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O Christmas Tree 1

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Instructor
Jonny May
Course
Intermediate
02:05:01

Learn a fun swing arrangement of O Christmas Tree.  Discover how to transform the lead sheet with swing techniques like shells, slides, fills, & tremolos, plus learn to improvise over it.

Course Objectives
  • Learn a Jazz version of the classic, O Christmas Tree
  • Master the Melody and Chords while adding Swing and Color to this holiday classic
  • Explore adding Chord Shells, Fills, and Arpeggiation
  • Learn a fun Intro, Tag, and Bluesy Soloing techniques
Learning Focus
  • Improvisation
  • Lead Sheets
  • Songs
Featured Reviews

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Great song and Great learning experience
Great course. Presented expertly and patiently, as always.
Fun Christmas jam.
Great song, indepth content. Thank you
Lots of fun
it amazing how Jonny teaches the secrets of Jazz ... and suddenly a common Christmas tune like o Christmas tree sounds so great. Looking forward to learning more stuff like this.
My first solo!
Difficult, but impressed myself by completing my first jazz piano solo. Baby steps 🙂
Great way to learn and practice a lot of different concepts
I started this course because I wanted some structure as I dust off my holiday tunes. It was really a lot of fun, with a solid left hand rhythm, disc of soloing, and even a reharmonization at the end. Easy to hold my interest and kept my playing along!

Course Lessons

1
O Christmas Tree 1 – Lesson 1
19:29

Lead Sheet Melody & Basic Chords

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2
O Christmas Tree 1 – Lesson 2
30:16

Left Hand Chord Shells, Swinging the Melody

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3
O Christmas Tree 1 – Lesson 3
27:14

Harmonizing the Melody, Swing Variations, Slides, Fills, Tremolos

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4
O Christmas Tree 1 – Lesson 4
14:53

3 Intro Options, Improvisation Scale: F Bluesy Pentatonic

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5
O Christmas Tree 1 – Lesson 5
33:09

Creating Phrases in Your Improvisation, Outro, Final Touches

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Featured Reviews

View PWJ member reviews of this course!

Great song and Great learning experience
Great course. Presented expertly and patiently, as always.
Fun Christmas jam.
Great song, indepth content. Thank you
Lots of fun
it amazing how Jonny teaches the secrets of Jazz ... and suddenly a common Christmas tune like o Christmas tree sounds so great. Looking forward to learning more stuff like this.
My first solo!
Difficult, but impressed myself by completing my first jazz piano solo. Baby steps 🙂
Great way to learn and practice a lot of different concepts
I started this course because I wanted some structure as I dust off my holiday tunes. It was really a lot of fun, with a solid left hand rhythm, disc of soloing, and even a reharmonization at the end. Easy to hold my interest and kept my playing along!
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