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Violin Mind and Guitar Mind or Why You Should Learn Two Instruments
Here is an exercise that builds on a fragment from John Coltrane’s solo on Giant Steps that gets you through all the major triads (4 3) and half diminished arpeggios (3 3 4). In the original context the half diminished is actually … Continue reading
Posted in Intuitive Instruments, Musicianship
Tagged diminished, guitar tab, half diminished, major, minor, Saxophone, triads, violin, wholetone panflute
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The Universal Scale Game
In my last post I mentioned Taffanel and Gaubert’s daily exercises. One of the most popular of these has been nicknamed the Scale Game. It might be more accurately named the Pentachord Game as it only covers 5 notes of … Continue reading
Posted in Moves notation, Scale Practice
Tagged Balboa, Daily exercises, Gaubert, Saxophone, Taffanel, wholetone panflute, Xenophon
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Intervallic Awareness for Improvisers 