"Summertime", 4th Voicings, Modal Concept of Jazz, 

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You've got it! I'm on a summer break from teaching classical at the college level and am just digging in and working on my jazz chops trying to understand it better. That's a deep desire of mine - to learn more about jazz and get better at it. I'm going through your tutorials one at a time and trying to incorporate them into my playing. It's great that there are so many on different topics. Thanks again!

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+Sherman Jackson Thanks for the interesting question. If I'm preparing for a concert or an important gig, I do the Dohnanyl exercises which I have a tutorial on) as well as scales and arpeggios (in specific sets and tempos sometimes w/ metronome). Also, to brush up on jazz technique (chops), I play a variety of bebop tunes and solos w/ emphasis on one of my favorites: "Donna Lee" (which I have a tutorial on.) Also a good idea is to go through a fake- book sight- reading as many tunes as you have time for (using metronome part of the time). There's more, but we'll leave it at that. Does this give you some good ideas? Thanks for the comment!

+Chieh-Ching Yen Thanks! I have covered some of that subject in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mtKtSnoTgDgA.htmllso there is a score analysis showing the scales used:www.kenthewitt.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/summertime2pentatonicscales3.pdf

Thanks! But some pentatonic runs in this video are newer and cooler. It takes time to transcribe, hahaXDD

+Chieh-Ching Yen Can you tell me what the meter says on the video so I can find which pentatonic runs you're asking about? Thanks!

+Spero Jildeh More than one pentatonic scale will work. Remember that 4th voicings can apply to a dominant sus chord, a minor 7th, or a major 69. So whatever position of the 4th voicing take it back to the major mode that it applies to and then start so the new scale forms one of the qualities mentioned above. This question requires a demonstration I'm afraid. Thanks.

+Spero Jildeh I have that song on my TO-Do list.

+Tom Parker Practice, practice, practice! I think that finger strength and dexterity are linked to speed. Check out my video on Donhanyi exercises, but also buy the book. Also get the Hanon book of exercises. Start slow and build up, gradually playing them faster. Another good book is Czerny... school of velocity. It is important to play scales and arpeggios regularly in your practice routine and play them slowly and smoothly and build up speed gradually. Here's a good article on the subject. Follow his directions explicitly. www.reddit.com/r/piano/comments/47548f/how_to_build_finger_speed_and_dexterity/?

+Kent Hewitt Right, thanks for the info. Would you mind if I sent you a recording of me playing Dolphin Dance? I have a school soiree next term and I want to make sure I nail it.

+Tom Parker Sure, send it along. I'd love to hear it. Thanks for all your comments, Tom! All the best!

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Thanks! Those are common substitute changes that jazz players use on this song. Instead of just hanging on the IV chord (Gm7) we play a II-V cycle ie: Gm7-C7-Fm7-Bb7 to approach the II chord. The F# chord is a tritone substitute for the C7 chord. The Bb13 is another tritone substitute for the II chord. This creates more chromatic motion. Check out my video on Tritone substitutes. Okay?

+Kent Hewitt Thank you for explaining !!

Thanks for the comment. I teach a method of playing 10ths in the LH. Watch more of my videos. Send me a pic of Larry if you can.

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+Kent Hewitt Ok,many thanks!!

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+Kent Hewitt amazing! I guess it's just the quality of your work Please answer one more question, Can you monetize videos where you analyze tunes like summertime? Thanks

You can monetize most videos. Sometimes if there is a question of copyright rights you'll get a message. They're not telling you that you can't monetize the video, but they may put ads on it that benefit the persons holding the rights. I got one of those messages on my Green Dolphin St. video, and one on a Mike Stern tune...it will say "includes copyrighted material".

+Kent Hewitt thanks Kent By the way "ebony concerto" by Stravinsky may be better for cows since you're at the jazz ranch

Joe, that's a great tip!...I'll use it.