A JMI Educational Blog by Ashley Turner Whether we’re talking about a small victory like mastering a two bar phrase or trying to navigate a... Read More
by Dave Sanders, drum lecturer at JMI Many of the syncopations in Jazz music are created from rhythmic phrases that use groupings of three. These... Read More
by Andrew Garton – Jazz Composition lecturer Introduction Charles Mingus’s “The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady” (Mingus, 1963) was recorded and released in 1963... Read More
by Travis Jenkins – lecturer at JMI Last week we looked at the importance of triads and how to effectively use them in constructing melodies... Read More