When writing “Desafinado”, Jobim and Mendonça decided to write a tune with many of these unusual scale degree choices in the melody.
In this lesson Jovino breaks down and demonstrates how to feel 2/4 time which is commonly played in Brazilian music and standards.
This course explores the sounds, rhythms, & subtle nuances of Brazilian music. Continue your piano journey studying the colourful music of Brazil.
Jovino’s 5-Minute Masterclasses tutorials are short, concise, and actionable lessons covering jazz and music theory with a Brazilian twist.
We will work on our recognition of major 9th, minor 9th, & dominant 13th rootless voicings using a left hand stride drill.
In this lesson we will explore the interesting colours & textures that can be accessed over dominant chords using upper structure triads.
“Just Friends” is a great tune to improve your understanding of the 251 progression and the voice leading of b7ths dropping to 3rds.
Learning chord voicings is an important skill for the jazz pianist. In this lesson we cover a 5 step process for learning any chord voicing.
We have explored major, minor, and dominant chords, now it’s time to put them all together in the most common progression in jazz; the 251 progression.
We’re going to stack the chord tones sequentially in thirds, playing the 7th chord in our left hand, and the 9, #11, and 13 in our right hand.
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