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Category Archive: Jazz School

Tons of Jazz Piano vocabulary to add to your bag

Jazz School: Major Triad Embellishments

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A fundamental jazz improvisation skill is the ability to embellish the three primary chord tones in a major triad…

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2022-11-30 Jazz School

Jazz School: Major 1-6-2-5 Turnaround, a Lesson in Jazzification

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Welcome to a lesson demonstrating some of the harmonic and rhythmic elements that “jazzify” the IM7-vi7-ii7-V7 turnaround chord progression…

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2022-11-18 Jazz School

Jazz School: [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Chord Progression: Scale Cells Descending 3rd to 3rd

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Lesson Goal: To develop fluency playing four-note scale cells for the workhorse iiø7-V7-i chord progression…

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2022-01-08 Jazz School

Jazz School: [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Chord Progression: iiø7,b9-V7,#9,b13-iM7,9 Chord Voicings

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Lesson Goal: To master common-practice iiø7,b9-V7,#9,b13-iM7,9 chord voicings…

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2022-01-07 Jazz School

Jazz School: [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Chord Progression: Scale Cells Descending Root to Root

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Lesson Goal: To develop fluency playing four-note scale cells for the workhorse iiø7-V7-i chord progression…

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2022-01-06 Jazz School

Jazz School: [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Chord Progression: 1-2-3-5 Cells

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Lesson Goal: To develop fluency with 1-2-3-5 cells for the workhorse iiø7-V7-i chord progression…

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2022-01-05 Jazz School

Jazz School: [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Chord Progression: 9th Chord Arpeggios

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Lesson Goal: To develop fluency with ninth chord arpeggios (3-5-7-9) for the workhorse iiø7-V7-i chord progression in all keys…

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2021-12-31 Jazz School

Jazz School: [Major] ii7-V7-IM7 Chord Progression: Scale Cells Ascending

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Lesson Goal: To develop fluency playing four-note scale cells for the workhorse ii7-V7-IM7 chord progression…

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2021-12-17 Jazz School

Jazz School: [Minor] iiø7-V7-i Chord Progression: iiø7,b9-V7,b9-iM7,9 Chord Voicings

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Lesson Goal: To master common-practice iiø7,b9-V7,b9-iM7,9 chord voicings…

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2021-12-06 Jazz School

Jazz School: Jazz Blues: Major Blues: 12-Bar Comping: Etude #8

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Eighth a series that will progressively develop your Jazz Blues comping chops…

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2020-07-15 Jazz School

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