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What Is This Thing Called Love?

Instructor: Mike Edwin
Style: Jazz
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  • Instructor: Mike Edwin Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Jazz

    Excerpt: What Is This Thing Called Love? A classic tune by the great composer, Cole Porter. In this video I will play a 32 bar solo through the chord changes to this song. Provided below is the tab if you want to get stuck into it right away. Click on the next video if you want to see me play through it slowly. I hope you enjoy it. Mike.

    Media Length: 0:49

  • Instructor: Mike Edwin Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Jazz

    Excerpt: Hello again. Hopefully this video will give you a better chance to observe the fingerings I have used throughout the solo. Early on in the tune I used some chord fragments in the solo. These were Inversions of Fm6 / Dm7b5. These two chords are actually the same thing. Fm6 = F Ab C D Dm7b5= D F Ab C As you see, these chords contain the same notes, just ...

    Media Length: 2:37

  • Instructor: Mike Edwin Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Jazz

    Excerpt: Have fun with the backing track!

    Media Length: 4:09