This improvisation etude is based on skills from the gypsy jazz tradition applied to Jiffy Jam by Jerry Reed. Timecodes detail the lesson below. My email is bobby@thehallsofmusic.com or bobhallguitar@gmail.com
Jiffy Jam URLs
Jiffy Jam the main melody
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The improvising study/etude (the solo in the middle)
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The lesson on the AABA form pdf
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Timecodes
0:00 Entire Etude Performed
1:25 Hello Everyone Intro
1:42 NEW PHRASES Intro pickup, measure 1 and 2
Explaining each motive and showing what techniques to use
3:11 Intro to playing motives with metronome
3:18 Motive 1 First, short phrase measure 1 at 80 bpm
3:41 Motive 2 First, short Phrase measure 1 at 80 bpm
4:07 Motive 3 First, short phrase into measure 2 at 80 bpm
4:40 Putting all three motives together at 80 bpm
Good strategy and attention to detail are important
5:51 NEW PHRASES Second phrase measures 3 and 4
Explaining each motive, its harmonic formula and techniques needed
Going over the dynamics and articulations in detail
7:55 Intro to playing with the metronome for each mini phrase
8:01 First mini phrase measures 2 and 3 at 80 bpm
8:28 Second mini phrase measures 3 and 4 at 80 bpm
9:15 Playing measures 3 and 4 together
9:53 NEW PHRASES Introduction measures 5 and 6
Explaining each motive, its harmonic formula and techniques needed
Going over the dynamics and articulations in detail
10:42 Intro to metronome for m5 and m6
10:48 Measure 5 at 80 bpm
11:19 Measure 6 at 80 bpm
12:26 Putting measures 5 and 6 together at 80 bpm
12:57 The harmonic formula for measures 5 and 6
14:17 NEW PHRASES Intro to m6 to m7 and m8
Explaining each motive, its harmonic formula and techniques needed
17:31 Intro to playing m7 and m8 at 80 bpm
17:37 m6 to m7 at 80 bpm
18:04 m7 at 80 bpm
18:34 m7 to m8 at 80 bpm
19:04 m6 to m7 to m8 at 80 bpm
19:37 NEW PHRASES m8 to m9 and m10 Intro
Explaining each motive, its harmonic formula, articulations and technique
20:44 m8 to m9 at 80 bpm
21:11 m9 at 80 bpm
21:32 m9 to m10 at 80 bpm
22:01 Putting together m8, m9, and m10 at 80 bpm
22:37 NEW PHRASES m10 to m11 and m12
Explaining harmonic formula, techniques and articulations
24:38 m10 to m11 at 80 bpm
25:07 m12 at 80 bpm
25:28 Putting m10, m11 and m12 together at 80 bpm
25:56 NEW PHRASES Intro to m13 and 14 honoring Brent Mason
Explaining harmonic formula and techniques
29:50 Intro to using metronome
30:00 m12 to m13 at 80 bpm
30:26 m13 at 80 bpm
30:57 m13 to m14 at 80 bpm
31:25 m12 to m13 and m14 together at 80 bpm
31:59 NEW PHRASE m14 to m15 and m16 Intro
Explaining harmonic formula and techniques
33:21 NEW PHRASE m16 into m17 and m18 Intro
Explaining harmonic formula and techniques
36:07 m16 into m17 at 80 bpm
36:55 m17 to m18 at 80 bpm
37:26 m16 to m17 and m18 at 80 bpm
38:12 NEW PHRASE m18 to m19 and 20 Intro
Explaining harmonic formula and techniques
39:46 m18 to m19 at 80 bpm
40:42 m19 into m20 at 80 bpm
41:14 m18 to m19 and 20 together at 80 bpm
42:02 NEW PHRASE m20 into m21 and m22 Intro
Explaining harmonic formula and techniques
43:47 m20 into m21 and 22 at 80 bpm
44:21 NEW PHRASE m22 into m23 and m24 Intro
Explaining harmonic formula and techniques
46:31 m22 into m23 at 80 bpm
47:03 m23 into m24 at 80 bpm
47:39 NEW PHRASE m24 into m25 and m26
Explaining harmonic formula and techniques
48:23 m24 into m25 at 80 bpm
48:56 m26 at 80 bpm
49:16 NEW PHRASE m27 and 28 Intro
Explaining harmonic formula and techniques
51:19 m27 at 80 bpm
51:54 m27 into m28 at 80 bpm
52:31 NEW PHRASE m28 into m29 and m30 Intro
54:23 m28 into m29 at 80 bpm
55:05 m29 into m30 at 80 bpm
55:41 NEW PHRASE m30 into m31 and 32 intro
Explaining harmonic formula and techniques
56:38 m31 into m32 at 80 bpm
57:31 m32 at 80 bpm
57:49 Explaining in depth how I write an improvisation etude study like this one
The first element of the process is listening to great improvisors and learn their solos
I make backing tracks for myself of each tune and apply what I learn to them
I record myself improvising and refine my ideas by writing them down and learning them
I learn the etude at slow tempos and work them up in tempo as fast as I can get them
1:02:05 Jiffy Jam Backing Track