Play Solos You're Proud Of
• Develop the skills and confidence to play blues solos, even if you've never improvised before
• Build a rhythmic and melodic toolbox rooted in riff blues tunes, call and response phrases, thematic variation, and playing the chord changes
• Interactive video lessons videos
• Course includes audio backing tracks, PDF Handbook, and links to recommended recordings throughout
Meet the Director
Steve Treseler is a Seattle-based saxophonist, teaching artist, and author who has helped music programs around the world develop improvisation programs. His music has been featured in the New York Times, DownBeat, and on NPR. Steve is on faculty at Seattle JazzED, Seattle Pacific University, and the Pacific Music Institute in Honolulu.
Lessons
1. Build a Rhythmic Foundation
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2. Major Blues Riffs
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3. Improvised Phrasing
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4. Minor Blues Riffs
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5. Playing the Chord Changes
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6. Changing Keys
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- Download Blues Backing Tracks in F, C, and Eb
- Transposing with Scale Degree Maps (2:46)
- Riff Tunes in F (4:35)
- Call and Response in F (2:38)
- Trading Fours in F (2:24)
- Riff Tunes in C (3:18)
- Trading Fours in C (1:51)
- Riff Tunes in Eb (2:58)
- Trading Fours in Eb (1:41)
- Understanding Vs. Execution (0:52)
- New Orleans Bass Line in F, C, and Eb (1:30)
- Transposing Riffs in F (1:29)
- Transposing Riffs in C (1:24)
- Transposing Riffs in Eb (1:09)
- Circle of Fifths Exercise (0:56)
- Composition Project (0:30)
7. Alternate Chord Progressions
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