RYAN KERWIN
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Jazz Improvisation Articles

A Beginner’s Guide to Youtube for Jazz Students

This article presents an incomplete list of reputable sources for jazz education on YouTube.

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Simple Concepts for Improvising Long Lines on Diminished Dominants

This article presents a few strategies for applying a linear approach to diminished dominants.

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Essential Concepts for Characteristic Fully Diminished Melodies  

This article presents a few strategies creating characteristic melodies on fully diminished chords.

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  • Home
  • Press
  • Performances
    • Listen >
      • Color (2024)
      • A Step Forward by NewStream Brass
      • Gratitude (2021 Live Session EP)
      • Mon Brass Plays Michael Kahle
    • Watch >
      • with Monongahela Brass
  • Teaching Portfolio
    • Philosophy of Teaching
    • WV-TPA
    • Classroom Teaching Samples
    • Ensemble Rehearsal Samples
    • Ensemble Conducting Samples
    • Studio Teaching Samples
    • General Music Portfolio
    • Beginning String Pedagogy Samples
  • Compositions/Arrangments
    • Large Jazz Ensemble
    • Small Jazz Ensemble
    • Transcribed Arrangements and Leadsheets
  • Resources
    • WVMEA 2025 First Job Search Resources
    • WVMEA 2024 Jazz Band Resources
    • WVMEA 2023 Brass Pedagogy Resources
    • Jazz Solo Transcriptions
    • Brass Pedagogy Articles
    • Jazz Improvisation Articles
    • Music Edu. Resources
    • Ideas for Practice
  • Studio