Blues Drills Sample
Chord-Tone and Scale Exercises
3 hrs ago • 
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Minor Blues Improvisation Topics
livestream Replay from October 14, 2025
5 hrs ago • 
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1:12:33
Update October 10 2025
Recording and Platforms
Oct 10 • 
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12:36
Podcast - So What
Modal Improvisation
Oct 9 • 
Jim Ellis
13:45
Livestream Replay - October 7, 2025
Improvising with Pentatonics on 'So What'
Oct 8 • 
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1:02:25
Chord Scales for 'So What'
Chord Tones and Non-Chord Tones
Oct 6 • 
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Podcast - Modal and Tonal
Improvisation on Modal vs. Tonal Music
Oct 3 • 
Jim Ellis
9:14
Studio Update
October 2 2025
Oct 2 • 
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10:40

September 2025

Livestream replay: Modal and Tonal Music
Approaches to improvisation
Sep 30 • 
Jim Ellis
1:01:35
Major Pentatonic and Major Blues Shapes
For playing on Bb Blues
Sep 25 • 
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Blues Language
Create new lines and additional ideas on the standard blues progression
Sep 24 • 
Jim Ellis
12:56
Dominant 7th b9
Diminished 7th & Dominant 7th Connection
Sep 12 • 
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