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Dark Eyes (Les Jeux Noirs)
Introduction and Resources
Dark Eyes: Welcome, Overview of the Course, and Full Playthrough of "Dark Eyes" (4:19)
Recordings & Examples
Sheet Music Bundle: Includes Melody, Chords, Exercises, and Improv studies
Dark Eyes Audio Bundle: Backing Tracks, Metronome Beats, Melody Examples, etc.
Dark Eyes: Melody
Basic Melody for Dark Eyes (5:25)
Melody Shed Session: Great for Beginners or if You're Struggling (11:46)
Dark Eyes Melody on Piano (2:07)
Gild the Melody: The Map Is Not the Territory (13:04)
Scale Study: E Harmonic Minor Scale (3:46)
Why harmonic minor? (3:14)
Play Along with the Backing Track (Fast: 240 BPM) (6:56)
Play Along with the Dark Eyes Backing Track (Slow 100 BPM) (5:08)
E harmonic minor scale fragments #1 & Application (6:45)
E Harmonic Minor Scale Fragment #2: Pentascale (3:22)
E harmonic minor scale fragment #3: Exercises and Application (4:35)
Full Scale Exercises (6:17)
Play exercises with the backing track (3:59)
The Modes of E Harmonic Minor (5:13)
Dark Eyes: The Chords
How to Read Dark Eyes Chord Symbols (9:52)
Dark Eyes Chords on Piano (3:27)
Dark Eyes Chords on Guitar (13:09)
The Dark Eyes Chords on Trumpet (9:30)
Playing Through the Chord Exercises using B7 (all other chord exercises included, too) (11:30)
Chord Isolation Backing Tracks
B7 - Emin (V7 - i): Explanation and Exercise Demonstration (11:40)
E- to B7 (i - V7): Explanation and Exercise Demonstration (4:48)
B7 to CMaj7 (V7 to VI): Explanation and Exercise Demonstration (9:26)
CMaj7 to A-7(VI to iv): Explanation and Exercise Demonstrationtion (7:48)
Amin7 - Emin (iv7-i): Explanation and Exercise Demonstration (7:38)
The D# Diminished chord/scale. What, Why, & How (9:58)
Improvising On Dark Eyes (Les Jeux Noirs)
Improvising Basics: Headspace and Setting Paramaters (11:58)
Riff on the Melody (4:48)
Lick Idea #1: Open and Valve 2 (3:12)
Lick Idea #2: Scoops & Flips (3:51)
Lick Idea #3: Use the Flat 5 (2:46)
Lick Idea #4: B7 to E- diminished 7th (4:05)
The Chromatic Scale: Patterns and How to Use Them (5:10)
At the Gig
Intro Ideas and Common Practices (6:15)
Endings (5:35)
Moving Forward and Farewell (3:25)
The Chromatic Scale: Patterns and How to Use Them
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