Improvisation

Learn to comp and improv on "Giant Steps"…one of the most feared and revered jazz tunes. Then master reharmonization using Coltrane changes.

Learn to comp and improv on "Giant Steps"…one of the most feared and revered jazz tunes. Then master reharmonization using Coltrane changes.

This comprehensive course covers diminished & dominant diminished block chords. We’ll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.

This comprehensive course covers diminished & dominant diminished block chords. We’ll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.

Diminished Scale 3

Diminished Scale 1

You're Not the Bossa Me - Bossa Nova Scale 1

Diminished Scale 2

Dominant-Diminished Scale 1

Definition & Usage

Dominant-Diminished Scale 2

You're Always a Half Step Away - Swing Tune (Scale 2)

Dominant-Diminished Scale 3

Dominant Personality - Ballad (Scale 3)

This comprehensive course covers half-diminished block chords. We’ll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.

"Samba D. Loves Me" (Samba)

"Won 23" (Jazz Waltz)

"Block & Catch" (Funk)

Dm7(b5), Gm7(b5)

Em7(b5), Am7(b5)

Cm7(b5), Fm7(b5)