The Chromatic Drills are about a lot more than just building FINGER CHOPS. Playing them everyday is a sure-fire way to train your fingers to respond to the music you hear in your mind and play it. Chromatics are the glue that ties the Pentatonic Pairs together into longer and more interesting lines. If you make these drills a part of your daily routine, youʼll soon find that a lot of the mistakes you always make disappear. Adjusting the chromatics in descending scales to fit any chord was a Charlie Parker trademark. I canʼt promise that hours of practicing these Chromatic Drills will make you play like Bird. But hey, I can guarantee that youʼll be playing a lot better sooner than later.
- Beginner’s Corner
- Intermediate Corner
- Lesson 1 (FREE)
- Lesson 2
- Lesson 3
- Lesson 4
- Lesson 5
- Lesson 6
- Lesson 7
- Lesson 8
- 8.1 New Vocabulary – Pentatonic Power
- 8.2 New Vocabulary – Pentatonic Power
- 8.3 New Vocabulary – Pentatonic Power
- 8.4 New Vocabulary – Pentatonic Power
- 8.5 Etude
- 8.6 Ear Training
- 8.7 Improvisation
- 8.8 Improvisation
- 8.9 Improvisation
- 8.10 Improvisation
- 8.11 Play Along – Happy Changes
- 8.12 Inspiration – Charles Mingus
- 8.13 What Did You Learn
- Lesson 9
- Lesson 10
- Lesson 11
- Lesson 12
- Player’s Corner
- Teacher’s Corner
- Community
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Hi Willie,
Hope you are,
i am a self taught jazz saxophonist and have been fortunate to have had some lessons of key jazz players who have the jazz knowledge ie Donald Byrd, Ralph Moore, Kenny Garrett, to name some
Your lessons are truly great and what i would give to have known you 20 years ago when i started out.
your lesson gets to the point of teaching the jazz muso to understand the jazz language from the greats though to modern concepts
i remember my lesson with Donald byrd was brief as we bumped in to each other while on tour in seperate bands.
But what he tried to give me was the concept of connecting the scales and lines chromaticly and you demonstrate this in the same way.
i remember at the the time he said only the old cats know this stuff and you my man are one of those cats, ie you are one of the last keepers of the flame Willie and respect to the max.
The people who are checking your lessons have a true master to help solve the mysteries of jazz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCjPrfPoK50
Peace Willie and keep swinging
David Angol London UK