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You’ll Hear It

5 "Giant Steps" Hacks

21 min • 28 augusti 2020

Today, Peter and Adam tackle John Coltrane's masterpiece "Giant Steps" and give some helpful tips to make navigating this tune a little easier.


5 Giant Steps Hacks:

  1. 4 note shapes are your friend
  2. Also... 3 note shapes are your friend!
  3. Descending root movement
  4. Change keys, not chords
  5. Root, Shell, Pretty
  6. BONUS


Links From This Episode:

  • There's a new course coming to Open Studio - Your Sound Is Your Signature! Join jazz bass extraordinaire Christian McBride as he teaches you how to play ballads, odd time signatures, fast tempos, and more! Featuring our beloved Guided Practice Sessions to help refine the concepts of this course. For updates, just follow this link.


Friday's Open Studio Live Events (All times in EDT):

  • 1:00 PM - Adam's Daily Guided Practice Session (for Members Only)
  • 3:00 PM - Adam's Guided Practice Session on YouTube
  • 8:00 PM - Peter's Shelter in Place solo piano concert on YouTube
  • For the rest of this week's calendar, follow this link


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