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Power Tips - Record Yourself from Minim Pro 14 hours old
By far the quickest way I know of to improve is simply to listen to your own playing. Recording yourself will highlight a whole host of things, both ...
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Quick Tips - Tritone Subsitution from Minim Pro 4 days 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 7 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 10 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 14 days old
[ ... ] that jazz tunes modulate a lot through many keys, and you're likely to encounter every key at some stage. This is true, but again, there are ...
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Getting Better Faster (Part Two) - Power Tips from Minim Pro 14 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 17 days old
[ ... ] jazz for around a year or so, I had learned enough to realise that my playing really lacked an authentic swing feel. I asked a couple of ...
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Getting Better Faster (Part One) from Minim Pro 21 days old
[ ... ] jazz students on a daily basis. I have talked before about how the enormity of topics that an emerging jazz musician has to study can be ...
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The Power of Perception from Minim Pro 24 days old
[ ... ] is not jazz. Sometimes those mistakes will be obvious to the audience, sometimes they won't, but I'll guarantee there isn't a jazz musician who has ...
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Find Your Voice from Minim Pro 28 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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