A selection of well-known festive arrangements. Share these jazzy Christmas tunes with your friends and family over the holiday season.
We jump straight in with two-handed voicings, starting with simpler chords and then increasing the complexity of the voicings we choose to play.
Bill Evans was a true innovator. He revolutionised the sound of the jazz trio and influenced jazz pianists that came both before and after him.
To get a deeper understanding of this lesson, check out the lessons on the melodic minor modes and the introduction to transcription tutorial.
This lesson is a quick analysis and performance of the left hand voicings in the tune “Alone Together” to preare you for the improv tutorials.
Now that you understand the basic blues form, it’s time to create the more interesting and sophisticated jazz blues progression.
We explore the core elements of improvisation such as: chord tone soloing, approach patterns, target tones and chromatic passing tones.
Stella by Starlight is one of the most famous songs in the jazz repertoire and any serious jazz musician will know the chord changes to this important tune.
In part 2 of this tutorial, we dive straight into the chord changes with two handed voicings and create an advanced ballad arrangement.
We start by playing through with left hand voicings and then talk in length about the 1625 progression and how you can use it to develop introductions.
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