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Here’s exactly what lands in your inbox

  • Autumn Leaves · major and minor 2-5-1s, one box per chord · Joseph Kosma
  • Blue Bossa · making the modulation to D♭ major land · Kenny Dorham
  • So What · two boxes per chord, both starting on the 9th · Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
  • Freddie Freeloader · a B♭ blues with a twist, and an altered G7 · Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
  • Billie’s Bounce · an F blues with Lydian dominant color and an altered D7 · Charlie Parker
  • Cantaloupe Island · sounds like a blues, isn’t one · Herbie Hancock
  • Summertime · minor 2-5s and the half-diminished chord · George Gershwin
  • All Blues · a blues in 3/4, all dominant chords · Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
  • Song For My Father · four boxes built around one note · Horace Silver
  • Satin Doll · two chords a bar, one scale split in half · Duke Ellington

A video lesson for every standard, played on electric bass, plus a PDF with every box for every chord. Yours for life.

The boldest guarantee I know how to make

Take one of these tunes to your next jam. Just one.

If your solo doesn’t sound different, email me and I’ll refund every dollar, and keep the videos and the PDF. No form, no explaining yourself, and no time limit on it.

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Before you buy

Is this upright or electric?

Electric. Every lesson is played on electric bass and every box is a fret shape. Four strings or five, it works the same.

Do I need to read music?

No. Every box is shown on the neck on video, and the PDF writes them all out so you don’t have to keep pausing.

What level is this?

If you know at least one pentatonic box and roughly what a 2-5-1 is, you’re ready. If you’ve never improvised at all, start somewhere simpler first.

How do I get it?

Instantly. You’ll have an email with everything in it inside a minute.