16th notes, Advanced, Alterations, Chords, Coltrane, II-V-I, Intermediate, Music theory, Scales, Technique, Tier 5

Amazing Jazz Skill Boost with Melodic Shapes

The essence of playing music must be to play musical lines.
Knowing and being able to hear what sounds great and put this in a melodic context.
Using a few guidelines like thinking in melodic shapes will help you to always think and play musical lines.   

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LESSON TRANSCRIPTION CONTENT:
50+ pages full exercises and licks
-Melodic shape II-V-I licks 
-Scale exercises on melodic shapes
-all exercises and licks are transposed to all 12 keys
+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys. 

In this tutorial
00:00 Amazing Jazz Skill Boost with Melodic Shapes
00:28 melodic shapes
01:18 Being with intervals
02:11 The Best Melodic Shapes
02:48 Arpeggios as melodic shapes
03:15 Melodic shape technique practice
04:22 Alterations and melodic shapes
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