Starting on the 9th of the II Minor by Richie Vitale!
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Starting a descending line on the 9th of the II minor with supporting exercises!
https://youtu.be/uZ6QvkgX_sg
Richie Vitale looks into the alternate changes Sonny Rollins applied to the first four measures of his composition "Valse Hot" you can see on YouTube, in the description on YouTube.
iRealPro was used for the backing track!
https://youtu.be/42oxwKKSgB0
Richie Vitale goes over Nicholas Payton's solo on Herbie Hancock's "One Finger Snap" and breaks it down into palatable chunks.
I'm using iRealPro as the backing track in this video!!!
https://youtu.be/5oz86PayVLM
Nicholas Payton Solo on "One Finger Snap": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHAxb6-w0t8
My lesson on the melodic minor scale taught to me by Art Farmer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ailoKa69Ulo
This is Part 2 of looking into a Nicholas Payton solo on Herbie Hancock's tune "One Finger Snap". It inspired me to make a melodic minor exercise.
Here's a link to the Art Farmer Lesson on the Melodic Minor:
https://youtu.be/ailoKa69Ulo
https://youtu.be/zuGRaeAxJ6M
Here I explain how to approach an "altered" blues, which has different chord changes than the "normal" blues changes. It's a fun set of chords to play over and the song "Cookin," features Clifford Brown in some beautiful playing over Lou Donaldson's recording!
Backing track done in iRealPro!!!!!
Cooking Blues - Lou Donaldson
https://youtu.be/KZY2LcOiqsY
Pentatonic Patterns in Soloing by Richie Vitale
Here I am showing the use of pentatonic patterns in soloing, using Chick Corea's song "Chick's Tune" with free PDF's included in my patreon link below!!!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/66525117
https://youtu.be/iPSEgqeX2ks
Blowing over "How High the Moon" by Richie Vitale
This is a tutorial on some of the methods used to blow over "How High the Moon". Examples on soloing of dominant and whole tone chords and the infamous III, V, II, I progression!
https://youtu.be/309YXVoeg8o
There is quite a bit to unpack here as this video is packed with information. Also, the backing track at the beginning was done all in iRealPro!!!
"Like Someone in Love" Tutorial by Richie Vitale
My latest video tutorial on this beautiful, melodic song recorded by Chet Baker and Kenny Dorham.
I'm using iRealPro here in the beginning of this video and in daily practice getting ready for my gig at Smalls in NYC on Christmas night!!!
https://youtu.be/HO2K10FgzYA
I have several books on jazz improvisation that have proved very helpful to my students here: https://www.richievitale.com/store
...and supplemental books for ALL instruments here:
https://www.richievitale.com/supplemental-books
FREE YouTube tutorials here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/richievitale
If you’d like to help support jazz you can buy downloads or purchase a CD my clicking on “BUY FROM ARTIST” for the best price (or just listen) to my newest CDs at:
https://richievitale.hearnow.com/slow-groove
...and I recently started a Patreon Page to help in this Jazz Journey with PDFs of the YouTube lessons and player tips:
https://www.patreon.com/RichieVitale
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!
Transposing "The Girl From Ipanema" Bridge by Richie Vitale
Here I'm showing how to transpose the bridge to "The Girl From Ipanema" using pitch modules! About a week after this tutorial was made I played “Girl from Ipanema” is in the ORIGINAL key of D♭ major!
And guess what...it worked!!!
iRealPro was used for the backing track!
https://youtu.be/nV9XSSu57uk
I have several books on jazz improvisation that have proved very helpful to my students here: https://www.richievitale.com/store
...and supplemental books for ALL instruments here:
https://www.richievitale.com/supplemental-books
FREE YouTube tutorials here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/richievitale
...and I recently started a Patreon Page to help in this Jazz Journey with PDFs of the YouTube lessons and player tips:
https://www.patreon.com/RichieVitale
Thank you and happy practicing 🤗
Blowing Over "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea"
Some nice tips on playing over this beautiful standard!!!
https://youtu.be/drkNlI43HgYBlowing Over "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea"
To purchase ANY of my books on Jazz Improvisation, go to:
https://www.richievitale.com/my-books-explained
Their is a nice explanation of each book and heyyyy…it doesn’t cost anything to look!!!
FREE YouTube Jazz Tutorial Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/user/richievitale
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If you’d like to help support jazz you can buy downloads or purchase one of my CDs by clicking on “BUY FROM ARTIST” for the best price (or just listen) to my newest CDs at:
Slow Groove
https://richievitale.hearnow.com/slow-groove
Full Circle
https://richievitale.hearnow.com/full-circle
NY Salsa
https://richievitale.hearnow.com/new-york-salsa
Vitalogy
https://richievitale.hearnow.com/vitalogy
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I also have a Patreon Page where I paste videos and PDFs of my jazz tutorials here:
https://www.patreon.com/RichieVitale
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http://birdstuff.myspreadshop.com