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Good King Wenceslas Build-a-Break

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I give you three solos for this classic Christmas tune in G, using the build-a-break structure. We begin with the basic melody, then add eighth notes and scales, and finally some slick licks to make it really shine!

Improvisation Key of G Scales Theory

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  1. Bill Threadgill ·

    Just want to say the multiple camera angles make all the difference. I could actually see what the right hand was doing.

  2. SlowHandSteve ·

    Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.

  3. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    You're not behind. Two weeks on a lesson like this is normal and healthy.

  4. Ray Dunphy ·

    I had that exact problem. Turned out my thumb was anchoring in the wrong spot.

  5. Junior Pace ·

    Not just you. I still count this one out loud and I've been at it four years.

  6. Wes Pittman ·

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

  7. Owen Brady ·

    Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.

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