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Once Upon a Dream – Jazz Waltz 1

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Instructor
Jonny May
Course
Intermediate
01:33:46

Learn this simple, beautiful arrangement of Once Upon a Dream while exploring the building blocks of the Stride-Waltz style, including the rocking techniques, chord sweeping, and more.

Course Objectives
  • Learn the melody, chords, and how to play in the Stride Waltz Style
  • Discover 3/4 Stride arrangement techniques
  • Explore how to create an intro and new Melodic Embellishments
  • Use a variety of techniques and learn this fun, bouncy arrangement
Learning Focus
  • Lead Sheets
  • Songs
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Excellent course!
I really enjoyed this course where I learned several new ways of arranging and accompanying from Jonny. He teaches at just the right pace: slowly at the beginning so I could understand the new concepts and then helping me to speed up my tempo gradually. This was great fun!

Course Lessons

1
Once Upon a Dream – Jazz Waltz 1 – Lesson 1
23:35

Lead Sheet Melody & Basic Chords

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2
Once Upon a Dream – Jazz Waltz 1 – Lesson 2
29:35

Left Hand Stride Waltz, Right Hand Techniques: Chords, Walkups/Walkdowns, Rocking, Triplet Roll, Sweeping

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3
Once Upon a Dream – Jazz Waltz 1 – Lesson 3
34:27

Apply Right Hand Techniques to Melody

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4
Once Upon a Dream – Jazz Waltz 1 – Lesson 4
06:09

Stride-Waltz Intro

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Featured Reviews

View PWJ member reviews of this course!

Excellent course!
I really enjoyed this course where I learned several new ways of arranging and accompanying from Jonny. He teaches at just the right pace: slowly at the beginning so I could understand the new concepts and then helping me to speed up my tempo gradually. This was great fun!
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