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How to Play a Great Jazz Solo

 

Many jazz musicians believe that playing a great solo is a matter of playing melodies that fit over the chords. They learn chordal scales, standard “licks” that fit over them, pentatonics, arpeggios, patterns, etc–and believe that doing this …

Get With The Bass

Attention: Drummers and Bandleaders – Get With The Bass!

“Where the bass puts it is where it is.”

These are not my words – they’re Milt Hinton’s.

If you want your music to feel right, you need a good …

Playlist of recent videos featuring Jon Burr

I found this playlist of recent videos on YouTube – a lot of footage, most I didn’t know about!…

Play on the pads or tips of the fingers in the left hand?

Play on the pads or tips of the fingers in the left hand?

Should string players – or any instrumentalist, for that matter – play on the pads or the tips of the fingers in the left hand? Should trumpeters …

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