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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Guided Practice - Pentatonics in 4 keys

A long guided practice (to skip introductory theory, go to 8:30 in). We work gradually through four changing keys, two strings at a time, until all six strings are covered. Very useful for breaking do...

14 Touko 202546min

Guided Practice: Pentatonics in 3 keys

Continuing on the idea of the augmented, here is a guided practice on flowing through pentatonics in three keys separated by major 3rds. There's about 5 minutes of talking and then the exercise begins...

14 Touko 202540min

Mailbag: The augmented triad

Answering a member question about augmented triads. I talk about common usage of this sound, as well as some more abstract things. Free to paid and unpaid members.

14 Touko 202519min

Guided Practice: Pentatonics through the keys

Here's an exercise that gets you through all keys in all positions. Highly recommended for beginners, intermediate, and advanced players. Play along with the video for best results. The exercise start...

14 Touko 202540min

Mailbag - Member questions

Here's a mailbag episode, free to all folks paid or unpaid. The two questions have to do with:1) Concepts for beginners2) Use of the diminished in the 6th bar of a blues.These two questions lead me in...

14 Touko 202519min

Confirmation 06: Real time transcription

This is an epic video, an hour long. I go through the first chorus of Charlie Parker's solo on the Sep. 29, 1947 recording of Confirmation, showing how I would transcribe and figure out fingerings, ar...

14 Touko 20251h 5min

Confirmation 05: Diminished on the Dominants

Here's something that I use constantly. Thinking of each dominant chord as a diminished 7th, and using that sound to create color and movement in the melodic line. If the theory doesn't make sense, I'...

14 Touko 202514min

Confirmation 04: How to play changes

This post addresses a member question from the previous post. I talk about how I was taught how to play changes, how I think about playing changes from a melodic perspective, and how it has very littl...

14 Touko 202519min