December 2, 2021

What Are Blues Licks? Let’s first talk about what musicians mean with the term “lick”. A lick is a short musical phrase used in blues and jazz music that can be repeated and applied to specific chords and genres. Every andvanced blues and jazz musician has its favorite set of “licks”. Those sets of licks

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August 3, 2018

Piano Accompaniment Tutorial Sorry, this post is currently under construction. Please check back again soon! What you will learn as it relates to the songHow to accompany a singer or instrumentalist in pop-ballade styleHow the chord progression worksA guide to how to create good sounding piano accompaniments in that style About the songThe song Just

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August 1, 2018

In this article I will discuss how we can use suspended 4 chord structure and its inversions to create interesting modern jazz voicings and melodic lines for improvisation.Why sus4 chords, and who uses themWhenever I play with modern jazz guitar players I notice that they use stacked 4th voicings more than anything. The reason for

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