improvisation
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Quick Tips - Tritone Subsitution from Minim Pro 1 day old
Quick Tips seem to be this blog's equivalent of buses - after waiting ages for one, three come along at once! In recent posts on jazz blues progressions ...
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Quick Tips - Pedal Tones from Minim Pro 4 days old
A pedal tone is a tone sustained in the bass while the harmony moves in the upper voices. Pedal tones are a great way to add a sense of movement to ...
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Quick Tips - Jazz Blues from Minim Pro 8 days old
Whilst jazz may have been born from the blues, it went on to develop its own, separate identity whilst keeping much of the phrasing and deliberate dissonance ...
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Power Tips - Don't Practice in All Keys! from Minim Pro 11 days old
Ok, to get the new Power Tips series underway with a bang, we'll start with something controversial! Power Tip Number one is: Don't practice everything ...
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Getting Better Faster (Part Two) - Power Tips from Minim Pro 11 days old
Every jazz student I've ever met (myself included) is in a hurry. We all want to get better – and fast. In the last two posts, I've talked about the ...
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The Power Of Persistence from Minim Pro 14 days old
Last time on the blog, I talked about the frustration caused by being afraid that you're practicing the wrong thing. In that post, I also claimed that ...
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Getting Better Faster (Part One) from Minim Pro 18 days old
Like many musicians, I am constantly trying new methods and approaches in my personal practice. If I hear a new sound on a record or come across a new ...
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The Power of Perception from Minim Pro 21 days old
[ ... ] part of the nature of improvisation. When a musician is feeling particularly on form, he or she probably doesn't play too differently from when ...
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Find Your Voice from Minim Pro 25 days old
Here’s some bad news: The process of learning jazz is a constant, life-long endeavour and you’ll almost certainly die before you are 100% satisfied with ...
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A Call To Arms from Minim Pro 29 days old
There's been a lot written recently about a new study that claims that the jazz audience is dying and it looks clear that the music is going to face ...
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