Improvisation

This comprehensive course covers dominant 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.

Block Chord Exercise (Ab, Db, Gb)

"Locked Out" (Funk)

"Dominant Dominic" (Swing)

Block Chord Exercise (F, Bb, Eb)

Definition & Positions

Block Chord Exercise (D, G, C)

"Blocked, Not Broken" (Ballad)

Block Chord Exercise (B, E, A)

"Right-Hand Dominant" (Bossa)

This comprehensive course covers minor 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.

"The Position is Closed" (Swing)

"Minor Blockage" (Funk)

Block Chord Exercise (Am, Dm, Gm)

"Check, Mate!" (Bossa)

Block Chord Exercise (F#m, Bm, Em)

Block Chord Exercise (Ebm, Abm, Dbm)

"Fill Up More" (Ballad)

Definition & Positions

Block Chord Exercise (Cm, Fm, Bbm)

This comprehensive course covers major 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.