How to Begin (and Improve) Blues Improvisation

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The Blues: How to Begin (and Improve) Improvisation
Introduction and 5 Levels of Improvisation
Contents
0:00 – Intro
1:29 – Level 0 – Blues Form and Chords
2:40 – The Blues works at every tempo and key
3:50 – The Circle of Fifths Decoder
5:15 – Level 1 – Listening
6:57 – Level 2 – The Blues Scale
7:50 – Demo – adding one note at a time
9:18 – Level 3 – Playing the Changes
10:10 – Demo w/only chord tones
10:38 – Mixolydian Scale(Chord Tones, Tensions, & the Avoid Note)
11:44 – Demo w/scales, arpeggios, & blues scale
12:10 – Level 4 – Substitutions
12:20 – Pentatonic and Major Blues & Demo
12:50 – Bebop Scales & Demo
13:18 – Lydian Dominant, Whole Tone, H-W Diminished, Altered & Demo
13:50 – Sidestepping & Demo
14:39 – Level 5 – Tension and Release
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