Improvisation
Learn how to improvise jazz lines over your favorite jazz standard.
Improvisation Content
91 Courses
604 Lessons
216 Smartsheets
Master the sounds of Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, & Richard Tee, with this funky-blues improv course. Learn left hand grooves, scale for soloing, slides, turns, riffs, & runs.
5 Essential Funk Riffs
The Upper Position, Quarters and 8th Notes
C Blues Scale, Principles of Soloing, the Lower Position
The Progression, 3 Left Hand Grooves
Master the soloing techniques of Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, & Richard Tee with this comprehensive course. Learn soloing scales, lower/upper position, line building tips, riffs, & more.
Master the soloing techniques of Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, & Richard Tee with this comprehensive course. Learn soloing scales, lower/upper position, line building tips, riffs, & more.
Play this awesome swing arrangement based on a note-for-note transcription of Jonny's performance. Discover essential techniques including walking bass lines, harmonized melodies, fills, & soloing.
Play Fly Me to the Moon as a swingin' arrangement with shells, harmonies, chord pops, & fills. You'll also learn a cool intro and outro.
Explore the sounds of John Williams, Hans Zimmer, & Danny Elfman in the Film Improv course. You'll learn this essential progression used by many film composers, common melodic riffs, and improv tools.
3 Blues Chords, 12-Bar Blues Form, Blues Groove
Blues Scale, 8th Note Exercise, Triplet Exercise, Playing in Multiple Octaves
Low Position Notes, Principles of Soloing, Improvising Quarter Notes, 8th Notes, Triplets, Patterns, Down-Slides, Line-Building Tips
Upper Position Notes, Improvising Quarter Notes, 8th Notes, Triplets, Patterns, Up-Slides
Combing Upper/Lower Positions and Slides
Harmonizing Your Melody, Harmonizing Up-Slides & Down-Slides
Multiple Octave Lines, Slides, Harmonization, Patterns
8 Awesome Blues Licks
Easy Blues Shuffle, Medium Blues Shuffle
C Blues Scale, 8th-Note Exercise, Triplet Exercise, 2 Patterns
Principles of Soloing, One-Octave Lines, Harmonized Lines, Two-Octave Lines, Line Building Tips
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