Hi everyone, Good work this week!!! Ted   Aubrey We worked on: F major diatonic scales/arpeggios/combo of both, analysis of Autumn Leaves What to practice: new F major diatonic exercise, Autumn Leaves - elaborate on the melody, play through the roots/scales/arpeggios Jonathan We worked on: transposing the blues, Autumn in NY, Round Midnight What to practice: arpeggios for blues in [...]

Hi everyone, Good work this week!!! Ted   Aubrey We worked on: Mosquito Dance/Play Song, Little Suede Shoes chords and form What to practice: practice different ways of soloing on Little Suede, practice arpeggios of 7th chords G-7. C7, Fmaj7 Jonathan We worked on: Soloing on the blues, Blue Monk What to practice: memorize Blue Bolivar Blues, practice the techniques [...]

Hi everyone, Good work this week!!! Ted   Aubrey We worked on: major 7th scales (up to the b7 with swing feel) through the Circle of 4ths, Mosquito Dance, Little Suede Shoes chords and form What to practice: Rhythm of Mosquito Dance, scales through the Circle of 4ths, light tonguing during practice, practice different ways of soloing on Little Suede. [...]

Hi everyone, Good work this week!!! Ted   Aubrey We worked on: major 7th scales (up to the b7 with swing feel) through the Circle of 4ths, Mosquito Dance, light tonguing on Little Suede Shoes, Wildflower. What to practice: Rhythm of Mosquito Dance, scales through the Circle of 4ths, light tonguing during practice. Jonathan We worked on: Klose articulation (bring [...]

Hi everyone, Feeling much better this week, thanks to those who switched online! Looking forward to back in person next week. take care, Ted   Jonathan We worked on: Sonnymoon for two, Major scales to the 7th, playing arpeggios through a chorus of G blues. What to practice: Silver and Art so we can play it in person next week, [...]

Hi there, Good work this week everybody! take care, Ted   Susan We worked on: Billie's Bounce What to practice: Billie's Bounce (melody plus chords from Blues Harmony sheet I sent you), In A Sentimental Mood, Bach Invention #1.   Noah We worked on: scales, watermelon man, Marcha Do Remador What to practice: work on getting Marcha Do Remador melody [...]

Hi there, Good work this week everybody! take care, Ted Susan We worked on: Bach piece, Khebar improvising What to practice: familiarize yourself with the four different chords, experiment with soloing on chords in sequence, try soloing using the A harmonic minor scale   Aubrey We worked on: chromatic scale, soloing on a blues What to practice: familiarize yourself with [...]

Hi there, Good work this week everybody! take care, Ted Aubrey We worked on: chromatic scale, Khebar improv, Blues in the closet What to practice: practice playing the form of Khebar, look at blues chords, figure out arpeggios   Noah We worked on: scales, watermelon man, D blues scale What to practice: work on getting watermelon man melody up to [...]

Hi there, Back to in-person next week, excited to meet some of you! Also, if anyone is free, I'm playing a gig at the jazz bistro this Thursday, February 10th. It's a sax-bass-piano trio and should be fun! take care, Ted   Susan We worked on: tonguing lighter (using tee or dee), Bach Minuett, Khebar, ear training. What to practice: [...]