Tag Archives: Coltrane

Chunking down on Scale Practice

Posted on November 2, 2015 by jazzpanflute

Chunking down into N chunks reduces practice required by a factor of Nx where x is the number of possible chunk flavours Paul Hirsh (@jazzpanflute) Why do we need full-length scales? Or: why do the scales we practise always need to … Continue reading →

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Intervallic improvising

Posted on August 14, 2014 by jazzpanflute

When making analyses of great solos, jazz teachers like to look at the scales and arpeggios used and try to relate them to the underlying chord sequence. The operation consists of extracting all the notes in a passage and stringing them out … Continue reading →

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