116 Episodes

  1. Bach: Allegro Assai 02

    Published: 5/14/2025
  2. Bach: Allegro Assai 01

    Published: 5/14/2025
  3. Scrambler 03: Random ear training

    Published: 5/14/2025
  4. Scrambler 02: Voice Leading and modulating improv

    Published: 5/14/2025
  5. Scrambler 01: Drones and Tones

    Published: 5/14/2025
  6. My Favorite Books

    Published: 5/14/2025
  7. Member questions (awkward picking, Bach chorales)

    Published: 5/14/2025
  8. Bebop Guitar: Bud Powell's "Wail"

    Published: 5/14/2025
  9. Pick Control 08: Flams

    Published: 5/8/2025
  10. Pick Control 07: Ruffs and Drags

    Published: 5/8/2025
  11. Pick Control 06: Triple Strokes

    Published: 5/8/2025
  12. Pick Control 04-05: Paradiddles + Paradiddle Workout

    Published: 5/8/2025
  13. Pick Control 03: Double Strokes

    Published: 5/8/2025
  14. Pick Control 02: Single Strokes

    Published: 5/8/2025
  15. Pick Control 01: Holding the pick, upstrokes and downstrokes

    Published: 5/8/2025
  16. Donna Lee

    Published: 5/8/2025
  17. Member question: Augmented triad and Grant Green

    Published: 5/8/2025
  18. Symmetry 12: Polarity in real life applications (tunes)

    Published: 5/3/2025
  19. Symmetry 09: To plan or not to plan

    Published: 5/3/2025
  20. Symmetry 11: The 8-way traffic circle

    Published: 5/3/2025

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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.----------To see the episodes in video form (including many not shown here), participate in discussions, and download accompanying maiterials, join on Patreon for $5 a month.