Every Student In Your Program Can Improvise
What Educators are Saying:
This is a lifesaver during distance learning!
—Jeremy Zander
Band Director, OMEA President
My students have varied experience/ability levels, and this course saves me time trying to differentiate as the kids can work at their own pace. You've also made videos that I would try to create on my own, and that's worth more than money can buy!
—Jessika Smith
Saxophonist, Composer, and Band Director, Parkrose MS and HS
I’ve been teaching for 43 years and this course is the best laid out program that I have seen. Whether it’s one of my middle school students, or an adult student, the pacing and sequence are perfect.
—Bob Athayde
Director of Lafayette Summer Jazz Workshop
• Your students will develop the skills and confidence to play blues solos, even if they have never improvised before
• Interactive call and response video lessons
• Build a rhythmic and melodic toolbox rooted in riff blues tunes, question/answer phrases, and thematic variation before diving into harmony
• Creativity integrated into the entire course
• Includes audio backing tracks, PDF Handbook, and links to recommended recordings throughout
Educators Edition
• Lifetime licese for you students
• Access video lessons for educators and suggested assignments (Coming in late September)
• Join the Educators Club online community
• Students access course with access codes on Teachable, secret video playlist, or you can download content and upload to your LMS
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.
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Lessons
- 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)