Dixon Nacey Lesson 4 KRs Minor Blues 1 Jazz Lesson

[@Dr9000]

This is great - it's not so much the lesson, but your ability to sing the notes - it's a great skill, and one that I'm now working on thanks to your video here. There is no doubt that an ability to sing the notes will greatly aid improvisation.

[@nikki435]

Dixon you are a Master at this Jazz/blues field, knowledge is amazing. Your Videos are not for beginners but for advance kats!!!! That already scales position and modes, your scatting is amazing to a little off tone which is great for the ear. WOW. Can you break down the high to low licks

[@dragondix]

@bluesguy33 try this interval exercise: play 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths up and down, every scale you know (like all modes of the melodic / harmonic minor and major scales etc) using 8th note rhythms, triplet 8ths too. Then invent formulae that moves through each scale - like 1246 then 2357 then 3468 etc - some will really jump out at you as being melodic, useful or of interest etc. Hope that helps!

[@dragondix]

@djbot that guitar is an old (10 or so years) Ibanez Artstar - the cheaper version of the Ibanez artist. It is a good guitar but i now have an ES335 that i have been given to use for gigs / recordings. It is something special!

[@dragondix]

@flaminpanda3 hi there, its Dorian scale in Eb (so Db maj scale) but it's more the combinations of notes, playing uncommon intervallic structures, some bebop lines and studies but mainly experimentation along the lines of patterns, motivic development. Hope that helps!

[@Samuelsonfranz]

This is AWESOME! Thanks! : )

[@dragondix]

@bigalthefly Thanks man, great music from you too! Good luck, all the best from New Zealand!

[@aidybop]

The scatting sounds great...shows that the music is coming from your mind and not just your fingers.Incidentally you don't sing half bad at all!

[@NickGranville]

Nice Dixon!

[@dragondix]

cool, good point, trying to squeeze too much in, Thanks for the feed back.

[@dragondix]

@Dr9000 i believe is you can sing BEFORE you play the notes, this is best. I am always trying to be more familiar with what's in my head, in my ear first, this is difficult so singing helps me - many great improvisers don't sing though, it is just one thing that has always aided me; good luck!

[@dragondix]

@johnnypeace37 9 months ago D'addario stainless steel XLS 590's as opposed to flat wound, ribbon wound or half round etc. Gauge is .012 .016. 024 .032. .042 .052. Action is SUPER low.

[@dragondix]

lol all good - the scatting is for me more than the listener and i'm no great singer too ha! But don't let it stop you from enjoying these free video's which i spend my very rare spare time putting together for you guys...!

[@dragondix]

@cnoteniggaco kurt's singing (lapel mic)

[@closetome]

Could you do a lesson on Bossa/samba brazilian comping like the stuff bonfa does with getz? You can make the lesson out to a mr. tad saucy...t'ra dix

[@dragondix]

Hey guys, its all good - everyone is entitled to their opinion and their way of expressing it, which is why i don't pull anything down from the comments section (unless its genuine spam). If scatting makes you cringe and you feel a need to say it; cool! I don't think the comment is malicious in this case...

[@dragondix]

@blondiebabae hi there, go online and find a chart, there's lots on poparad dot com; good luck!

[@1Ma9iN8tive]

In the imagninery world of - us beginners - it would be wicked for a magic chord picture of where to put your fingers to pop up at each chord you call out...but hey I'm only dreaming...guess someone advanced will just tell me to use my ears and then play the chords - thing is if I could do that...then this lesson would be a video of me showing people how to play this ha ha ha - oh well back to the theory books...

[@dragondix]

@CharlieKendallMusic hi there, sorry for the late reply. I think transcribing is important. See if you can work out the bass notes, then from this the chords in the melody / solo sections. Then work out his solo lines and notes, which in most cases will be familiar and generally related to the harmony of the chords and bass notes, unless Kurt is substituting (which he often does!). There is a lot of his stuff online also, for free download. Check out Jeremy poparad, his website is amazing.

[@1Ma9iN8tive]

bwa ha ha ha I was lost at "Aw'right...so what I'm gonna um...

[@jazzvin1]

have a little respect this guy is a great player and he is doing it for free, for you to say that his singing makes you cringe is rude and childish, and your reponce to what i said futher proves it, please at least rebuttle with some form of substance so you dont come off as an infant

[@AlbertoParmegiani]

really cool playing dragon, you really make music, check out mine if have a minute ok? greetings from rome and keep posting

[@jazzvin1]

it makes me cringe , how people can be so rude, please put up a video of you trying to sing just one jazz line.

[@DEDZU786]

Certainly a great player but a poor teacher : speaks too fast and does not split his explanations. Too bad.

[@dragondix]

demand your money back!