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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Confirmation 03: Target Practice

One of my favorite exercises, that I've used for years to work on getting relaxed with forms and time. I give a bunch of examples from basic to advanced, and then explain what I'm doing at the beginni...

14 Touko 202517min

Confirmation 02: Reinforcing the melody

Here's an exercise that I do on all kinds of music to make sure that I've actually learned the melody. It's called take offs and landings. Seems easy, but on a tune like this it's a real challenge to ...

14 Touko 202518min

Confirmation 01: Fingering and ornaments

In this episode I go through a fingering for Charlie Parker's "Confirmation" as it is played on Sept 29, 1947 at Carnegie Hall. A lot of time is spent on ornaments, and how to get them to work smoothl...

14 Touko 202538min

Bach: Allegro Assai 05

An even longer video, finishing up the series on the 4th movement of the Sonata in C major for violin. Talking about specific choices in the passages from the last section, which is quite difficult wi...

14 Touko 202536min

Bach: Allegro Assai 04

A pretty long video where I go through the whole second page of the Allegro Assai. Talking about approaches to finding the best fingerings, isolating problem spots, and choosing strong fingers over we...

14 Touko 202529min

Bach: Allegro Assai 03

Third video on this piece, where we get into the part that is the real challenge for the pick.

14 Touko 202524min

Bach: Allegro Assai 02

Part 2 of the sight reading study on the Allegro Assai from Bach's Violin Sonata in C major.

14 Touko 202515min

Bach: Allegro Assai 01

Beginning of a series on a violin Sonata by J.S. Bach. I talk about how great the violin pieces are, and then I get into looking at the final movement of the Sonata in C major. Most of the talk is abo...

14 Touko 202529min