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Alivia 6/22

My Favorite Things melody chord roots 3rds 5ths Scales: E dorian minor scale, C major scale, G major scale. 2) Improv – Play chord tones in time over the chord roots -Try to play Rhythms on the chord roots -Du   Du-de   Du-de -Du   Du-de   Du -Du   Du     Du-de    

Alivia 6/15

1) Record Blackthorne Stick Drums (Kick -Snare -Snare) Chord Roots Melody Harmony 2) Version 2 Blackthorne Stick with new melody or solo 3) Start Working on “My Favorite Things” – Listen to different versions on Youtube Drum Beat in 3/4  (Kick -Snare -Snare) Chord Roots Harmony Melody    

Abby 6/9

Autumn Leaves Play melody and Solo with the Play-along Track, Trying to keep your place Blue Bossa – Sheet music and player: https://musescore.com/user/175333/scores/523301 Say Rhythm with Melody: Video of the rhythm Play Melody Count 1 2 3 4 with Play-along video Play Along Video Play Melody with Play along Solo with Play along video Chord […]

Alivia 6/8

Scales: Mixolydian 2 octave up and down, Lydian Song: Fairy Dance. Record in Soundtrap Drums Chord Roots Some kind of part using chord tones. Can match the chord root rhythm or you can make up something else if you like Melody

Abby 6/2

Autumn Leaves https://youtu.be/KoxY_xPmJXg 1) Listen to A few different people play melody 1) Melody then solo using: 2) Chord roots 3) Chord tones (1 3 5 7)   *Advanced: go up 1 3 5 7, come down the next chord 3175 (up Aminor: A c e g Down D7: F# D C A) 4) Sequences 1-2-1, […]

Practice Log Template

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Alivia 6/1

1) D Mixolydian – 2 octaves up and down at 104 BPM 2) G Lydian Scale – 2 octave Lydian 3) Dingle Regatta (G Lydian/2nd line in D Major/Ends in G Lydian) – Go to third position for the second line 4) The Famous Ballymote -Drum Beat first -Roots (D7 and C Major) -Second Chorus […]

Abby 5/27

1) Jazz Bowings Up, D-D, U-U, D-D, etc    and    Up, Pair, Separate, Pair, Separate, etc 2) Autumn Leaves (video starts on E) with Neighboring Tones and/or 1-2-3-2-1, up or down. 3) Blue Monk – Jazz bowings Scales Bb Mixolydian, Eb Mixolydian and F Mixolydian 1-2-1, 1-2-3,   1-7-6-7- 1 Bb7      \   Eb7    \  Bb7  \ Bb7   […]

Jazz bowing videos

Jazz bowing blog post: https://www.zachbrock.com/zachbrockblog/2017/2/1/jazz-bowing-101 Straight Eighth notes Jazz Style: More on Straight Eighth Styles

Skip to My Lou

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