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Notes for playing lead are based on the %OXHV6FDOH
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D blues scale going up & down
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Pitch-bending: from the 4th to the 5th. Play and hold the 4th andbend it to the 5th. Release the bend gradually to the originalposition to return to the 4th
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"Playing around" with the 4th and the flatted-5th to achieve tension.Use the pitch wheel instead of of a mod. wheel to make the vibrato
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Bending from the 4th to the flat-5th
Bending from the 4th to the Perfect 5th A Comparison
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Bending from the 7th to the Octave
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"Jan-Hammer" bend (exercise)
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Bend into the 7th from the 6th. Use the 6th primarily for bending
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The 2nd bending into the 3rd
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Close Voice-Leading (C-Am-F)
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Close Voice-Leading (Exercise)
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Close Voice-Leading, Exercise starting on first-inversion C
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Accompaniment Patterns
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Major Chords over Altered-Bass. In Example 1, F changes to C-Majorchord, but the F root is kept, creating the major-9th dissonancebetween the bass and the G-note. In Example 2, Bb-chord is combinedwith the Eb octave in the bass instead of a Bb bass (thus, Eb is anDOWHUHG bass)
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Major Chords over Altered-Bass - possible combinations in the key ofF
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Sus-Chords, Inversions
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Dm Scale is the relative minor of F-Major
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Groove used in the example (F-C/E-Dm-Bb)
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Also use the "relative-minor" blues scale (D Blues Scale)
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Sliding from the 4th to the 5th (Example 1), from the 7th to the 8th(Example 2)
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The Octave Interval (top). Sample groove utilizing the octave(bottom)
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The 5th Interval (top). Sample bass-line using primarily the fifthand the octave (bottom)
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The 7th Interval (top). Sample bass-line using the 7th, 5th, and theoctave (bottom)
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The Pentatonic Scale in E
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Sample Bass Patterns. The bottom example also uses the 3rd and the4th from the Pentatonic scale
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Setting the bass pattern. Play the pattern VORZO\DQGVWHDGLO\
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Sample melody improvised over the the same bass-pattern. Melody isused in a VFDOXODU IDVKLRQ
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Another melody improvised over the same bass-pattern
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A new melody over a different bass-pattern
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Other patterns you may try for your exercise at home
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A sample pattern in 7/8, to be used in your independence-of-the-handsexercise
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Hanon Exercise
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Hanon Exercise, little finger accented
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Applying the Rhythm Method to the finger exercises (3/4 and 4/4)
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Rhythm Method, using 5th, 4th, and 3rd fingers
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Rhythm Method, in 5/8
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Rhythm Method, in 7/8
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Rhythm Method in 4/4, with the Bass
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Brahms Exercise (chromatic)
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Brahms Exercise combined with Jordan’s contraction/expansion concept
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The previous exercise in mirror-image
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"Shortening-Bread" Exercise
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Phillips Execise (Finger-Pedaling)
