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How To Improvise Over A Deceptively Difficult Progression

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In this Jazz Guitar Today lesson, Davy Mooney explains his approach to applying pentatonic scales.

Mooney explains his approach to applying pentatonic scales to the more modern, modal harmony of Pat Metheny’s “Sirabhorn,” from his classic album Bright Size Life. The video culminates in Mooney improvising over the deceptively difficult progression.

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