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The Chord-Scale Method

Well done for me for (not) reading emails carefully! Looks like Simon’s emailed us an exciting new exercise to help with our improvisation skills. This exercise is based on the four basic jazz chords: dominant 7th, Maj7, m7 and half-diminished … Continue reading

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Mario, Richard, Simon and Neil

I spent the whole day at the Music Box today. The Auditorium witnessed some inspiring workshops today. Mario and Richard focused on the bass-drums relationship, how to get the grove going, how to communicate on stage and what to avoid. … Continue reading

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