Category Archives: Alterations

Advanced, Alterations, Chords, II-V-I, Music theory, Patreon Tier 5, Scales

GET THE SOUND OF THE TRITONE SUBSTITUTION

GET THE SOUND OF THE TRITONE SUBSTITUTION
Getting new sounds into your vocabulary is sometimes difficult. 
What should you play and how should you get on with it. 
One of the sounds I use a lot in my own playing is the tritone substitute on a dominant chord. 
Don’t let the words scare you – It is way easier than it seems.

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In this tutorial
Why do you need a tritone substitution in your playing?
What is a tritone substitution?
How to practice the tritone substitution scales and chords
Build tritone substitution jazz lines
Apply jazz lines using tritone substitutions to your playing
Show, play and analyse two jazz licks using tritone substitution
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“74 one bar tritone substitute dominant lines + 20 II-V-I lines using tritone substitution”
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“Bebop – how to get the sound”
https://youtu.be/5-EenXkudLE

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Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona

Advanced, Alterations, Chord note solos, Chords, Intermediate, Patreon Tier 5, Scales, Technique, Triads

Triads – A Massive Boost To Your Solos

Triads – A Massive Boost To Your Solos
When listening to Chris Potter I get very inspired.
This video is how to add triads to your playing and practice and get a hint of some of the sound Chris Potter is using.
About how to play clearly when playing super advanced music.
Thank you Chris Potter.

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In this tutorial

00:00 Thank you Chris Potter
00:04 Practicing Confirmation
00:42 Playing with clarity
01:39 G major triad lick
02:12 E minor lick
02:29 Db major lick
03:05 How does he do it?
03:28 Triads and guide tone line
04:52 Be Flexible – practice triads in the scale – musically
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TRITONE SUBSTITUTION – USE THIS METHOD AND GET THE SOUND
https://youtu.be/PHkae8CZxM4
https://www.patreon.com/posts/39140131
https://sorenballegaard.dk/product/tritone-substitution-this-is-how-you-do-it/

Chord note solos – strong melodies with awesome rhythm

https://youtu.be/kDRytP4m7jY
https://www.patreon.com/posts/41967448
https://sorenballegaard.dk/product/chord-note-solos-strong-jazz-lines-with-awesome-rhythm/

The 8 most important chord patterns you need to know
https://youtu.be/oWV2LtH7GEw
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Mini keyboard for music notation – https://amzn.to/3sVufcWTenor saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
Mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona
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Advanced, Alterations, Chords, Intermediate, Music theory, Patreon Tier 5

6 EASY WAY TO APPLY ALTERATIONS

6 easy ways to apply alterations to dominant chords
Alterations is a great part of jazz music. Learning to play outside and play the hip notes is a “must” when you improvise – almost in any style of music and surely in jazz. 

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In this tutorial
Why is it important to know your alterations?
What are alterations?
Where do you use alterations?
The dominant chord
Flat 9
Flat 13
Show, play and analyse a short solo on a “Blues in G” using easy alterations

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“Dominant chord and scale alteration manual – b9 and b13 – Exercises, how to practise, how to play in four keys”
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“Tritone substitutions”
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Mini keyboard for music notation – https://amzn.to/3sVufcWTenor saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
Mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona
Tenor reeds – https://amzn.to/2Qrk8zz
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Advanced, Alterations, II-V-I, Patreon Tier 5, Pentatonic scales

Pentatonic scales – three levels of super alterations

Aside

How to use 3 common pentatonic scales for great dominant alterations

The pentatonic sound is easy to manage and easy to play as a scale. 
Another real great thing adding to the benefits of the pentatonic scale is that it is really easy to use because of the simplicity.

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In this video I will take you through how to play three levels of alterations on dominant chords only using simple minor pentatonic scales.

In this tutorial
The tricks of using the pentatonic scale as an altered dominant
Dominant chord alterations
Fitting the alterations into pentatonic scales
Eb minor pentatonic scale used as altered dominant
Bb minor pentatonic scale as an altered dominant
C minor pentatonic scale as altered dominant
More pentatonic patterns
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Video links: 
Pentatonics manual vol. 1
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 “Coltrane basic pattern practise module – major 9 – minor 9 – dominant 9 chords”
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PENTATONIC SCALES HOW TO PRACTICE AND USE IMMEDIATELY

BASIC BLUES – SOUND GREAT WITH ONLY ONE PENTATONIC SCALE

Add Coltrane’s amazing melodic four note patterns to your playing

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My setup:
Tenor saxophone: Selmer MKVI 82xxx
Mouthpiece is an old Otto Link Babbit – refaced from opening 6 to opening 8/8,5
Alto – The Martin Alto
Soprano – Yanagisawa Elimona
Tenor reeds – https://amzn.to/2Qrk8zz
Alto reeds –https://amzn.to/2Pwv8Lu
Soprano reeds – https://amzn.to/3vnHfJS
Saxophone strap – https://amzn.to/3sV20Lt
Music notation software – https://amzn.to/3gHW1ag
2x computer monitor – https://amzn.to/3gIclIm
Mini keyboard for music notation – https://amzn.to/3sVufcW
Alto mouthpiece – https://amzn.to/3sZvdF0
Soprano mouthpiece – https://amzn.to/2R6mvI0
Alto Ligature – https://amzn.to/3xvCn7E
Tenor Saxophone Case – https://amzn.to/32SD1xG
Alto Saxophone Case – https://amzn.to/3aIqxgu