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IFR video lesson: Melody Paths

In this video I’ll show you how to use the IFR exercise ‘Melody Paths’ to understand the inner workings of any chord progression so that you can access all of these beautiful sounds in your improvisations.

In this example I demonstrate the exercise over the chord progression 1, 4, 5D, 1, but you can use this exercise to study any chord progression you want to learn. The jam track is from IFR Jam Tracks Level 2: Pure Harmony Essentials.

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