Concepts For Improvisation: Recent Episodes
Brad Carlton
Welcome to Concepts For Improvisation! I have been teaching and playing professionally for nearly 50 years. In that time I've experienced students and players at many levels who deal with the "fear factor" of playing the wrong note. My goal is to eliminate that fear from your music making process. Listen to my podcasts for free, but in order to get the most out of my lessons I suggest downloading my PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks on my Patreon site.
In this episode we will continue our shuffle rhythm overview. Don't keep this podcast to yourself...share with your friends and tell them to subscribe for only $5 a month on https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts. The more subscribers I have the more resources I have to take my podcast to the next level. And that ultimately benefits YOU!
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode we will be doing a shuffle rhythm overview. Don't keep this podcast to yourself...share with your friends and tell them to subscribe for only $5 a month on https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts. The more subscribers I have the more resources I have to take my podcast to the next level. And that ultimately benefits YOU!
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode we will go back to rhythm, phrasing and understanding the different options you have within the triplet eighth note gridwork. Don't keep this podcast to yourself...share with your friends and tell them to subscribe for only $5 a month on https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts. The more subscribers I have the more resources I have to take my podcast to the next level. And that ultimately benefits YOU!
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode we will continue applying the 24 permutations of the (dom) 7 chord tones to each of the chords in the 12 bar blues progression. Don't keep this podcast to yourself...share with your friends and tell them to subscribe for only $5 a month on https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts. The more subscribers I have the more resources I have to take my podcast to the next level. And that ultimately benefits YOU!
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will continue applying the 24 permutations of the (dom) 7 chord tones to each of the chords in the 12 bar blues progression. Don't keep this podcast to yourself...share with your friends and tell them to subscribe for only $5 a month on https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts. The more subscribers I have the more resources I have to take my podcast to the next level. And that ultimately benefits YOU!
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will apply the 24 permutations of the (dom) 7 chord tones to each of the chords in the 12 bar blues progression. Don't keep this podcast to yourself...share with your friends and tell them to subscribe for only $5 a month on https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts. The more subscribers I have the more resources I have to take my podcast to the next level. And that ultimately benefits YOU!
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will we use the E minor pentatonic scale to solo over the entire 12 bar blues. Don't keep this podcast to yourself...share with your friends and tell them to subscribe for only $5 a month on https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts. The more subscribers I have the more resources I have to take my podcast to the next level. And that ultimately benefits YOU!
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will discuss soloing over an entire 12 bar blues which uses the I7, IV7 and the V7 chords. Don't keep this podcast to yourself...share with your friends and tell them to subscribe for only $5 a month on https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts. The more subscribers I have the more resources I have to take my podcast to the next level. And that ultimately benefits YOU!
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation I will prepare you for soloing over an entire 12 bar blues which uses the I7, IV7 and the V7 chords. Don't keep this podcast to yourself...share with your friends and tell them to subscribe for only $5 a month on https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts. The more subscribers I have the more resources I have to take my podcast to the next level. And that ultimately benefits YOU!
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we are going to do something a little different. I will play a riff (motif), and I want you to answer me with a phrase which utilizes the same rhythmic architecture. Thanks for your support! Don't keep this podcast to yourself...share with your friends and tell them to subscribe for only $5 a month on https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts. The more subscribers I have the more resources I have to take my podcast to the next level. And that ultimately benefits YOU!
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation I will demonstrate a useful tool for playing over changes.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will take a motif and move it through the minor pentatonic scale.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will focus on triplet based rhythms.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will think vertically over the C7 to G7 vamp. Our first approach will be the 7 add b3 arpeggio.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we are going build on what we discussed last week with the blues shuffle.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we are going to move to a different feel...the blues shuffle.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will continue adding a little spice to our blues with a harmony that resides within the half whole diminished scale... let me introduce to you the 7#9 chord.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will continue adding a little jazz to our blues with the half whole diminished scale. Enjoy!
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will add a little jazz to our blues with the half whole diminished scale. Enjoy!
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will change gears, slow things down just a little bit and work with a new funk groove. Enjoy!
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will continue our discussion of the Lydian b7 scale as another tonality to apply over funk grooves.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will be discussing the Lydian b7 scale as another tonality to apply over funk grooves.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will be discussing chromatic connections.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we are going to go back to some music theory and discuss play a 2-5 move over a 5 chord. Enjoy!
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we are going to continue to explore permutations of three note groups.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we are going to explore permutations of three note groups.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we are going to continue our rhythmic studies with the rhythmic motif of two sixteenth notes and an eighth note.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we are going to continue our rhythmic studies with the rhythmic motif of an eighth note and two sixteenth notes.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we are going continue our rhythmic studies of eighth, dotted eighth, and sixteenth notes.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we are going to speed things up a bit and start examining sixteenth notes in one beat segments.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will continue focusing on the importance of rhythmic figures and develop some really cool rhythmic lines.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will continue focusing on the importance of rhythmic figures and developing some cool rhythmic lines.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will continue focusing on the importance of rhythmic figures and developing some cool rhythmic lines.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will be focusing on the importance of rhythmic figures and developing some cool rhythmic lines.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation we will discuss the E minor pentatonic scale, learn how to use the flatted 3 and develop some cool melodic lines.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
We are going to mix things up in episode #33 of Concepts For Improvisation by adding the mixolydian mode to our repertoire. You'll impress your friends, family, fans, and even yourself with these smooth melodic moves.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
It's episode #32 of Concepts For Improvisation and we're going to continue the funk and add some spice!
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
It's episode #31 of Concepts For Improvisation and we're going to continue the funk! In this episode Brad will be adding the flat 3 and flat 7 to the major pentatonic scale over a funk groove.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
Thanks for your support!
It's episode #30 of Concepts For Improvisation and we are getting funky! In this episode Brad will be discussing the major pentatonic scale and using it over a funk groove.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
Thanks for your support!
In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation, Brad introduces the blues scale which is one of the most widely used scales in modern music.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
Thanks for your support!
In the previous episode of Concepts For Improvisation we discussed the modes of the heptatonic (7 note) scale. In this episode we will be using five note groups over each chord and extending the harmonies.
This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7
Thanks for your support!
In the previous episode we discussed the modes of the pentatonic (5 note) scale. In this episode we will apply the same approach to the heptatonic (7 note) scale.
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In the last episode of Concepts For Improvisation, Brad introduced the blues and discussed mastering the minor pentatonic scale with 3 note motifs. In this episode we will discuss and play the modes of the minor pentatonic scale.
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In the last episode of Concepts For Improvisation, I introduced the blues and discussed mastering the minor pentatonic scale with 2 note motifs of adjacent notes. This episode we will expand our practice to 3 note motifs.
For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at brad@conceptsforimprovisation.com for more information.
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Thank you for listening to Concepts For Improvisation! This podcast will change our direction from diatonic based progressions to blues style progressions derived from the minor pentatonic scale.
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This podcast will introduce the bebop jazz scales as options over the ii and I chords.
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In the past four podcasts, we have been examining various approaches for soloing over a ii7 Imaj7 vamp. In podcasts 18 through 20, the jam track was a straight 1/8 Latin groove. In podcast 21, you were given an additional jam track which was a straight 1/16 funk groove. This podcast will introduce two shuffle 1/8 jam tracks.
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In this episode we will now extend each chord by a third. The Em7 (1, b3, 5, b7) will become Em9 (1, b3, 5, b7, 9). The Dmaj7 (1, 3, 5, 7) will become Dmaj9 (1, 3, 5, 7, 9). Each of these extended chords (diatonic 9th chords) can be viewed as a slash chord. Em9 = Gmaj7/E and Dmaj9 = F#m7/D.
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In this episode we will apply pentatonic scales to our bichordal vamp of Em7 to Dmaj7.
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In this episode we will be discussing Em7 and Dmaj7 permutations.
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In the previous 17 podcasts, we have examined various approaches for soloing over major and minor family chords. All the jam tracks have been static vamps which allowed you to focus on the tonality of the mode (ear training) as well as enabling you to develop facility on your instrument (technique) of the appropriate mode. Now we are going to raise the bar and look at soloing over bi-chordal (two chords with different roots) vamps.
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Thank you for listening to the Concepts For Improvisation podcast. In this lesson we are going to explore some soloing options over a major 7 tonality. This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month on Patreon.com. Brad Carlton also has over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire.com.
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In this podcast, I will discuss the concept of neighbor tones and chromaticism.
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This podcast will examine other minor scales that may applied in improvisational situations.
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In episode #13, we utilized the diatonic triads as our source material for soloing over the B Dorian jam tracks. We will now explore the diatonic 7th chords in the key of A which is the parent scale of B Dorian.
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Podcast #12 utilized the Bm (I) and A (bVII) triads out of the B Dorian mode as an improvisational approach. This provided the following tones as analyzed over the B root.
Bm: B(1), D(b3), F#(5)
A: A(b7), C#(9), E(11)
This lesson will explore all the remaining adjacent triads as source material for soloing over the B Dorian jam tracks. All triad components are analyzed over the B root.
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In Episode #11 you were presented with the concept of pentatonic scale subsets within the parent major scale of any mode. In this lesson, we are going to limit our soloing approach to the diatonic triads which reside inside the major scale.
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In Podcast #10, we explored the B Dorian heptatonic arpeggio and the seven triads that are contained within it. The topic of this lesson will be the pentatonic scale.
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In the two previous lessons, we have applied permutations of the minor add9 and the minor7 arpeggio as our melodic source. We will now discuss the various extensions that reside within the Dorian mode.
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For this lesson, we will explore the Bm7 arpeggio as a melodic source.
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For the past seven podcasts, we have been examining improvising over a major tonality. The major scale (Ionian mode) was our source for all seven note options. We are now going to turn our attention to the minor tonality.
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In this podcast we are going to raise the bar in two different ways. First, we are going to be changing keys to the key of A major. The A major scale has 3 sharps and is spelled: A (1), B (2), C# (3), D (4), E (5), F# (6), and G# (7). Remember that if you are a Bb instrument, you will be in the key of B (5 sharps). If you are an Eb instrument, you will be in the key of F# (6 sharps). The second difference this week will be that the jam track will consist of various extensions of the I chord.
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In Podcast #5 we examined the concept of “Locking Up With The Changes”. The track consisted of a Csus2 to C chord change (one bar per chord). The target notes were the 2 for the sus2 chord, and the 3 for the C chord. We also played various two and three note motifs that targeted the 2,3, and 4. This podcast could be viewed as part 2 of the previous lesson. It will be a bit more challenging as our track is a four bar vamp consisting of Csus4, C, Csus2, C. This means that the definitive notes to define the chords are: 4, 3, 2, 3.
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In the first four lessons we examined the following scale degrees: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. They were organized according to harmonic structures (chords). The C5 (1, 5), the C (1, 3, 5), the Csus2 (1, 2, 5), and the Csus4 (1, 4, 5). We are now going to track these chords in our solo lines. This means you have to 1, know what the changes are; 2, know where you are in each measure; and 3, organize your lines according to the prevailing chord. Listen to my podcasts for free, but in order to get the most out of my lessons I suggest downloading my PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks on my Patreon with a $5/month subscription. Your subscription will give YOU the tools needed to become confident as a musician and afford ME the financial resources to create more podcast lessons. https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation
This lesson presents the sus4 harmony both as a static chord and a melodic move. Subscribe to my Patreon account where I have included four jam tracks in this lesson, the C5, C, Csus2, and Csus4. Listen to my podcasts for free, but in order to get the most out of my lessons I suggest downloading my PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks on my Patreon with a $5/month subscription. Your subscription will give YOU the tools needed to become confident as a musician and afford ME the financial resources to create more podcast lessons. www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation
This lesson will present the sus2 chord. The chord symbols is an abbreviation for suspended 2 which is defined as replacing the 3rd of the major or minor chord with the 2nd. Listen to my podcasts for free, but in order to get the most out of my lessons I suggest downloading my PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks on my Patreon with a $5/month subscription. Your subscription will give YOU the tools needed to become confident as a musician and afford ME the financial resources to create more podcast lessons. Thanks for your support. www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation
In this lesson I will be discussing what I term the “links of the chain”. I use this phrase to reference the concept that whenever you move from one note to another, it is akin to the links in a chain. The chain in this case is the melodic line. You want to be thorough in your practicing, so it's wise to examine every adjacent note in terms of rhythm, articulation, dynamics, and execution. Listen to my podcasts for free, but in order to get the most out of my lessons I suggest downloading my PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks on my Patreon with a $5/month subscription. Your subscription will give YOU the tools needed to become confident as a musician and afford ME the financial resources to create more podcast lessons. Thanks for your support.
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Welcome to Concepts For Improvisation. This lesson is the first in a series of seven lessons which will cover the major scale and its application in an improvisation over a static chord vamp. All examples are written out for C, Bb, and Eb instruments. I have been teaching and playing professionally nearly 50 years. In all that time I've experienced students and players at many levels who deal with this “fear factor” of playing the wrong note. My goal is to eliminate that fear from the music making process. The PDF practice sheet and MP3 backing track for this lesson and all future lessons are available on Patreon for a $5 monthly subscription. Your subscription will give YOU the tools needed to become confident in your abilities as a musician and give ME the financial resources to create more lessons. Thanks so much!
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