Song List:
Lesson 1: Question and Answer Phrases
01 Tuning note A 440
02 Play-along: The G major scale
03 Play-along: Scale step numbers
04 Q & A: Answer starting on the same notes
05 Q & A: Play answer phrases only
06 Q & A: Play question phrases only
07 Play-along: Play both question and answer phrase
08 Play-along: Play an entire solo ending with an answer phrase
09 Play-along: Empty back up track using Turnaround
Town solo progression
Lesson 2: Improvising with Rhythm and Pitch
10 Q & A: Answer in the same register
11 Play-along: Play an entire solo in various registers
12 Q & A: Answer with similar note values
13 Play-along: Play an entire solo with various note values
14 Play-along: Play an entire solo using all story telling devices
Followed by example solo by Martin Norgaard
Turnaround Town:
15 Performance: Martin Norgaard (vln) and Paul Nelson (vcl)
play all parts and solos
16 Play-along: Empty back up track
Lesson 3: Inner Melodies
17 Play-along: Inner melody in whole notes
18 Play-along: Inner melody with rhythms
19 Play-along: Inner melody with improvised rhythms
20 Q & A: Inner Melody with embellishments
21 Performance: Example solo by Martin Norgaard
22 Play-along: Empty back up track using Northern Light solo progression
Advanced: How did we find the inner melody?
Written exercise: Find new inner melody
Northern Light:
23 Performance: Martin Morgaard and Paul Nelson play all parts and solo
24 Play-along: Empty back up track
Lesson 4: Changing Scales Using Inner Melodies
25 Play-along: Inner melody in whole notes
26 Play-along: Inner melody with rhythms
27 Play-along: The D Mixolydian scale
28 Play-along: Inner Melody on one-measure phrases
29 Play-along: Improvise one-measure figure and apple inner melody
30 Play-along: Copy and improvise two-measure lick
and apply inner melody
31 Play-along: Four-measure blues phrases
32 Performance: Example solo by Martin Norgaard
33 Play-along: Empty back up track using Lazy Note
Blues solo progression
Advanced: How did we find the inner melodies on the blues
Lazy Note Blues:
34 Play-along: Martin Norgaard and Paul Nelson play all parts and solo
35 Play-along: Empty back up track
Lesson 5: Aeolian Minor
36 Q & A: Latin rhythms
37 Play-along: The A Aeolian minor scale
38 Play-along: The A Aeolian minor scale with rhythms
39 Q & A: Repeat or answer phrases
40 Q & A: Play answer phrases only
41 Q & A: Play question phrases only
42 Play-along: Play both question and answer phrases
43 Performance: Example solo by Martin Norgaard
44 Play-along: Empty back up track using La Luna
Solo progression
La Luna:
45 Play-along: Martin Norgaard and Paul Nelson play all parts and solo
46 Play-along: Empty back up track