Demystify chord extensions with this comprehensive theory course on learning the most common extensions over major 7, dominant 7, and minor 7 chords. With practical examples and exercises, you’ll finally be able to identify and use chord extensions with confidence to develop a more advanced jazz vocabulary.
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Chord Shell & Guide Tone Exercises
Learn the essential building blocks of Jazz harmony with chord shells and guide tones. Master these voicings with exercises for major, dominant, and minor 7th chords in all 12 keys to build your foundation for advanced jazz harmony.
Minor 2-5-1 7th Chord Exercises
Welcome to the Minor 2-5-1 7th Chord Exercises course, where you will will learn essential exercises to master this progression on the piano.
What is the minor 2-5-1 chord progression and why is it important?
The minor 2-5-1 chord progression is the most common chord progression used in minor jazz tunes. Therefore, it is essential that you can play it in every key and in a variety of inversions on the piano.
First, we’ll explain how this progression works and why these chords are used. Next, we’ll practice them in in all inversions in all 12 keys on the piano. You’ll have the opportunity to play with a Swing and Bossa Nova backing track to make it fun!
This course comes with downloadable sheet music, smart sheet music, and Swing and Bossa Nova backing tracks.
So if you want to play jazz piano and lead sheets and you like minor jazz tunes, this course will give you a solid foundation.
Diminished & Half Dim 7th Chord Exercises
Learn and master half diminished and fully diminished 7th chords in all 12 keys. With inversions and practice exercises, you’ll build your confidence with these essential chords.
G Blues Improvisation 2
Learn how to improvise blues in the key of G. You’ll learn the blues chords, the 12-bar blues form, quartal voicings, 2 left hand shuffle accompaniments, the G blues scale, and how to improvise using 8th notes, triplets, harmonized lines, slides, turns, licks, riffs, runs, and smash licks.
G Blues Improvisation 1
Learn how to improvise blues in the key of G. You’ll learn the blues chords, the 12-bar blues form, 3 left hand shuffle accompaniments, the G blues scale, and how to improvise using 8th notes, triplets, lower position & upper position lines, slides, harmonized lines, patterns, licks, and runs.
2-5-1 7th Chord Exercises
Welcome to the 2-5-1 7th Chord Exercises Course, where you will learn 5 piano exercises to master the most important progression in jazz , the 2-5-1 chord progression, using 7th chords. We’ll explore all 12 keys using inversions and play along with swing and Bossa Nova backing tracks.
Play Piano Lead Sheets With 7th Chords
Welcome to the Lead Sheet 7th Chords Course, where you are going to learn how to play lead sheets using 7th chords. You’ll learn 8 songs that use the 8 most common chord progressions in fake books, how to use chord inversions, and how to harmonize the melody with 2 and 3 notes.
Diatonic 7th Chords Exercises
Learn 48 piano exercises to master your diatonic 7th chords in all 12 keys, including blocked and broken exercises.
10 Essential Jazz & Blues Piano Endings 1
Learn 10 essential jazz & blues piano outros and endings for beginner/intermediate players that you can use on just about any lead sheet or fake book song.
Minor 7th Chord Exercises
Minor 7 Chord Exercises for Piano
If you wan to play jazz, blues, pop, funk, rock, or just about any song that uses chords and lead sheets, it is essential to play minor 7 chords.
Now, many teachers and method books will teach you how to play a minor 7 chords on piano, but they don’t teach you how to practice minor 7 chords in all 12 keys, all inversions, and in progressions.
Why is this important?
Because if you want to read lead sheets and play chord charts with total freedom, you need to be able to play any minor 7 chord in any inversion on the fly.
We put together this course to give you a deep dive understanding of minor 7 chords so that you can tackle any tune that uses these chords.
Minor 7th Chord Theory and Application
In this comprehensive course on Minor 7 Chords, you’ll learn how to build Minor 7 Chords, the Chord Symbols, all 12 Minor 7 Chords, 4 tunes to practice them with, & the most common Minor 7 progressions.
Pop & Contemporary Piano Accompaniment: Popstinatos
Learn how to create driving pop and contemporary piano accompaniments using the Popstinato technique, including 16 patterns, 5 positions, and various popular progressions.
Key of Eb Major – Boogie Dog Doogie
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of Eb Major with the scale, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with a fun Boogie song.
The Jazz Ballad Challenge 2
The complete course on how to create a gorgeous cocktail jazz ballad. You’ll learn Stride-Ballad Left Hand techniques, rootless voicings, and right hand embellishment with extensions, fills, runs, and more.
Ode to Joy
Learn the building blocks of stride piano with this fun stride arrangement of Ode to Joy. Discover how use triplet rolls, stride runs, turns, & stride harmony as we dissect each note of the arrangement.
The Jazz Ballad Challenge 1
Take our most comprehensive course on Cocktail Jazz. Discover how to develop a lead sheet, stylize the left hand, harmonize the right hand, add fills, & improvise.
Jonny’s Jumpin Boogie
The complete course for all playing levels on how to play Boogie Woogie. In this course, we cover Boogie chords, the form, left hand techniques, and classic Boogie riffs.
America The Beautiful Rag
A deep dive on Ragtime stylization using the tune America the Beautiful. Learn the stock Ragtime intro, forward rag rolls, reverse rag rolls, triplet rag rolls, ornaments, & the bass treatment.
Dominant 7th Chord Exercises
Master your Dominant 7th chords with 17 exercises to easily play them all. We’ll explore each chord from multiple angles, including the Circle of 5ths, chromatically, with inversions, & progressions.
Dominant 7th Chord Theory and Application
In this comprehensive course on Dominant 7 Chords, you’ll learn how to build Dominant 7 Chords, the Chord Symbols, all 12 Dominant 7 Chords, 4 tunes to practice them with, & the most common Dominant 7 progressions.
