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LESSON MODULES
MODULE 01
MODULE 02
MODULE 03
MODULE 04
MODULE 05
MODULE 06
MODULE 07
Walking and Thinking in Regulated Time – Scales & Fitness
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MODULE 12
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ARTICULATION
BEBOP
BLUES CHANGES
CHORD STUDIES
Dom 7th Chords
Min 7b5 (Half Diminished) Chords
Maj 7th Chords
Min 7th Chords
Mi(maj7) Chords
Dim 7th Chords
DUET STUDIES
EAR TRAINING
ELEMENTS OF STYLE
ESSENTIALS
ETUDE STUDIES
FUNDAMENTALS
GREG'S THOUGHTS ON...
HIP LICKS
INTERVAL STUDIES
JAZZ LANGUAGE
LESSON MODULES
LISTENING RECOMMENDATIONS
MODES
MUSIC THEORY
PRACTICE STRATEGIES
ROAD TIPS
SAXOPHONE TRAINING
SCALE STUDIES
TECHNIQUE
THEORY GAMES
TOOLS OF THE COMPOSER
TONE DEVELOPMENT
TRANSCRIPTION
TUNES
VOCABULARY
VOICE LEADING

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LESSON ONE System for Creating Diminished Scales on V7b9 Chords

This lesson demonstrates my system for creating diminished scales for the V7b9 chord. If you haven’t yet learned the diminished scale, or if you learned it via the traditional “half step/ whole step” approach, this system is a total game-changer! Check out this video to master your diminished scales over V7b9 chords.

LESSON ONE

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LESSON 1: System for Creating Diminished Scales on V7b9 Chords
This lesson demonstrates my system for creating diminished scales for the V7b9 chord. If you haven’t yet learned the diminished scale, or if you learned it via the traditional “half step/ whole step” approach, this system is a total game-changer! Check out this video to master your diminished scales over V7b9 chords.
LESSON 2: Theme & Variation – Singles, Doubles & Triples
This lesson demonstrates a technique I call “Singles, Doubles, and Triples.” This is a fun way to practice your chords or scales while creating lots of rhythmic variations by varying the number of times that you play each note. If you’ve ever been bored while practicing your chord arpeggios, give this new approach a try! BEGINNING & INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.
LESSON 3: Irving Park Road (Etude Studies) – ALTO
Ideas and exercises for practicing, and getting the most out of this original jazz Etude with your ALTO sax.
LESSON 4: Irving Park Road (Etude Studies) – TENOR
Ideas and exercises for practicing, and getting the most out of this original jazz Etude with your TENOR sax.
LESSON 5: Using Major Scales to Learn Intervals
With this lesson, we’re going to take the familiar C major scale and use it to train the ear to hear ascending and descending intervals. This approach lets you hear the intervals within the scale in much greater detail.
LESSON 6: 24 Permutations for the Fingers
This video features my method for sharpening independent control of each finger. This exercise will improve your technique and keep your fingers in shape even when you’re away from the horn.
LESSON 7: Road Tips – Location of Notes within Maj7 Chords – Part 1 of 3
In this lesson, I show you how to think of one note in four different locations within a major 7th chord. For example, C = Root of Cmaj7, but C = the 3rd of Abmaj7, C = the 5th of Fmaj7, and C = the 7th of Db maj7. The importance of enharmonic notes is also discussed in the video
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