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Jonny May
Workshop
Advanced
01:10:17

Learn 3 essential Jazz styles – Jazz Swing, Stride, & Latin – with Heart & Spirit, inspired by Heart & Soul. From the lead sheet, we’ll apply 4-On-The-Floor, Walking Bass, re-harmonizations, & more.

Course Objectives
  • Learn Heart and Spirit
  • Discover Jazz, Stride and Latin Left Hand Approaches
  • Explore Melodic Embellishments
  • Add new skills to your Jazz Toolbox
Learning Focus
  • Groove
  • Lead Sheets
  • Songs
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Awesome!
Fun short tune easy to get started practice, and all the stuff is very applicable to other songs so it feels very useful to practice all of this.

Course Lessons

1
Heart and Spirit 2 – Lesson 1
22:34

Lead Sheet, Melody & Chords, Chord Pops

2
Heart and Spirit 2 – Lesson 2
15:31

Four-on-the-Floor, Walking Bass, Upper Neighbors

3
Heart and Spirit 2 – Lesson 3
14:22

Easy Stride, Reharmonized Stride Approaches

4
Heart and Spirit 2 – Lesson 4
17:50

The Latin Approach, Workshop Questions

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