Every body wants to have good time and work on playing swinging rhythms. But if you only do this with a backing track, you might be in trouble!
0:09 Intro
0:39 What is wrong with backing tracks
0:55 Rhythm and practice – what’s the goal
1:07 A definition of good timing
1:15 Sub-division, the grid that we hear and relate to
1:45 Backing tracks and harmony
2:09 How to practice subdivision
2:53 The Backing track alternative
3:20 Genereal points of practicing with a metronome
3:56 Metronome on 2&4 5:01 Blues Chorus with metronome on 2&4
6:06 All the things you should try with 2&4
6:34 Specific timing exercises
6:48 Dotted Quarter note practice
7:14 Straight No Chaser with dotted quarter metronome
7:54 feeling the beat in this exercise
8:04 how this is a more realistic situation to practice
9:25 Why Bebop Themes are great for timing exercises
9:43 The 2nd triplet exercise 1
10:25 How to feel the beat in this exercise
11:21 The Bebop example with this metronome exercise
12:09 Do you have a great metronome exercise?
12:36 What is good about backing tracks
12:57 HIstorical importance of backing tracks
13:59 Different types of swing or groove