In this video we are going to train our ear together with the famous chord progression 6-, 4, 1, 5D. First, we'll sing the roots to make sure we can feel the chord changes. Then we'll practice the ear training exercise Melody Paths, singing melodies connecting chord notes across the chord progression.
For IFR students using our ear training audio course 'Sing the Numbers', in this video I'll help you understand how to get the most out of this course and how to decide when you're ready to move on from each lesson to the next.
In this video Jelske explores improvising with the blues scale and shows how this scale relates to blues chord changes.
An IFR student asks how much he needs to practice to be successful with the IFR method.
For IFR students practicing Exercise 1: Landscape, this is a demonstration of the Exercise 1 Daily Meditation. Marina Vallet demonstrates the exercise on the soprano saxophone using the interval of a whole step.
In this video Marina Vallet demonstrates the IFR Staircase exercise on the soprano saxophone using the interval of the whole step.
I play in a blues band and quite often I need to compose bass riffs spontaneously to support the guitarist. How can I get better at doing this?
In this free sample lesson from Deep Foundations for Guitar, you will learn a slight alteration to the Mobility technique that allows you to move freely around the entire fretboard by whole steps.
In this lesson you'll learn one of the keys to creating beautiful melodies, which is to notice the feelings of tension or relaxation produced by each note of the harmonic environment.
This short sample chapter from the book "Improvise for Real" provides a nice overview of everything you will learn.
