Sax master Joe Lovano's approach to practicing tunes applied to guitar, and a demonstration on 'Bye Bye Blackbird'.

I came across this way of practicing tunes a few months ago via this amazing master class:

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The title really grabbed my attention, as I'm sure you can imagine if you know anything about my philosophy of music. Joe is a really soulful and deep thinker about the music.

Obviously I highly recommend you check out the full lecture.

I have been applying the way of practicing tunes he describes in the lecture nearly every day for a few months, and the results have been amazing. In fact, I noticed significant changes after only a few days.

There are a lot of ways to practicing standard jazz tunes on guitar, and this is just one of them. But it's surely a great one.

As always, thanks for tuning in to Music Magus.

All the best with your music,

Aleister James Campbell