Neil’s Responses (YouTube Videos)

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Here to Stay A Chords

Jazz Clue 2 questions. 😊 What to play in ā€œHere to Stayā€, measure 4, LH? Playing A7 on every beat sounds too ā€˜vanilla’. Also, any voicing suggestions for the final measure? Ok, here’s my response: Neil’s Video Answer It is basically the Fly Me To…

High Five C Chord

If using Jazz Clue 2 in “High Five”, what do you have students do in meas. 15 with the “C” chord? An open 5th sounds odd to me. Here ya go Ruth! Neil’s Video Answer As a general rule with JC2, one can pretend Major…

Alma Mater Blues Rhythm

(Over time, different teachers have faced situations in which a student finds it challenging to process the Alma Mater Blues rhythm. Here are Neil’s thoughts on how to handle such situations, video posted September 28, 2022. Below his video tip are two representative posts/questions within…

Absence of Tempo and Expressing Markings

The below question was asked in response to a video Neil posted to help answer a question about what key Dark Blue is in, covered in a separate Simpedia post: https://simpedia.info/what-key-is-dark-blue-in/ Neil Moore hearing Joe’s playing also made me realize you don’t put tempo markings…