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MP3s for Boxes Beyond the Blues

 

You can download all of the MP3s as a package, here: All_MP3s.zip.

Alternatively, you can download the individual tracks from the table below.  The odd numbered tracks (1,3,5, etc.) contain examples solos, whereas the odd tracks (2,4,6, etc.) contain the background only so you can practice your own solos using the techniques described in the book. Complete transcriptions of the solos (odd tracks) are here: PDFs. You can also download the backgrounds (even tracks) as MIDI files here: MIDIs. These are handy if you want to slow the accompaniment down as you learn.

Track_1.mp3 This is as basic as you can get: Just a major scale (Ionian) improvisation over a steady C-Major chord.
Track_2.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_3.mp3 Demonstrates the Aeolian mode (Natural Minor) by playing the same C-Major scale over a Am6 chord.
Track_4.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_5.mp3 Here we use a C-Major scale over a major progression containing only scale-tone chords.
Track_6.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_7.mp3 Here again we use the same scale again, but this time over an Am progression.
Track_8.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_9.mp3 Using the A-minor pentatonic over a 12-bar blues progression in A.
Track_10.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_11.mp3 Using the A-Major pentatonic over a 12-bar blues progression in A.
Track_12.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_13.mp3 Demonstrates the D-Dorian mode over a Dm7 chord.
Track_14.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_15.mp3 Demonstrates the E-Phrygian over an Em7 chord
Track_16.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_17.mp3 Another example of using the 'C-Major' scale over an all minor-chord progression.
Track_18.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_19.mp3 Demonstrates the F-Lydian mode over an FMaj9(#11) chord.
Track_20.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_21.mp3 Demonstrates the G-Mixolydian mode over a G7 chord.
Track_22.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_23.mp3 Demonstrates the B-Locrian mode over a Bm7(b5) chord.  (This is really interesting -- it's the first time I've ever managed to make the Locrian sound remotely like music).
Track_24.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_25.mp3 Six bars each of the A Blues Scale, the A Aeolian, the A Dorian, the A Phrygian, the A Dorian b2, and the A Dorian #4 over an Am7 chord.
Track_26.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_27.mp3 Six bars each of the A Major Pentatonic, A Ionian, A Lydian, A Kumoi mode 3, A Lydian #2, and A Hirojoshi, mode 6 scales, over an AMaj7 chord.
Track_28.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_29.mp3 Six bars each of the A Mixolydian, A Pelog mode 3, A Lydian Dominant, A Ahava Raba, A Hungarian minor, and A Lydian minor scales over an A7 chord.
Track_30.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_31.mp3 Six bars each of the A Blues Modified, A Hungarian Gypsy, A Kumoi (Dorian pentatonic), A Ritusen, and A Phrygian Major over a 12-bar blues progression in A.
Track_32.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_33.mp3 Playing over changes in a 12-bar blues.  We play the A Mixolydian over the A7, the D Mixolydian over the D7, and the E Mixolydian over the E7 chords.
Track_34.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_35.mp3 Another example of playing over changes.  Here we play a C Ionian over a CMaj7, a G Mixolydian (same scale) over a G7, and then switch to an F Ionian over an FMaj7.
Track_36.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_37.mp3 Example using the A Harmonic Minor scale over a progression of scale-tone chords.
Track_38.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_39.mp3 Example using the A Neapolitan Major Scale over a progression of scale-tone chords.
Track_40.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_41.mp3 Example using the A Ahava Raba Scale over a progression of scale-tone chords.
Track_42.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_43.mp3 Example using the A Dorian b5 Scale over a progression of scale-tone chords
Track_44.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_45.mp3 Example using the A Byzantine Scale over a progression of scale-tone chords
Track_46.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).
Track_47.mp3 Example using the A Enigmatic Minor Scale over a progression of scale-tone chords
Track_48.mp3 Same as above, but accompaniment only (no solo).