Tonal or modal? Part 1

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Is it right to think about the ways if we find ourselves improvising on a standard with a tonal harmonic structure, be it Autumn Leaves or All the things you are? In this first video of the series "tonal or modal?" we will start talking about this.

In the introduction, an improvisation on a modal blues by Coltrane, which will be compared with that on a classic blues jazz in the next video.

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