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Soloing in the Style of Mike Stern

Instructor: Mike Salow
Style: Jazz
Level: Advanced
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    Soloing in the Style of Mike Stern: Solo Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Improvising Style: Jazz

    Excerpt: Hi Guys! For this tutorial I've done something a little different and gone with a bebop solo transcription. The backing track you hear is actually a minor 24 bar blues: i(1)     Am - Am - Am - Am    Am - Am - Am - Am iv(4)   Dm - Dm - Dm - Dm i(1)     Am - Am - Am - Am bVI(b6) F7 - F7   V(5) E7alt - E7alt i(1...

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    Soloing in the Style of Mike Stern: Breakdown Part 1 Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Improvising Style: Jazz

    Excerpt: In part 1 of the break down I've focused mainly on three licks that happen within the first 12 bars of the solo.   #1. The first lick is a simple dissention down the A Dorian scale. The important thing to note here is the phrasing (including the picking pattern). You can always take something easy like this and make it swing hard with the right phras...

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    Soloing in the Style of Mike Stern: Breakdown Part 2 Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Improvising Style: Jazz

    Excerpt: For part 2 of the break down we'll be covering two long licks that happen bars 16 - 30 (last 8 bars of the 1st time through the form, into the 1st 6 bars of the 2nd time through the form).   #1. The first lick is over the F7 to E7alt progression.  It starts off by playing C melodic minor over the F7 chord.  In this case we are hinting at F7...

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    Soloing in the Style of Mike Stern: Breakdown Part 3 Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Improvising Style: Jazz

    Excerpt: Part 3 of the breakdown goes over the last 2 big/important riffs.   #1. Here is another lick that is intended to imply a tonicization of the IV(4) chord, Dm. This time we take a different approach and play the A altered scale (Bb melodic minor). Any time there is a V(5) to I(1) progression, the altered scale off the V chord is always a good choice. ...

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    Soloing in the Style of Mike Stern: Backing Track Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Advanced Topic: Improvising Style: Jazz

    Excerpt: I've included the chord progression as well as suggested scales.   Am - Am - Am - Am - Am - Am - Am - Am A Dorian. Over the last 1 or 2 bars you can use D Harmonic Minor or Bb Melodic Minor to lead to the Dm.   Dm - Dm - Dm - Dm D Dorian (A Aeolian)   F7 - F7  B Melodic Minor   E7 alt - E7alt A Harmonic Minor or F M...

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