4 simple jazz exercises

Stop right there! Don’t Touch Your Instrument until You Do these 4 Simple Exercises (Premium)

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Eric

Ear Training, How to Practice Jazz, Jazz Advice and Tips, Jazz Education, Perspectives, Premium Only

All practice is not created equal. There’s the practice that’s fun. You’re in a room with your instrument and maybe a few friends and you just start playing. The minutes fly by, but you’re not exactly working. Then there’s the practice that feels like homework. You’ve got a lesson or a concert coming up so …

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Miles Davis: The Power of the Triad

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Eric

Chords, Jazz Musicians, Playing Techniques

Perhaps the most impressive thing about the musical masters that we look up to isn’t their ability to create incredibly fast and complex lines or even their vast library of harmonic knowledge… It lies in something much more simple – their uncanny ability to take the most fundamental elements of music and create meaningful ideas …

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