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Work, with Miles Okazaki

This is a podcast version of Miles Okazaki"s patreon channel. Okazaki is a guitarist and composer based in Brooklyn, NY.Season 1 (Monk, 65 episodes): How this podcast began: individual guitar studies of every composition by Thelonious Monk. These begin as practice videos without much talking and evolve into episodes on specific topics.Season 2 (Fall 2024, 48 episodes): A 12-part series on the subject of Symmetry, an 8-part series on Drum rudiments with the pick, and a 5-part series on the "Allegro

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33:34

Charlie Christian 04: Stompin' Chorus 2

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/06

This series of videos takes a close look at one of the greatest improvisations of all time, Charlie Christian's solo on "Stompin' at the Savoy" from May of 1941, live at Minton's playhouse. It's focused on the guitar, but other instruments may also dig it.

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21:48

Charlie Christian 05: Stompin' chorus 3, 1st half

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/06

This series of videos takes a close look at one of the greatest improvisations of all time, Charlie Christian's solo on "Stompin' at the Savoy" from May of 1941, live at Minton's playhouse. It's focused on the guitar, but other instruments may also dig it.

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31:28

Charlie Christian 01: History, context, listening

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/06

Today we start a new series - one of the most famous improvisations of all time, Charlie Christian's solo on "Stompin' at the Savoy," recorded live at Minton's Playhouse in May of 1941. In this episode I give a brief biography of Charlie Christian (with some recommended reading), and we listen to the solo. I also talk about the history and context of the Gibson ES150, a very important instrument in the history of the electric guitar.

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27:22

New Tool! Sight Reading Trainer

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/05

The perks of membership keep coming! I finally got this thing working - "Fly Shit" is a thing built in MAX/MSP that generates sight reading material based on all kinds of settings. Make it as easy or hard as you want, customize to the range and tempo, melodic and rhythmic material, and never run out of sight reading material again. This is something that I wish I had when I was younger, because sight reading on guitar is hard, and many of us suck at it.Right now, you can download this version here

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24:48

On Organization and Creativity

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/05

Some disorganized thoughts in response to a member question about how to "get organized." Got a really special post coming tomorrow, make sure to check it out. The Octavia Butler quote I was trying to remember in this video is:“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.”

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8:03

Bach on Sunday: Chorale 274

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/05

Let's start the week nice and easy. Here's short one in A minor.

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18:40

Pentatonics on "Giant Steps"

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/05

This is a follow up to the "Pentatonics in three keys" Guided Practice video, putting that concept into practice on a common tune. Note: This video ends abruptly as my system went down, and I didn't have time to make a new video. But you all can get the main idea, as it was long enough already.

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27:52

Anatomy of a Tune: "Lush Life"

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/05

Here's a primer on "Lush Life," using Billy Strayhorn's version of it as reference. I'll make another video that goes deeper into analysis, but this a basic chord and melody arrangment. This is similar to the a cappella version that I play on the album "Trickster, Live in Brooklyn."

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19:07

Robots

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/05

This post is a bit of a weird one. Lately I've been building some stuff in MAX/MSP. I give a little look here at one of my practice tools. Once I work out the bugs, I'll put it up here for free, for people to use as they see fit.

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22:42

Mailbag: Melodic Minor

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/05

A deep dive into Melodic Minor from a recent member question. We cover uses of this sound as a tonic and dominant in improvisation, a brief look at Raag Charukeshi (a related Indian raga), and then some exercises for getting it under your fingers.

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25:06

Tuning the Guitar

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/05

What's up with the G and B strings, anyway? A primer on tuning, harmonics, and practical methods for getting the guitar in tune with any ref

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27:58

Bach on Sunday: Chorale 206

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/05

I looked at the first phrase of this Chorale on the recent mailbag episode. Here it is after practicing it for a little while. In another video today I'll go over the fingerings and a little bit of analysis. Sheet music attached.

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29:58

Mailbag: Chorales in four voices and practicing...

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/05

In this mailbag episode I answer questions from members Juan Carlos Hernandez and Soloist. First I go into how I approach playing all four voices of a chorale at once, finding fingerings and voice leading. See attached image for this one. Then about 16 minutes in I go into some ideas about septuplets. To hear the example I talk about at the end with a full band, go to this link to about a minute in to skip the intro.

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23:02

351 Shapes

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/05

ABOUT THIS BOOK:What you have here is a list of musical scales. You can find any collection of notes from 1 to 12 tones somewhere in it. The format is made to be a practical reference or journal. I've been working on it for a while now, trying to make a sourcebook for my own work thatʼs orderly and useful. None of the data in here is new to the world, but the delivery system is something I've designed to be simple and intuitive.Numbers: There are 351 shapes in the book. This isn't arbitrary - it's

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30:47

Guided Practice - Three notes

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/05

Here's an idea for creative practice. I play a drone of three notes and improvise on it according what it seems to sound like. Then I change one of the notes, improvise, and repeat.

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22:08

Listening session: Grant Green

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/05

Last week the New York Times had an article called "Five Minutes that will make you love Jazz Guitar," in which I wrote a little thing about this track, recorded 63 years ago today. Link is here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/arts/music/guitar-jazz-music.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk4.YtfS.b0yowaHFl6O8&smid=url-shareA link to the track itself is here: https://youtu.be/m-mHo8A4x-E?feature=sharedI go through, talk a bit about the history and then listen through the solo with some

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12:04

Bach on Sunday: Chorale 198

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/05

Here's a reading of Chorale 198, as usual one voice at a time. Read along with the attached sheet music.

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36:58

Bach Prelude for Lute: Lessons from a Master...

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/04

On Sunday I posted a performance of this piece. Here I go through it bar by bar and talk about how I think about memorizing it and what lessons it has for harmony, form, and composition. Sheet music is attached.

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26:00

Mailbag: George Van Eps, Picking direction, posture,...

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/04

today we go into recent comments from Frank Boons, David Sharki, Cameron, and Jesse. Let me know if this clears anything up, or maybe makes it more confusing! This one ends abruptly because I trimmed it too soon, but there's nothing left except a sign off, so the video is complete as is.

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10:04

Bach on Sunday: chorale 166

Work, with Miles Okazaki ·

2025/10/04

A look at Chorale 166. Play along by looking at the attached sheet music.

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