 Minutes

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Learning jazz language is vital to your success as an improvisor. Without it you're truly lost. You may know a scale, a chord, a concept...but without the fundamental ideas of what to do with these tools, you'll aimlessly wander through the harmony. These fundamental ideas are gleaned from learning and ...Read More

Learning jazz language is vital to your success as an improvisor. Without it you're truly lost. You may know a scale, a chord, a concept...but without the fundamental ideas of ...Read More

Thinking About Musical Phrasing for Improvisation

Recently I’ve been studying and transcribing a lot of Miles from around 1956-1957. Albums like Cookin', Relaxin', and Workin'. More than the notes or the harmonic devices in his solos, the one thing that sticks out about Miles is his sense of phrasing. This is what sets him apart and ...Read More

Recently I’ve been studying and transcribing a lot of Miles from around 1956-1957. Albums like Cookin', Relaxin', and Workin'. More than the notes or the harmonic devices in his solos, ...Read More

One Brick at a Time: That’s how you build a wall

It's a new year. I guess that means we should be making some resolutions right about now. New beginnings, a fresh start and all that other good stuff. For most people making "resolutions" translates into sitting down and writing out a list of goals. It's not a bad exercise to ...Read More

It's a new year. I guess that means we should be making some resolutions right about now. New beginnings, a fresh start and all that other good stuff. For most ...Read More

The Forgotten Skill

There is one important part of practicing and learning any musical instrument or musical style that many players are unintentionally missing. A necessary skill that's so obvious it often remains hidden in plain sight. It seems to be the same across the board from absolute beginners to college music majors. ...Read More

3 Highly Effective Ear Training Exercises You Can Do All By Yourself

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We've presented tons of exercises on how to practice ear training, but many require that you have someone to train with. So what do you do when you don't have a partner? When you have no one to practice ear training with there's just as many exercises you can do ...Read More

We've presented tons of exercises on how to practice ear training, but many require that you have someone to train with. So what do you do when you don't have ...Read More

6 Reasons You Should Start Composing Today

Ican't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones - John Cage. At some point as an improviser, whether you welcome it with open arms or avoid it like the plague, you're going to be faced with the chance to compose. That's right - ...Read More

Ican't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones - John Cage. At some point as an improviser, whether you welcome it with open ...Read More

Your Assumptions About What To Transcribe

People have been writing in a lot lately asking us what's okay and what's not okay to transcribe. With all the different styles of jazz and genres of music, people are entirely confused as to what's acceptable to transcribe. I have to admit, upon receiving these questions, I was a ...Read More

People have been writing in a lot lately asking us what's okay and what's not okay to transcribe. With all the different styles of jazz and genres of music, people ...Read More

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