Jazz
Swing, 7th chords and improvising through the changes.
Swing and the ii–V–I
- Shell voicings
- Swing feel and comping rhythms
- Your first standard’s chord chart
Milestone: Comp through a jazz standard in time.
Needs: Chords in a key, 7th chords · about 8 hours
Playing the changes
- Arpeggios and guide tones
- Enclosures and bebop lines
- Drop-2 comping
Milestone: Solo a chorus over a standard, following the chords.
Needs: Playing the changes, Shells, drop 2 & style grooves and Level 1 · about 12 hours
Modern jazz
- Altered and melodic-minor sounds
- Chord melody
- A book of 10 standards
Milestone: Play melody, chords and a solo on 10 standards.
Needs: Tension & release, Extended & altered chords and Level 2 · about 16 hours
Hear it, try it
A typical jazz phrase and a backing track to play along with. Everyone can use these, on any plan.
e|---------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------| B|---------------------------|-----------9--8---------|-----------------------| G|---------------9--10--9--7-|----7--10--------10-----|-9---------------------| D|--------7--10--------------|-9----------------------|------10--9------------| A|-----8---------------------|------------------------|-------------10--7-----| E|-10------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
Harmony: ii–V–I in major and minor, turnarounds, 7th chords with extensions, standards.
Scales: Chord tones, bebop scales, Dorian, Mixolydian, altered, melodic minor, diminished.
Technique: Swing 8ths, guide tones, enclosures, arpeggios through changes, comping on the Charleston rhythm.
Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Grant Green, Pat Martino, Jim Hall, Pat Metheny.
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