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About the E-lessons

In response to articles I have written, and videos I have posted, I have corresponded with individuals who wanted to learn more about music and jazz. I provide here a few samples of this correspondence, as I felt that the questions were valuable, and I feel that my responses are as well.

Samples:

Character Tones, Musical Tastes, and Genres

A window just opened as to the possibilities with experimenting. Are there common root progressions worth noting? And if so, do they relate to all or to a specific genre of music. It seems that you ha...

Putting Modes Together

It seems that it comes down to trial and error in when putting modes together. I'd appreciate it if you could just give an example of two modes sound good together. Say, D Lydian and A# Phrygian or so...

The Diatonic Trap

How do you improve what you can hear in your head though? I've heard that if you can't sing something, you're not really hearing it. I can sing some OK stuff but I can't seem to get out what I really...

Transcribing

What's your view on transcribing? One teacher I had said you should be able to scat sing the solo you want to transcribe for ideas before figuring it out on the guitar and/or writing it out? What's yo...