Learn how Coltrane’s genius 1–2–3–5 four-note cell can transform your jazz solos. This lesson breaks down how to reshape, flip, and apply the pattern across keys and chords — inside, outside, and everything in between.
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What Is the Coltrane Cell? – Understand the power of 1–2–3–5.
Flip It. Twist It. Own It – Learn to reshape the pattern creatively.
Sound Like Coltrane, Sound Like You – Apply the pattern in your own voice.
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In this tutorial
00:00 The Genius Of Coltrane 1235 Pattern
00:58 Defining the 1235 pattern
02:22 The Coltrane Cell In II-V-I Licks
03:58 Add More Possibilities
05:56 How To Play It Melodically
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