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 Assai" from J.S. Bach's C major violin sonata. Other episodes include bebop standards "Donna Lee" and "Wail," a series on the chromatic scale, favorite books, listening sessions and exercises for the ear from my book "Fundamentals of Guitar."

Season 3 (Winter 2024. 63 episodes): An 11-part series on Polyrhythms, a 7-part series on Charlie Christian's "Stompin at the Savoy" solo, a 4-part series on my song "Dog Star," the first "guided practice" episodes, close looks at the standards "Lush Life," "Hot House," and "Danny Boy," Bach on each Sunday, and listener questions. Note: a good number of episodes from this season are on sight reading, and only available as videos on Patreon.

Season 4 (Spring 2024, in progress): A 7-part series on my tune "Kudzu," a 7-part series on the drum exercise "Paradiddle Johnnie," Monday meditations on one of the 351 shapes, Studies of Bach from the Well Tempered Clavier, Art of the Fugue, Musical Offering, and Mass in B minor, listener questions. Note: a good number of episodes from this season are on sight reading, and only available as videos on Patreon.

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Pick Control 06: Triple Strokes

Here we extend the exercises of symmetrical picking into triples, and all of the cool stuff you can do by combining twos and threes (all other numbers can be made from these). A worksheet with some ad...

8 Touko 202512min

Pick Control 04-05: Paradiddles + Paradiddle Workout

Singles and Doubles together allow us to make paradiddles, one of the most common and fundamental drum patterns. I think this one is really fun to practice and very useful for buildng technique. I go ...

8 Touko 202523min

Pick Control 03: Double Strokes

Following up on the last video, here's a thing on double strokes. Also an interesting observation on "Boogie Stop Shuffle" and "Mr. P.C.," two minor blues tunes with a bunch of doubled notes in the me...

8 Touko 202511min

Pick Control 02: Single Strokes

Here I give an introduction to Symmetrical Picking, something that I developed while writing "Fundamentals of Guitar" about ten years ago. I outline how the strings could be thought of as left and rig...

8 Touko 202516min

Pick Control 01: Holding the pick, upstrokes and downstrokes

This is the beginning of a new series on articulation with the pick. It's one of my favorite subjects, and I've put a lot of thought into developing exercises that get results, regardless of the style...

8 Touko 202519min

Donna Lee

Here's a fairly long video showing my approach to the melody of a classic, "Donna Lee." This video is open to free members. Please share and tell friends about the site if you dig it.

8 Touko 202534min

Member question: Augmented triad and Grant Green

Here I take a look at a passage from a Grant Green solo brought up by a member. This leads to some discussion about the Melodic Minor scale, and how it's often used in a jazz context.

8 Touko 202518min

Symmetry 12: Polarity in real life applications (tunes)

This videos jumps off of the questions from the last episode. I talk about "Stardust," "Embraceable You," "Night and Day," phrases by Charlie Parker, and then demonstrate some exercises and ideas.

3 Touko 202523min