Jimi Hendrix rocked the world with his bold use of a dominant 7 chord with a sharp 9 on Purple Haze. Bring that kind of ROCK and boldness to your jazz and blues playing with this EXTRA bold variation on the same chord!
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What kind of chords do you need to sound unresolved? How can you use ambiguous harmony to ask questions within your compositions? Like if there could be music behind these very questions, what would it be?
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4 note motifs are at the heart of some of the greatest compositions in all of music. Why are they so powerful and how can we think about them deeper and start to understand what makes them so impactful?
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Let's explore musical elements used in compositions by The Police, John Lennon, The Grateful Dead, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel and more to try to figure out how much is TOO much to take from another artist.
Much thanks to Chris for editing this video!
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Analyzing the middle 8s or bridges of Beatle's compositions like "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", "In My Life", "Oh Darling", "Two of Us" and many more!
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is maybe my favorite holiday song and it was so much fun to reharmonize it for this video! I hope it becomes part of your holiday listening, this season!
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William Smokey Robinson Jr. is one of the most prolific and successful songwriters of all time. Writing songs for The Miracles, Mary Webb, The Marvelettes, The Temptations, many more artists, as well as himself in a very prolific solo career, this legend has SO much to teach us about melody, lyrics, groove and production! Let's explore the work of this Soul Legend together. Much thanks to Tony and Chris for your help.
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