Description

This lesson is on some of the different ways you can approach II V progressions. There are quite a lot of songs that are consisting mainly of II V progressions. Songs like Four on Six, Satin Doll, Dearly Beloved and many more. When soloing on these it is important to have a good balance of when to spell out changes and when to focus on longer melodic ideas.

This lesson consists of two solos on the song Satin Doll. Both 2 choruses long. I have transcribed the solos and made lessons where I go over the solos phrase by phrase. The analysis will give you some ideas on how I play over this type of song and help you develop several approaches to improvising over II V progressions.

What I cover and discuss:

• What chord in a II V to play over and when
• Developing melodic ideas, motifs, riffs
• Applying pentatonic scales to a jazz song
• Double time and triplet phrasing
• Using Blues phrases in a minor key
• Motifs and variations of motifs in solos
• When to follow the changes and when not to

The Download includes:

• Performance video with transcription
• 81 min Video Lessons with analysis
• PDF/GuitarPro Transcription of 4 choruses
• Mp3 Backing track
• Mp3 Performance tracks
• Performance Notes

I hope you can use the lessons and solos as etudes and inspiration for your own solos. I also hope that the analysis serves as food for thought on how to both improvise and listen to jazz solos.