Lessons

In this video Tim May and Dan Miller talk about the use of the chromatic, minor pentatonic, and blues scales while improvising on songs that you have never heard before.

In this video Dan Miller continues with his series on learning how to improvise on songs that you’ve never heard before. In this video he explains the notes that make up the major blues scale and demonstrates how to use this scale when improvising.

In this video Tim May and Dan Miller explain the next part of learning how to improvise by continuing with the concept of chord tone targeting. In this segment they talk about targeting the 3rd and 5th scale degrees that make up the chord tones in a I, IV, V progression in the key of…

In this video Dan Miller continues his series on improvisation. Here Dan and Tim May introduce the concept of chord tone targeting and demonstrate how to practice targeting the root note of the chord as a first step to learning chord tone targeting in improvisation.

In this video Dan Miller builds on last week’s Improvisation Part 1 video. This week he moves from just using notes out of the chord for improvisation and adds the notes of the major pentatonic scale to the mix.

In this video Dan Miller begins a series on learning how to improvise. This first installment provides the initial step in a method that Dan developed with multi-instrumentalist Tim May. Even if you are a beginner, no matter what instrument you play, you can learn, practice, and use this basic first step towards learning how…