Improvisation
Learn how to improvise jazz lines over your favorite jazz standard.
Improvisation Content
99 Courses
653 Lessons
228 Smartsheets
The Progression, Root Position Chords, Left Hand Shells
Scales For Soloing
Improv Exercises: Connecting Scales, Scale Positions, & Targeting Notes
3 Principles of Soloing, 10 Lines to Inspire You
Rootless Voicings, Walking Bass
The Progression, Root Position, Shells, Shell Groove
2 Scales for Soloing, 7 Scale Positions
7 Exercises for Connecting Scales
3 Principles of Soloing, How to Create Lines
10 Lines to Inspire You, Q&A
Stride, Walking Bass
Learn to solo over the most common progression in all of Jazz. With a step-by-step approach, you'll discover how to use scales, chord tones, chromaticism, and patterns to express your creativity.
How to Create Phrases, Scales for Soloing, Stepwise Motion, Consonance & Dissonance
Jumping Chord Tones, Outlining 7th Chords
10 Patterns for Soloing
Chromaticism, B Diminished Scale
The 2-5-1 Progression, Root Positions, Shells, Rootless Voicings (Stock Jazz Voicings)
Basic Groove, Sus Chords, Pop Improv Chords, Alternate Bass Line, Pentatonic Scale, C Scale Harmonies
13 Riffs & Licks
Make it a swingin' Christmas with O Christmas Tree. We'll build a swing arrangement from the lead sheet with techniques like walking bass, block chords, & jazz fills, plus learn how to improvise!
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