Flatpicking Essentials Vol. 8: Improvisation (Part III) & Introduction to Swing and Jazz Soloing by Dan Miller & Tim May

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Part 1: Improvisation (Part III)

• Introduction
• Revisiting Scale & Arpeggio Practice
• Scale and Arpeggio Pattern Checklist
• Major Arpeggios
• Circle of Fourths Arpeggio Patterns
• Major 7 Arpeggios
• Major 6 Arpeggios
• Major 9 Scales and Arpeggios
• Revisiting Modes
• Modes Examples
• "Rights of Man"
• "June Apple"
• "Swallow Tail Jig" "Cluck Old Hen" Mode Study
• Modes - Brightest to Darkest
• Mixolydian Mode & Seventh Chord Arpeggios
• Seventh Chord Arpeggios
• Working with "Alabama Jubilee"
• Aeolian Mode & Minor Chord Arpeggios
• vi - V7 - I Exercises
• Minor Seventh Arpeggios
• ii7 - V7 - IMaj7 Exercise
• Dorian Mode
• ii - V7 - I Exercises
• ii - V7 - I Exercises and the Dorian Mode
• Practice Patterns
• Minor Sixth Arpeggios
• Minor Sixth Arpeggio Practice Progression
• Arpeggio Practice Over Common Chord Progressions
• Practice with a Jazz Progression
• Sample Jazz Chord Progression
• Jazz Chord Progression Solo Example
• Jazz Progression #1
• Jazz Progression #1 Solo Example
• Jazz Progression #2
• Jazz Progression #3
• Jazz Progression #4
• Jazz Progression #5
• Part 1 Summary

Part 2: Swing and Jazz Tunes

• Introduction
• Flaticking Swing: Fake it `Til You Make it
• "Red Wing"
• "Avalon": Moving From Melody to Swing
• "Avalon" Melody
• "Avalon" First Variation
• "Avalon" Second Variation
• "Avalon" Third Variation
• "Avalon" Fourth and Fifth Variations
• "12th Street Rag"
• "12th Street Rag" Melody
• "12th Street Rag" Improvisation
• "After You've Gone"
• "After You've Gone" Melody
• "After You've Gone" Improvisation
• "Bill Bailey"
• "Bill Bailey" Melody
• "Bill Bailey" Improvisation
• "I Ain't Got Nobody"
• "I Ain't Got Nobody" Melody
• "I Ain't Got Nobody" Improvisation
• "Limehouse Blues"
• "Limehouse Blues" Melody
• "Limehouse Blues" Improvisation
• "Rose Room"
• "Rose Room" Melody
• "Rose Room" Improvisation
• "St. James Infirmary"
• "St. James Infirmary" Melody
• "St. James Infirmary" Improvisation
• "St. Louis Blues"
• "St. Louis Blues" Melody
• "St. Louis Blues" Improvisation
• "The Sheik of Araby"
• "The Sheik of Araby" Melody
• "The Sheik of Araby" Improvisation
• Conclusion