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To approach full proficiency with your scales, play all of your scales starting & ending on every note of your instrument. Same with the chromatic scale! It’s more fun if you do it with a song in the same key! Have you tried the TRANSPOSE extension for turning YouTube songs to any key? The Music Speed Changer works great too for audio files! The Music Speed Changer is great for any audio files you have downloaded. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND practicing along with THIS TANPURA DRONE TRACK and ALL OF THE CHORD PROGRESSIONS IN THIS BACKING TRACK FOLDER in **ALL KEYS** after you've mastered playing them in C!!

Last week we tried the new Skool Live Video feature for Improv games with mixed success... Let's go back to meeting on Zoom, the same link as before - here it is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4071697807 or https://bit.ly/zoom-with-vic You can find the link again in the calendar here!

Check out this replay last September with Ali Ryerson! If you're looking for a textbook of fundamentals to keep you fresh for jazz styles, get her book!