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Improvising using seventh-tenths

Improvising using seventh-tenths using the top two fingers to indicate the pulse.

In this video, I’ll show improvising over the left hand in root position playing seventh-tenths, this time using the top two fingers to indicate the pulse, in preparation for the exercises.

You can download the seventh-tenths referenced in the video in PDF format at the bottom of this step.

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