Welcome! I truly hope this post adds value and benefit to you and your students. Take a look around the tabs above, previous posts and my Digital Store where you can find more information on two books that I have released (Targeting: Improvisation With Purpose and Breaking the Monotony). We are continuing our discussion of Duets and how they can help…
If this is your first time visiting this site-welcome! I truly hope this post adds value and benefit to you and your students. Take a look around the tabs above, previous posts and my Digital Store where you can find more information on two books that I have released (Targeting: Improvisation With Purpose and Breaking…
Welcome back to my site…I hope you’ve enjoyed this quick series on jazz rhythm solfege! If this is your first time visiting this site, please feel free to browse around and check out previous posts or go to my Digital Store today where you’ll find great resources that will help you unlock your potential in improvisation…
Jazz Rhythm Solfege Part 1 I had a recommendation from a new friend, George Martin, on our Facebook wall to write a post on using solfege rhythm in jazz. I’ve used this with students (especially beginners) and it was something I was taught back in Middle School by my first teacher-Craig Swartz. There are a…
Week #37 is here! I can’t believe it’s been 37 straight weeks of these tips, but I truly hope you’ve been enjoying them and that they have benefited you to some degree. This week’s topic will explore two different ways we can make our lines cross over the bar line. Those that have followed along…
Welcome everyone to week #36 where we’re going to talk a little bit about triplets! I truly hope you’ve been enjoying these weekly tips and encourage you to check out the past 35 weeks (they’re archived now at the bottom of the site) if you haven’t already. Also, as you can probably tell-I’m working on…
Welcome to week #33! This week’s tip is one that I can remember working diligently on while studying with Andy Classen at Drake University. This tip probably isn’t for everyone. Advanced musicians who have strong improv chops have probably already worked on this and maybe even spent time learning how to control it so they…
Welcome back! I hope everyone has been enjoying this blog and has found these tips useful in their improvisations. In this week’s tip, I’m going to be talking about Delayed Resolutions. For those that have checked out my book (Targeting: Improvisation With Purpose) or have been watching this blog the past 13 weeks know that…
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