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Jazz Swing Accompaniment 2

Instructor
Jonny May
Workshop
Advanced
01:38:19

Learn 7 techniques to accompany a singer or instrumentalist on a jazz swing tune. We’ll cover the the basic chords, rootless voicings, walking bass lines, quartal voicings, stride, and re-harmonization.

Course Objectives
  • Learn the lead sheet for "Days I Remember" and review root position chords
  • Play rootless voicings with single bass notes
  • Master 3 walking bass approaches
  • Explore quartal voicing and stride
  • Apply tritone substitution to reharmonize
Learning Focus
  • Accompanying
  • Basslines
  • Chords
  • Groove
  • Lead Sheets

Course Lessons

1
Jazz Swing Accompaniment 2 – Lesson 1
03:50

Lead Sheet

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2
Jazz Swing Accompaniment 2 – Lesson 2
10:44

Chord Review – Root position

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3
Jazz Swing Accompaniment 2 – Lesson 3
11:55

Rootless Voicings and Single Note Bass

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4
Jazz Swing Accompaniment 2 – Lesson 4
21:34

3 Walking Bass Approaches

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5
Jazz Swing Accompaniment 2 – Lesson 5
11:46

Quartal Voicings

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6
Jazz Swing Accompaniment 2 – Lesson 6
09:05

Stride

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7
Jazz Swing Accompaniment 2 – Lesson 7
10:42

Reharmonization

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8
Jazz Swing Accompaniment 2 – Lesson 8
18:43

Q&A

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