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		<title>Pentatonics &#8211; Part 1 &#8211; What Are They ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my perspective on pentatonics and how I&#8217;ve been practicing   them&#8230;
Part 1 &#8211; What Are They?
Part 2 &#8211; On the Fretboard
Part 3 &#8211; Patterns
Part 4 &#8211; Applications on Static Chords
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Penta = Five
Ok ok, so pentatonics contain five notes. You can say that any five notes constitute a pentatonic scale, but let&#8217;s stick to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pentatonics &#8211; Part 2 &#8211; On the Fretboard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my perspective on pentatonics and how I&#8217;ve been practicing   them&#8230;
Part 1 &#8211; What Are They?
Part 2 &#8211; On the Fretboard
Part 3 &#8211; Patterns
Part 4 &#8211; Applications on Static Chords
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Five Positions
There exist five really practical positions for playing pentatonics on the guitar fretboard. The thing is, this scale organizes itself in &#8220;2 notes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pentatonics &#8211; Part 3 &#8211; Patterns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my perspective on pentatonics and how I&#8217;ve been practicing   them&#8230;
Part 1 &#8211; What Are They?
Part 2 &#8211; On the Fretboard
Part 3 &#8211; Patterns
Part 4 &#8211; Applications on Static Chords
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Patterns : Get Pentatonics Moving!
Some useful patterns, very useful to move the fingers when first starting with pentatonics.
Beware : using pentatonics is all about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pentatonics &#8211; Part 4 &#8211; Applications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my perspective on pentatonics and how I&#8217;ve been practicing   them&#8230;
Part 1 &#8211; What Are They?
Part 2 &#8211; On the Fretboard
Part 3 &#8211; Patterns
Part 4 &#8211; Applications on Static Chords
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Applied Pentatonics for Jazz
Ok, here&#8217;s my little &#8220;treatise&#8221; on using pentatonics for jazz improvisation. A few words of caution first :

These approaches are only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practice-blog.jazzguitarlessons.net/2010/08/31/pentatonics-part-4-applications/</link>
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		<title>Short and Sweet Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s almost september and I know I &#8220;should&#8221; be doing a long updated report on the state of my practice and musical life in general &#8230; but I won&#8217;t! Generally, september brings me to re-consider the whole (&#8220;big picture&#8221;) of my life. But now &#8230;

I had the whole &#8220;season of changes&#8221; in the month of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practice-blog.jazzguitarlessons.net/2010/08/25/short-and-sweet-update/</link>
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		<title>Another Workshop with JS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Jeunes Volontaires project (Waï trio) I just had a workshop / lesson with Jean-Sebastien Williams.
It was cool. He listened to &#8220;live&#8221; takes of the Waï trio on July 24th. Then we discussed :

- Playing what you hear + the intentions behind music (Do you &#8220;buy it&#8221; ?) -
Making honest, connected and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practice-blog.jazzguitarlessons.net/2010/08/03/another-workshop-with-js/</link>
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		<title>Milestone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the beginning of August and it&#8217;s most likely going to be my biggest &#8220;season of changes&#8221; for 2010.
Musically, I&#8217;ve played the first &#8220;official&#8221; gigs with the band &#8220;Waï&#8221;. For the first time ever, I&#8217;m playing over 90% of original (and fairly new) material. That&#8217;s a big step forward, I think. That is my personal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practice-blog.jazzguitarlessons.net/2010/08/03/milestone/</link>
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		<title>Night&#8217;s out : Jam Session</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Attended another jazz jam session last night @ Grumpy&#8217;s (on bishop street, Montreal). Great house band, for which I unfortunately missed the first set with Tom Eliasoff (guitar), Eric Thibodeault (drums) and Sage Reynolds (bass).
I had the opportunity to catch up with  old friends and acquaintances. Many handshakes, hugs and smiles. Felt great.
Many, many great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practice-blog.jazzguitarlessons.net/2010/07/22/nights-out-jam-session/</link>
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		<title>Attend a Great Jazz Guitar Trio LIVE : Waï</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Official band website :  WaiJazz.Wordpress.Com
Catch us this weekend :


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		<link>http://practice-blog.jazzguitarlessons.net/2010/07/21/attend-a-great-jazz-guitar-trio-live-wai/</link>
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		<title>JazzFest over, Gigs coming up, Still practicing &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been three weeks since I updated this blog &#8230; I&#8217;m very busy and very happy doing what I do!
As always, I spend most of my precious hours doing this :

Practicing / Composing / Rehearsing
Playing Sessions and Gigs
Working on JazzGuitarLessons.net
Teaching
(at that&#8217;s when I&#8217;m not making delicious iced espresso!)

I&#8217;m getting better and better at this &#8220;self [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practice-blog.jazzguitarlessons.net/2010/07/21/jazzfest-over-gigs-coming-up-still-practicing/</link>
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