Up-Tempo Studies
by Steve Fidyk
On 28th Mar 2018
In this second installment on up-tempo jazz endurance exercises, we’ll focus on comping with dotted half notes and dotted quarter notes. I’ve had great results with these exercises while teaching at Temple University, and I hope you experience similar outcomes. To gain the confidence and language necessary to play faster tempos, it helps to have specific goals and work toward them gradually, patiently, and systematically.
May 2018 Issue