Improvisation
Learn how to improvise jazz lines over your favorite jazz standard.
Improvisation Content
99 Courses
653 Lessons
228 Smartsheets
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.
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.
Jazzify Greensleeves in the spirit of Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown Christmas Special arrangement. Learn 2 left hand accompaniments, jazz harmonies, turns, walking bass, & how to improvise a solo.
Learn how to create an easy waltz-swing arrangement of Greensleeves. We explore the lead sheet, simple left hand shells, 2 waltz grooves, how to harmonize the right hand, and soloing tricks.
The most comprehensive Funk improv course! Learn the Funk progression, how to build sweet 4, 5, & 6-note lines, funky riffs, and funk left hand bass accompaniments.
Conclusion & Questions
3 Cool Riffs, 3 Funky Runs
Solo Techniques, Slides and Turns
C Blues Scale, 8th Notes & Triplets
2 Harder Grooves, 8th Notes
The Progression, 5 Left Hand Grooves
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.
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.
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