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Pamphlets
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These pamphlets are 20 to 30 page tutorials on a single subject.
Each one presents an in-depth analysis and explanation including many illustrations and exercises. Designed to develop both your understanding and facility with the material, they are like a Masterclass in each subject!
All the Pamphlets come as downloadable PDF documents . Open and print them with Adobe’s Acrobat Reader, a free plug-in that allows graphics (like music notation) to be transported to any computer, anywhere, nearly instantly, for free! We save on paper, and you avoid any postage charge, so the price has been lowered to just $10.00 each.
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1. How To Use Licks.
Develop the ability to play pre-learned runs and fills in your music. This pamphlet shows you exactly (and easily) how it’s done. More info.. |
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2. Color Your Playing with Superimpositions.
Everything you ever wanted to know about your old high school sweetheart “Poly Tonality”. More info.. |
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3. Intros and Endings.
This pamphlet prepares you to play professional style introductions and endings for any type of song. Dozens of ideas that work in a variety of musical situations. More info.. |
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4. Right Hand Fills with Tritones.
Adding the tritones (the 3rd and 7th) under the melody is an efficient and musical method of filling out your right hand. More info.. |
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5. Diminished Chords Scales & Voicings.
Good players use diminished chord voicings and diminished scales all of the time. A comprehensive look at this very useful chord family. More info.. |
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6. Fake Stride Piano.
An easy method of playing swing piano in the style of Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson and other stride pianists. More info.. |
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7. How To Use Turnaround Patterns.
These chord patterns provide the harmony for about half of all standard pop tune progressions. More info.. |
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8. Right Hand Triads.
This pamphlet was written to help sharpen your skill in grabbing right hand major triads and inversions. The exercises are musical, interesting, and progressively challenging. More info.. |
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9. Left Hand Walking Bass Lines.
Devoted solely to developing valid keyboard walking bass lines, this material will prepare you for any harmonic situation. More info.. |
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10. Major Chord Voicings.
Great ideas for two handed major chord voicings. Included are the “So What” voicings, pentatonics and fourth voicings for blues scales. More info.. |
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11. Whole Tone Scales & Augmented Chords.
The two whole tone scales are easy to play and provide a unique, colorful source of fill or soloing ideas on dominant 7th chords. More info.. |
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12. Altered Dominant Scales & Mixolicks.
The most important of the jazz scales and a 6-note version that will have you burning up and down the keyboard in no time. More info.. |
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13. Great Be Bop Licks.
The be bop era was probably the most prolific in the development of jazz soloing licks. Many of them are taught in this pamphlet. More info.. |
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14. Musical Modulations.
A step by step guide to moving smoothly from any key to any other key.
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15. Cool Walking Tenths.
If you want to develop a left hand like Teddy Wilson, this pamphlet will get you there. An original insight on how to use tenths and walking tenths for a great sound no matter how far you can reach. More info.. |
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16. Six Note Minor Scales.
This edited version of the harmonic minor scale is a great source for fill or soloing ideas. Everyone uses it, and the scale, along with many good ideas, is presented here in all twelve keys.
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17. Soft Winds Voicings.
A thorough examination and tutorial of what is probably the most common voicing in the blues idiom. More info.. |
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18. The Chromatic Scale.
This pamphlet features exercises that will quickly have you playing chromatics from any note. Learn many of the licks and fills that use this valuable scale. More info.. |
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19. The Ultimate Improvisation Technique.
A complete tutorial on the most useful melody, fill and improvisation idea in music. This valuable technique is heard in all styles of music from Chopin to Be Bop. More info.. |
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20. Musical Clichés you should really know.
Melodies taken from songs, jingles, and themes that are part of our musical heritage. More info.. |
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