Improvisation
Learn how to improvise jazz lines over your favorite jazz standard.
Improvisation Content
91 Courses
604 Lessons
216 Smartsheets
Shells, Comping Patterns, A Blues Scale, A Minor Scale
Single & Double Note Riffs
Octave Riffs, Single & Combined
Melodic Solo Ideas
6 Fancy Runs
Cuban Groove, 2 Versions
Section A, Melody, Groove
Section B, Jazz Chords, Extensions
Solo Section 1 & 2
Solo Section 3 & 4
Ending, Final Performance
Learn to improvise over a Jazz ballad with Jazz Ballad Soloing Challenge. Working with the Turnaround Progression, we explore scales, lower/upper positions, exercises, chromatic connectors, & more.
Beg/Int: Pentatonic Scale, Low Position Lines, 8ths, Slides, TripletsInt/Adv: 4 Advanced Scales, Connecting Scale Exercise
Beg Int: Upper Position 8th Notes, Slides, TripletsInt/Adv: Up-lines, Downlines, Combined Lines, Chromatic Notes
Beg/Int: Combined Upper/Lower Position Lines, 8th Notes, Triplets, Multiple Octaves Int/Adv: Triplet Up/Down Lines, Fast Runs
The Turnaround Progression, Basic Chords
Beg/Int Players: Easy & Medium Groove
Int/Adv: Easy & Medium Groove
Dive into blues soloing with this comprehensive course. Learn 4 left hand accompaniments, slides, turns, rolls, upper/lower positions, Pentatonic lines, big crunchy chords, and more.
12-Bar Blues
Easy Shuffle, Syncopated Chords, 4-On-The-Floor, Medium Shuffle 2
C Blues Scale, Low Position, Upper Position
Octave Soloing, Triplets & 8th Notes
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