Donna Lee IMPROVISATION Masterclass with exercises
Many players know Donna Lee is a landmark bebop tune, yet struggle to navigate its fast-moving chord changes fluently—connecting the harmony clearly and infusing their lines with the chromatic notes and enclosures that define the bebop sound.
The Donna Lee Masterclass provides a focused, systematic way to study this progression in depth. By working directly on the tune, you'll learn to trace the changes, connect chords smoothly, and apply chromatic approaches and bebop scales in a musical, controlled way.
Designed for serious players who want structured, challenging practice material that embeds this essential bebop progression deeply into their ear, fingers, and harmonic understanding.
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Nine progressive effective methods to practice Donna Lee are proposed, ensuring tangible and concrete results for those willing to put in the necessary effort. By diligently applying these techniques, you can substantially improve your improvisational preparation and overall musicianship.
This is like Super Turbo charged practice as you are working and developing 3 things simultaneously:
- Your ears - bathing them in the Donna Chord progression.
- Your technique - strengthening it with real life Jazz material.
- Your harmonic knowledge - deepening your understanding of the chords.
The concepts featured in theDonna Lee Improvisation Master Class are essential study preparation for any student of improvisation.

Each of the 9 concepts is supported with:
- Full page of master notes and tips for you to get the best understanding.
- Two choruses of the written solos for you to study and enjoy.
- Fast and slow demonstrations of the concept played by Jazzduets
- Fast and Slow specially recorded play alongs
Included in the download
- 5 Pdf´s included (Concert, Bb and Eb, Bass instruments and Guitar Tab)
- Slow and fast Mp3 demonstrations of all the 18 exercises
- Slow and fast play alongs specially recorded for the resource by live musicians
- 18 written choruses, play alongs and each
- Midi file so you can practice the concepts at any speed and key!
- Appendix pages with further study material
Suitable for intermediate to advanced players
Embrace the challenge and embark on a rewarding journey of musical growth!
Please note: After your purchase you will be sent an email within a few minutes with the instructions and link to start!
