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How (and why) to practice tunes in all twelve keys... (6/20/22) (5:37)
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Summer 2022 Planning! (5/16/22) (7:29)
What to Take Away - Ugetsu (5/9/22) (7:32)
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Ugetsu Practice Tips! (4/25/22) (12:25)
Ugetsu - Introduction and Overview (4/18/22) (6:58)
One by One Overview (10:01)
One by One - Practice Tips! (7:46)
What to Take Away from One by One (7:23)
What to Take Away - Five Spot After Dark (10:35)
Five Spot After Dark - Practice Tips (14:53)
Dominant Chromatic Resolutions - Part 1! 2/28/22 (5:22)
Five Spot After Dark - Overview (2/21/22) (11:32)
Blue Train - What to Take Away (February 14, 2022) (9:25)
The Most Neglected Scale on Trombone (February 7, 2022) (9:59)
New Pitch Bend Exercise (January 31, 2022) (9:33)
2022 Goal Setting Workshop (January 10, 2022) (24:10)
Elliot Mason Line from Instagram Oct 12 2021 (lesson for 10/18/2021) (4:57)

Curtis Fuller Mini-Course

Hugore - What to Take away (Dec 13, 2021) (7:57)
Transcription Deep Dives - What, How and Why!?! (Nov 1 2021) (16:51)
Curtis Fuller on the Bb Blues - Overview (Nov 8, 2021) (14:59)
Curtis on The Stroller - Trombone Tips and Walkthrough (Nov 15, 2021) (19:20)
Taking Language from The Stroller (Nov 22, 2021) (12:13)
Hugore - Overview (Nov 29, 2021) (9:04)
Hugore - Trombone Walk Through (Dec 6, 2021) (17:01)
Soon - Overview (Dec 20, 2021) (9:45)
Curtis Fuller on Soon - Trombone Tips (Dec 27, 2021) (15:57)
Soon - What to Take Away/Applications (January 3, 2022) (10:49)
Curtis Fuller on BLUE TRAIN - Introduction (January 17, 2022) (16:09)
Blue Train - Practice Tips (January 24, 2022) (18:34)

2021 Drone Course! (The Only Drone Course You'll Ever Need)

Drone Course Assets
Chromatic Drones! April 12, 2021 (14:27)
F Major and B Major Drones!! April 19th 2021 (16:08)
Major Scale Improv Game 1 April 26th, 2021 (11:30)
Melodic Minor Drone Tuning May 3rd, 2021 (8:47)
Melodic Minor Improv Game 1 - May 10th, 2021 (12:41)
Ab Ionian - May 17th, 2021 (6:59)
Major Scale Workout with Drones May 31, 2021 (11:27)
Bb Dorian June 7, 2021 (6:16)
C Phrygian June 14th, 2021 (7:07)
Db Lydian June 21st, 2021 (8:41)
Eb Mixolydian June 28th, 2021 (7:45)
F Aoelian with Drones - July 12th 2021 (9:03)
G Locrian July 26th, 2021 (11:15)
Melodic Minor Melodies! August 2nd, 2021 (12:04)
Melodic Minor Scale Workout! August 9th, 2021 (10:32)
Susb9! 2nd Mode of Melodic Minor with Drones! August 16th, 2021 (6:29)
Major 7 #5 - 3rd Mode of Melodic Minor with Drones! August 23, 2021 (6:36)
Dom7 #11 - 4th Mode of Melodic Minor - Lydian Dominant (August 30, 2021) (16:06)
I - IV - V - I with Drones! September 6th, 2021 (9:59)
I - vi - IV - ii - V7 - I with Drones! September 13th, 2021 (9:04)
Dom7 b13 - 5th Mode of Melodic Minor (Sept 20, 2021) (8:36)
Half Diminished! 6th Mode of Melodic Minor Sept 27th, 2021 (8:22)
Altered! 7th Mode of Melodic Minor (Oct 4, 2021) (8:38)
Blues with Drones! (Oct 11, 2021) (9:12)
Rhythm Changes with Drones! (10/25/21) (6:43)

Nick's Virtual Masterclass Series

Jazz Improvisation Basics - (from April 26th, 2021) - July 19th, 2021 (79:10)
Transcription Masterclass - (Published July 5th; from April 15th, 2021) (78:18)
How to Improvise an Arrangement - The Court for Curtis Fuller - May 24th, 2021 (13:18)

Rhythm Changes Mini-Course (Series 1)

F Voice Leading Etude April 5th, 2021 (9:36)
Bb Voice Leading Etude! March 29th, 2021! (12:15)
BONUS: Bb Language Etude (9:01)
Let's Learn: Webb City March 22, 2021 (18:05)
Intro to Rhythm Changes October 19, 2020 (11:12)
Lester Leaps In November 2, 2020 (12:40)
Cottontail November 9, 2020 (14:35)
Rhythm Changes A Section Harmony! Part 1 November 16, 2020 (17:14)
Bridge Harmony Part 1 November 23, 2020 (12:32)
I Got Rhythm (yes, the song!) November 30, 2020 (15:41)
Rhythm-A-Ning - December 6th, 2020 (16:32)
Rhythm Changes Voice Leading Etude Breakdown Dec. 14, 2020 (13:39)
Rhythm Changes Etude Breakdown Dec. 21, 2020 (11:45)
Rhythm Changes 8th Note Challenge! Dec. 28, 2020 (12:35)
Rhythm Changes: How to Create a Bass Line! January 11th, 2021 (9:22)
Basic Chord Substitutions on Rhythm Changes A Section January 18, 2021 (13:47)
Basic Chord Substitutions on Rhythm Changes Bridge January 25, 2021 (14:45)
F Rhythm Changes Practice Session! Feb 1 2021 (22:54)
Let's practice the HARD KEYS!! Rhythm Changes in Db, Gb, B and E! Feb 8 2021 (22:16)
Rhythm Changes in 12 Keys February 15th, 2021 (21:11)
Anthropology - Head and Accents! February 22, 2021! (19:33)
b6 Dominant Chord Progression on Rhythm Changes March 1, 2021 (11:32)
Let's Learn: Oleo! March 8 2021 (18:26)
Let's Learn: Eternal Triangle - March 15th 2021! (16:35)

Goal Setting & Motivation!

January 4th, 2021 Goal Setting Workshop 2021 (79:45)
GOAL SETTING for 2020! (74:23)
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation (June 10 2019) (6:22)
January 1, 2018 - Goal Setting Course for you all (69:19)
12.31.2018 GOAL SETTING UPDATE! (75:23)

Articulation Work

How to start to learn doodle tongueing October 25, 2020! (11:14)
Clarke #3! Clean up that Multiple Tongue. October 12th, 2020 (6:34)
Back to Basics August 26th, 2019 BACH! (16:30)
Back to Basic 9.2.2019 ARBANS (7:22)
Doodle / Double / Triple !?! (Tonguing Techniques) (10:22)
9.10.18 Breath Attacks - you need to line up you air and your tongue! (13:28)
9.18.18 - More Articulation Work.... (18:36)

Challenges!

Blues Challenge #1 - 12 keys! September 14th, 2020 (14:48)
Blues Challenge #2 September 28th, 2020! (7:13)

Ear Training 2020

August 3rd, 2020 Intervals Ear training! (10:57)
August 10th, 2020 Triads Ear Training (8:31)
2020 7th Chords Ear Training August 24th, 2020 (12:57)
Hearing 9ths on Dominant Chords ear training 2020 September 7th, 2020 (10:00)
Hear those 13ths! Ear Training September 21st, 2020 (8:20)
Hearing Chord Changes Part 1 October 5th, 2020 (17:14)

Developing Jazz Language!

How to USE and Practice 2 - 5 - 1 Vocabulary June 22, 2020 (10:05)
Dominant Chord Resolutions June 8th, 2020 (20:00)
25 Phrases from the 5th (in 5 levels)! June 15th, 2020 (21:09)
25 Phrases from the 7th (in 5 levels)! June 29th, 2020 (14:51)
2 -5 - 1 Language from the 9th July 20th, 2020 (10:45)
LANGUAGE! from the 11th! July 27, 2020 (9:20)
Language from the 13th! August 17th, 2020 (13:20)
Taking ONE 2 -5 Piece Language through FIVE Levels July 13th, 2020 (12:32)
9.9.2019 Bebop Flow (from YouTube) FULL EXPLANATION (9:47)

Some Recent Lessons...

Melodic Minor Mode Workout July 6th, 2020! (18:29)
Major Mode Workout May 4, 2020 (16:27)
Everything I know about working on the Upper Register! May 11th, 2020 (20:08)
The way to be a better Jazz Musician? LISTEN with INTENTION. Nov 11, 2019 (14:50)

Stablemates

Stablemates Part 1 3/30/20 (15:17)
Stablemates Quarter Note Etude 4/6/2020 (8:57)
Stablemates Voice Leading Etude 4/13/2020 (9:27)
Stablemates Eighth Note Etude 4/20/2020 (10:38)
Stablemates Steve Davis Solo 4/27/2020 (13:33)

Open Position Arpeggios (March 2020)

Open Position Arpeggios in Fourths 3/16/2020 (11:54)
Open Position 7th Chord Arpeggios - 3/23/20 (12:22)

Various Topics...

what do you do when you forget your practice mute? buzzing session thoughts! (7:28)
3.11.19 - I'm redoing my warmup routine... Lip Bends! (8:47)
11.12.18 - Let's talk practice routines (a check in) (15:13)
11.5.18 Slide Techniques! (12:44)
June 25th, 2018 - lets talk more about practicing... and goals! (16:05)

Bebop Mini Course 1

bebop course dominant bebop scales (12.23.2019) (12:09)
major bebop scales bebop course part 2! 12/30/2019 (8:15)
bebop chromaticism part 1 1/6/2020 (9:11)
bebop chromaticism part 2 1/13/2020 (8:39)
bebop chromaticism part 3 1/20/2020 (8:40)
bebop chromaticism 4 - January 27, 2020! (7:22)
Bebop Isms for October 2018! 10.29.18 (7:58)

Composition Mini Course!

Composition Course Lesson 1! (7/29/2019) (9:12)
Composition Course Lesson #2 8.5.2019 (10:13)
Composition part 3! 8/12/2019 (14:02)
Composition Part 4! 8/19/2019 (12:02)
Composition! What Makes a GOOD MELODY?!? (9.16.2019) (12:13)
9.23.2019 - Composition Mini Course - the White Note Exercise (11:54)
10.7 Note Against Note - Finding the Harmony (18:32)
10.14 Take the A Train Contrafact! (17:13)
composition vs arranging vs orchestration and making a plan! (11.18.2019) (10:35)

"The Diminished" Mini Course

Part 10 - Diminished Applications, 9.3.18 (14:06)
Part 9 - August 27 (10:56)
Part 8 - August 20 - Exploring Other diminished sounds (dim major 7 and double diminished!) (12:42)
Part 7 - Applying the Diminished Scale (w/h and h/w!) (16:17)
Part 6 - More Diminished Applications! August 6th, 2018 (14:11)
Part 5 - Passing Diminished applications (part 1) - July 30th, 2018 (12:28)
Part 4 - The Passing Diminished - July 23rd, 2018 (10:53)
Part 3 Resolving the Diminished - July 16th, 2018 (6:41)
Diminished Part 2, July 9th 2018 (9:40)
the Diminished, part 1 (July 2, 2018) (14:15)

Ear Training 2019

13ths on Dominant chords 6.3.2019 (9:44)
5ths on Dominant Chords 5.28.2019 (7:12)
9ths on dominant chords (ear training test) 5.21.2019 (11:59)

Tune Library

Afternoon in Paris Part 1 (june 17, 2019) (10:59)
Afternoon in Paris Part 3 (July 1 2019) (7:07)
Afternoon in Paris Part 4 July 8th 2019 (11:37)
Afternoon in Paris Part 5 (July 15 2019) (12:48)
Airegin Part 1 2/3/2020 (17:26)
Airegin Part 2 2/10/2020 (10:51)
Airegin Part 3 2/17/2020 (11:41)
Alone Together - Part 1 2/18/2019 (14:11)
Alone Together - learning to master the changes Part 2 2/25/2019 (11:02)
3.4 Alone Together - Use the melody as your guide! Part 3 (6:58)
Alone Together Voice Leading Etude 4.1.19 (10:03)
Alone Together Etude! (7:36)
11.19.2018 Autumn Leaves Part 1 (14:29)
11.26.18 Autumn Leaves Part 2 - Harmony and Bass Lines! (15:58)
12.3.18 Autumn Leaves Part 3 Let's talk about the harmony! (6:29)
12.10 Autumn Leaves Etude 1 (8:57)
12.17 Autumn Leaves Etude 2 (6:17)
12.24 Autumn Leaves Duet! (11:54)
Epistrophy Part 1 May 18, 2020 (13:32)
Epistrophy Part 2 May 25th, 2020 (9:41)
Epistrophy 3 June 1, 2020 (10:57)
Have You Met Miss Jones (Melody!) 4.8.19 (7:54)
Have You Met Miss Jones Part 2 (19:56)
Have You Met Miss Jones Chord Changes! 4.22.2019 (11:02)
Have You Met Miss Jones Etude (7:23)
Have You Met Miss Jones Soloing Practice Strategies 5.6.2019 (10:03)
Have You Met Miss Jones? Voice Leading Etude 5.13.2019 (10:18)
It Could Happen to You Part 1 9/24/2018 (17:14)
It Could Happen to You part 2 10/1/2018 (11:39)
10.8.18 It Could Happen to You Part 3 (13:42)
10.15.18 It Could Happen to you Part 4 (15:21)
10.22.18 - It Could Happen to You - Etude! Part 5 (11:28)
Lazy Bird Part 1 12.2.2019 (13:50)
Lazy Bird Part 2 12.9.2019 (14:51)
Lazy Bird Part 3 12.16.29 (9:49)
Moment's Notice Part 1 10/21/2019 (16:27)
Moment's Notice Part 2 10/28/2019 (11:00)
Moment's Notice Part 3 11/4/2019 (13:35)
1.7.19 What is this thing called love part 1 (15:26)
1.14.19 What is This Thing called Love part 2 (15:02)
1.21 - what is this thing called love part 3 (9:06)
1.28.19 What is this thing called love part 4 (11:35)
2.4.19 What is this Called Love part 5 (8:24)
2.11.19 What is this thing called love Part 6 (8:16)
Whisper Not Part 1 2/24/2020
Whisper Not part 2 3/2/2020 (13:42)
Whisper Not Part 3 3/9/2020 (13:29)

Transcriptions!

Transcription Tips August 30th, 2020 (17:56)
9.30.2019 Steve Davis - It Could Happen to You (17:55)
Jim Dog - Bennie Green Db Blues May 28th, 2018 (17:21)
Bennie Green part 2! June 4th, 2018 (19:26)
Application of Bennie Green Solo for Db Blues! June 11 2018 (12:09)
JJ Johnson 1 Chorus KILLER Blues solo! June 18 2018 (16:34)

Blues Mini-Course February, March, and April 2018

Blues Mini-Course Overview (2:50)
Week 1 Second Line (Feb 5th, 2018) (33:11)
Week 2 - Sonny Moon for 2 (Feb 12th, 2018) (14:49)
Week 3 - Tenor Madness (Feb 19th, 2018) (20:08)
Week 4 - Blue Train (Feb 26th, 2018) (14:22)
Week 5 - Now's the Time (March 5 2018) (17:31)
Week 6 - Straight No Chaser (March 12 2018) (22:49)
Week 7 - Blues for Alice Part 1 (March 19 2018) (13:30)
Week 8 - Blues for Alice Part 2 (March 26 2018) (18:21)
Week 9 - Improvising Approaches over the Blues (April 2 2018) (14:53)
Week 10 - Five Spot After Dark (april 9 2018) (17:16)
Week 11 - Freight Trane Part 1 (april 16, 2018) (19:02)
Week 12 Freight Trane Part 2 (april 23, 2018) (11:29)
Week 13 Bessie's Blues (april 30, 2018) (16:37)
Week 14 Footprints - Modal Blues (May 7 2018) (24:49)
Week 15 - Creating original Blues Changes Part 1 (May 14 2018) (16:30)
Week 16 - Creating original Blues Changes Part 2 (May 21 2018) (15:38)

Weekly Lessons Nov '17 thru Jan '18

January 29th, 2018 Lesson (23:27)
January 22nd, 2018 Lesson (21:30)
January 15th, 2018 Lesson (30:09)
January 8th Lesson (29:45)
December 25th, 2017 (23:27)
December 18th, 2017 (24:35)
December 11th, 2017 (36:58)
December 4th, 2017 (21:38)
Nov 27th, 2017 (35:55)
Nov 20th, 2017 (70:35)
Nov 13, 2017 (28:32)
November 7th, 2017 (48:41)

Major Scale Workouts 1.0 (from 2017)

Overview and F Major (12:42)
Bb Major Sale Workout (6:16)
Eb Major scale Workout (4:51)
Ab Major Scale Workout (5:49)
Db Major Scale Workout (5:53)
Gb major scale work 12 11 lesson (5:51)
B major scale workout 12 18 lesson (4:59)
12 25 lesson E major scale workout (4:21)
A Major Scale Workout (3:50)
D major scale workout (5:35)
G Major Scale Workout (4:36)
C Major Scale Workout (6:15)

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