2-5-1

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March 28, 2016 at 7:48 pm #3313

willie
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Hi Rick, My name is William, A while back when I started to learn jazz, one teacher told me, the best way to learn jazz Improvising is to learn a bunch of two-five- one licks, he said 75 to 90% of jazz tunes are made up of two-five-ones. (Do you have a lesson on this topic,) can you tell me how to go about that.

Thanks William email williejbarrow@bellsouth.net
March 29, 2016 at 3:19 am #3314

Dolf
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March 29, 2016 at 9:27 am #3315

David
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Hi William, I did notice that Rick has a few lessons on 2-5-1, they’re under the ‘lessons index’ then ‘improvisation’ section. The two lessons that I found by taking a quick look (so there may be more) are ‘Building Bebop lines” and “Linear Development Studies”, hope this helps and welcome to the forum!
- March 29, 2016 at 10:09 pm #3317
  
  Rick Stone
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  David,
  
  Thanks for chiming in. My recent health issues are slowing me down a bit. But the lessons on bebop lines and linear development definitely cover a lot of the aspects of playing on IIm7 V7 I progressions. In reality, when improvising, I pretty much hear the IIm7 V7 as a single entity, so it’s really about choosing colors and learning to resolve the V7 to the I.
  
  These will also be of interest:
  https://www.jazzguitarlessons.com/chordscale-relationships/
  https://www.jazzguitarlessons.com/dominant-7th-line-study/
  
  I do plan to make some more videos addressing this subject as soon as I’m able.
  
  Musically Yours,
  ~ Rick
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