Today in "How to Practice," we're talking about "Coltrane Changes" and the three tonic system. We'll talk a bit about the theory behind it, and some practice strategies to learn to improvise over these tricky chord progressions.
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01:00 The circle of fourths and fifths
02:30 Multi Tonic Systems
4:19 Giant Steps Chord structures
05:01 Giant Steps Practice Strategies
06:05 Giant Steps Practice Play
07:11 Coltrane Changes Contrafacts
07:58 Satellite vs. How High the Moon
08:50 Coltrane Changes and Phrasing
10:43 Satellite Etude
11:38 Countdown vs. Tune-up
12:31 Countdown Sample