We start with simple voicings and then add in extensions, alterations & embellishments to add interest to the repetitive chord changes & melody.
Widely quoted as one of Gershwin’s finest compositions, the harmony and melody is challenging with unusual changes and large leaps in the melody.
This course covers the foundations of jazz improvisation. We explore scales, arpeggios, chord tones, enclosures, approach patterns & swing rhythm.
We’re now going to take the study a step further by adding scales into the walking bass lines and enhance the rhythm and swing feel of our lines.
The half-whole diminished scale is an 8 note symmetrical scale that’s used for improv. The scale alternates half and whole steps until it starts again.
One of Americas greatest ballads… the most famous version of My Foolish Heart is undoubtedly the Bill Evans trio version.
Learn how to get an authentic bluesy sound by using crushed notes, walk-ups, chromaticism, and New Orleans style licks and voicings.
In this lesson we are going to arrange the tune “The Nearness Of You” using simple voicings containing the roots, 3rds, and 7ths.
We explore the chord voicings, baselines and rhythms and then we add these 3 components together to create our first Bossa Nova groove.