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The Blues: How to Begin (and Improve) Improvisation
Introduction and 5 Levels of Improvisation
How Improvisers Improvise(Blues Edition!)
Contents
0:00 - Intro
1:29 - Level 0 - Blues Form and Chords
2:40 - The Blues works at every tempo and key
3:50 - The Circle of Fifths Decoder
5:15 - Level 1 - Listening
6:57 - Level 2 - The Blues Scale
7:50 - Demo - adding one note at a time
9:18 - Level 3 - Playing the Changes
10:10 - Demo w/only chord tones
10:38 - Mixolydian Scale(Chord Tones, Tensions, & the Avoid Note)
11:44 - Demo w/scales, arpeggios, & blues scale
12:10 - Level 4 - Substitutions
12:20 - Pentatonic and Major Blues & Demo
12:50 - Bebop Scales & Demo
13:18 - Lydian Dominant, Whole Tone, H-W Diminished, Altered & Demo
13:50 - Sidestepping & Demo
14:39 - Level 5 - Tension and Release
15:49 - Take Lessons with me!, NoisyClan,
16:20 - Join My Channel! Thank you Members and Patrons!