The Archive: Index of all Blog Posts
2025
05/30/2025 - Let's Meet the Neighbors! (Both Upper and Lower)
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04/30/2025 - Face the Music... and dance to this Melodic Sequence!
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03/28/2025 - Have You Met Miss Jones? - She awaits you on the bridge!
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02/28/2025 - Mostly 4ths in a line over a very common Chord Progression
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01/30/2025 - Looking for Inspiration? Try Adding Triads!
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04/30/2025 - Face the Music... and dance to this Melodic Sequence!
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03/28/2025 - Have You Met Miss Jones? - She awaits you on the bridge!
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02/28/2025 - Mostly 4ths in a line over a very common Chord Progression
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01/30/2025 - Looking for Inspiration? Try Adding Triads!
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2024
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12/22/2024 - John Coltrane's Tenor Solo on "I Love You" - A Transcription
__________________________________________________________ 11/23/2024 - Yet Another Case for ACE - A Melodic Minor ii-V7 _________________________________________ 10/25/2024 - A Perfect Line in Fourths - 4 You! ____________________________________________ 09/27/2024 - Augmentation Station: An Augmented Scale Sequence ____________________________________________ 08/29/2024 - The Fix is In - Broken Maj 9 Chords in 5ths, Major 3rds Cycle ____________________________________________ 07/30/2024 - A Snakey, Serpentine Warm-Up! _____________________________________ |
06/29/2024 - Messiaen Around With Mode 3 (Super Augmented)
______________________________________________________ 05/23/2024 - Running Into Ideas - "Stablemates" the Last 4-Bars of the "B-Section" ________________________________________________________ 04/19/2024 - Four'll Get You Twenty 24 - A Few Half-Diminished Permutations ________________________________________________________ 03/22/2024 - Whispering Familiar - An 027 Trichord Transformed ____________________________________________ 02/24/2024 - The Joys of Half & Whole Steppin'! ____________________________________________ 01/26/2024 - Connections & Directions - Alternating Triads in a Pair _____________________________________ |
2023
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12/15/2023 - Stocking Stuffer...and a ii-V in a Pair 3!
_____________________________________________ 11/23/2023 - A Friendly Little I-VI-ii-V Sequence ____________________________________________ 10/26/2023 - Monkin' Around with the "Evidence" - A Self-Transcription _____________________________________________ 09/22/2023 - "Airegin" - Six Short Etudes - First Eight of the First Ending _____________________________________________ 08/25/2023 - Tailor Made - A Simple Melodic Minor V7-I Resolution _________________________________________ 07/27/2023 - Plus Factor - An Augmented Scale Sequence |
06/23/2023 - Major/ minor: A Diminished/ Blues Scale Hex-0-Tonic
________________________________________ 05/25/2023 - Return of the SUPER 4 - A minor ii-V7 Sequence __________________________________________ 04/27/2023 - Pairing Off! Fresh Twist, Familiar Combo _____________________________________________ 03/23/2023 - Flip 4 Real! - Using Mordents in a ii-V7 Melodic Line ______________________________________________ 02/24/2023 - Straight Ahead - Elements of an 027 Line _______________________________________________ 01/13/2023 - A Whole Lotta Sole - Giant Steps 027, sus2, sus4, 125 |
2022
2021
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12/17/2021 - Stuff This One in Your Stocking!
__________________________________________________ 11/25/2021 - Joe Henderson's Tenor Solo Transcription - "You Know I Care" __________________________________________________ 10/21/2021 - Hey! You've Got an ACE up Your Sleeve! __________________________________________________ 09/24/2021 - Playin' the Numbers - A Pentatonic Shape in 12/8 ______________________________________________ 08/19/2021 - "Come Rain or Come Shine" - An All-Weather Etude _________________________________________________ 07/20/2021 - A Jug Full of Ammons - Gene Ammons' Tenor Solo Transcription on "Exactly Like You" |
06/18/2021 - The Andalusian Cadence, Triad Pairs & "Song for my Father"
_____________________________________________________________ 05/19/2021 - 'Tranein' with Triads - "Coltrane Changes" Alternating Major & Minor Triads _______________________________________________________________ 04/21/2021 - Kalimbaphone? - Try These Pentatonic Scale Spreads! _____________________________________________________ 03/26/2021 - 'Ning's the Thing! Monk's "Rhythm-a-Ning" - Self Transcription __________________________________________________________ 02/25/2021 - Monk's Time Again - "Bye-Ya" - A Self-Transcription ______________________________________________________________ 01/26/2021 - Thelonious Monk's "Bemsha Swing" - A Self-Transcription |
2020
2019
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12/28/2019 - Super Augmented II - Further Explorations
___________________________________________________________ 11/29/2019 - 013 Trichord...Super Auugmented! _______________________________________________________ 10/29/2019 - Beboppin' the 6th / Diminished Scale - An Essential Element __________________________________________________________________ 09/24/2019 - Vertical Structures - Scale the Heights! ____________________________________________________________ 08/28/2019 - Bluesitudes! One Dozen 12-Bar Blues Etudes With Attitude! _____________________________________________________ 07/26/2019 - We Got Rhythm Changes! |
06/25/2019 - The Harmonic Minor Primer
_____________________________________________________ 05/29/2019 - Your Daily Bread - 100% Whole Tone ________________________________________________________ 04/23/2019 - Hexatonic Triad Pairs II - Mixed Pairs _________________________________________________________ 03/21/2019 - Hexatonic Triad Pairs: Vol 1 - Major Scale Pairs _____________________________________________________ 02/12/2019 - Pentalogy - A Multi Pentatonic Scale Practical Practice Guide ______________________________________________________________ 01/23/2019 - Triadicisms II - Minor, Augmented & Diminished Triad Workout |
2018
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12/23/2018 - Triadicisms - Vol. 1: Major Triad Workout
__________________________________________________________________ 11/22/2018 - Fourtitude - Fourtification for Improvisation __________________________________________________________________ 10/23/2018 - Approaches! - A Sound, Musical Approach to Approach Notes __________________________________________________________________ 09/21/2018 - Double Harmonic Major - An Ancient Futuristic Melodic Source __________________________________________________________________ 08/21/2018 - Shortbook™ of the Month - Blues Deep: Fifty __________________________________________________________________ 07/18/2018 - Permutation Station II - Next Station: Inversions __________________________________________________________________ 06/21/2018 - "Jazzitudes 2" - The Baker's Dozen __________________________________________________________________ |
05/23/2018 - Permutation Station 1 2 3 5 - Twenty-four roads to Rome
____________________________________________________ 04/24/2018 - Shortbook™ of the Month: "Jazzitudes" - One Dozen Solo Etudes with Attitude ______________________________________________________________ 03/16/2018 - There Ain't No Cure for the "FUNKADOSIS!" ______________________________________________________________ 02/21/2018 - Shortbook™ of the Month: ...and they called it "Kalindaja" __________________________________________________________________ 02/09/2018 - RetroSpective: "Ten to 2" - 25th Anniversary Reissue - A collectionof original musicfeat. the first Akai EWI _________________________________________________________________ 01/20/2018 - Shortbook™ of the Month: CHROMATIX - A New Ear's Resolution __________________________________________________________________ |
