Tag Archives: jazz
Stella By Starlight Melody Played by Red Rodney
Jazz Reading Exercise: Free Download
Learn this new melody featuring 6th intervals over the harmony to Billy Strayhorn’s Take the A Train. Download a free copy here: take the greenline – 001 Trumpet in Bb
Joe Wilder Transcription on Cherokee
Lakefront: Motorized Percussion and Trumpet
Major Triad Enclosures: Root Position
New Remote Recording!
Just collaborated on a new song with Moongriffin (guitar, keys, Portland, OR) featuring Bryan Murray (tenor saxophone, Watchung, NJ), Caroline Davis (flute, Brooklyn, New York), Chris Merrill (bass Chicago, IL) and Thomas Faulds (drums, Batavia, IL).
Major Scales, Triads, Major 7 Arpeggios
For Beginners: Major Scales Triads
Intermediate: Maj9 Arpeggios
Enclosures: 5th Mode of Harmonic Minor
Starting on the root of the V7(b9) chord, experiment with with adding a pickup 8th note on the “and” of the 4th beat. *This is intended to be memorized. Use the written music as a guide.
Download the exercise here: 5th mode of harmonic minor enclosures
Modes of Major Exercise
Learn and memorize in all 12 keys. Free PDF: Modes of Major Starting on C