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Play Piano Lead Sheets with Extensions & Alterations

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Instructor
Daine Jordan
Course
Intermediate
Advanced
04:10:36

In this course, Daine will walk you through the piano lead sheets of 8 different chord progressions and show you how to utilize various piano techniques to create a richer and more interesting sound. You’ll learn how to implement chord extensions & alterations in the top 3 jazz styles: jazz swing, bossa nova, and jazz ballad.

By the end of the course, you’ll be confident in adding your own personal style to a lead sheet.

Course Objectives
  • Discover the top 8 chord progressions used in fake books
  • Color the chords with extensions & alterations
  • Explore the top 3 jazz styles: jazz swing, bossa nova, and jazz ballad
Learning Focus
  • Analysis
  • Chords
  • Lead Sheets
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Adding alterations
The next step in the development of the basic chord progressions - root position chords, chord shells root-guide tons, extensions. This course adds alterations., Daine does a great job and throws out jewels and gems all over the place. He is so humble about it that you might miss it, but repeat the video over and over to make sure you get them all.
Great course so informative
I learnt loads and feel so much more confident. Daine is great and really helped with playing in other styles. Fantastic
Harmony Foundation
I have spent all my life trying to understand how to make a song sound so jazzy and beautiful. Now I know how thanks to you guys. I really appreciate it. That's the kind of course you have to revisit it periodically to keep the knowledge.
Super useful course for anyone playing big band
Thanks Daine, great course. Really useful in consolidating understanding of the main progressions and building interesting chords on top of these.
Fun and challenging
This is another great instructor from piano with Jonny awesome to have partners in the business

Course Lessons

1
Play Piano Lead Sheets with Extensions & Alterations – Lesson 1
35:18

Cycle of 5ths

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2
Play Piano Lead Sheets with Extensions & Alterations – Lesson 2
42:07

Turnaround Progression

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3
Play Piano Lead Sheets with Extensions & Alterations – Lesson 3
32:44

Extended Turnaround

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4
Play Piano Lead Sheets with Extensions & Alterations – Lesson 4
32:34

Chromatic Walk-Up

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5
Play Piano Lead Sheets with Extensions & Alterations – Lesson 5
24:49

Minor Turnaround

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6
Play Piano Lead Sheets with Extensions & Alterations – Lesson 6
29:28

Misty Progression

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7
Play Piano Lead Sheets with Extensions & Alterations – Lesson 7
26:00

Sentimental Progression

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8
Play Piano Lead Sheets with Extensions & Alterations – Lesson 8
27:36

Blues Progression

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Featured Reviews

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Adding alterations
The next step in the development of the basic chord progressions - root position chords, chord shells root-guide tons, extensions. This course adds alterations., Daine does a great job and throws out jewels and gems all over the place. He is so humble about it that you might miss it, but repeat the video over and over to make sure you get them all.
Great course so informative
I learnt loads and feel so much more confident. Daine is great and really helped with playing in other styles. Fantastic
Harmony Foundation
I have spent all my life trying to understand how to make a song sound so jazzy and beautiful. Now I know how thanks to you guys. I really appreciate it. That's the kind of course you have to revisit it periodically to keep the knowledge.
Super useful course for anyone playing big band
Thanks Daine, great course. Really useful in consolidating understanding of the main progressions and building interesting chords on top of these.
Fun and challenging
This is another great instructor from piano with Jonny awesome to have partners in the business
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