Play Better Solos with Fewer Notes

Have you heard of musical punctuation?

I talk about it a lot with my students and in my courses because it's one of those almost magical techniques that can dramatically improve your playing in a very short amount of time.

Plus, it’s super duper easy to apply.

Here's the skinny:

Punctuation distinguishes one phrase from another. Without all of those commas, periods, and question marks, our writing would devolve into one long jumbled string of incoherent words.

Music is no different.

And while we're on the subject, “filler words” tagged onto the ends of sentences—meaningless mumbles like “you know,” “uhh,” and “right?”—don’t help clarify your message either.

So, what’s the solution to all of the above?

Leave space.

Or as Miles Davis once said to John Coltrane:

“Try taking the f*cking horn out of your mouth.”

Unfortunately, this solution creates a whole other problem...

A problem most musicians don’t even know they have.

You see, there’s a right way and a wrong way to leave space in your solos. And if you don’t know how to properly “play” rests, you’re gonna end up, well, sounding bad.

That’s why I made sure to address this very important issue in my course, Phrasing Secrets, which, in my completely unbiased opinion, should be required study for every musician, no matter what instrument you play. In it, you’ll learn how to sound like a pro even when playing the simplest of phrases.

In other words, if you know how to phrase well, you don’t need to shred at lightning speed in order to sound good.

Learn more here:

https://go.jeffschneidermusic.com/phrasing-secrets-course

- Jeff