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Jonny May
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Advanced
01:20:44

Learn how to transform the Ode to Joy lead sheet into 3 essential jazz styles, including Swing, Jazz Ballad, & Latin Bossa Nova.

Course Objectives
  • Learn the Ode to Joy lead sheet
  • Develop the harmony with passing chords & chord relatives
  • Understand which notes to color chords with
  • Add 2-5-1 inversions and secondary dominants
  • Apply the Jazz Ballad, Jazz Swing, and Latin Bossa Nova styles
Learning Focus
  • Basslines
  • Groove
  • Improvisation
  • Lead Sheets
  • Songs

Course Lessons

1
Ode to Joy in 3 Jazz Styles 2 – Lesson 1
26:27

Lead Sheet & Developing the Harmony

2
Ode to Joy in 3 Jazz Styles 2 – Lesson 2
10:37

Jazz Ballad – Ode to Joy

3
Ode to Joy in 3 Jazz Styles 2 – Lesson 3
14:45

Jazz Swing – Ode to Joy

4
Ode to Joy in 3 Jazz Styles 2 – Lesson 4
15:17

Latin Bossa Nova – Ode to Joy

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