Fundamentals
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In This Quiet Hour - Minor Turnaround
Going Along - Misty Progression
This comprehensive course covers diminished & dominant diminished 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.
This comprehensive course covers diminished & dominant diminished 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.
Diminished Scale 3
Diminished Scale 1
You're Not the Bossa Me - Bossa Nova Scale 1
Diminished Scale 2
Dominant-Diminished Scale 1
Definition & Usage
Dominant-Diminished Scale 2
You're Always a Half Step Away - Swing Tune (Scale 2)
Dominant-Diminished Scale 3
Dominant Personality - Ballad (Scale 3)
Improvise jazz piano with the magical sound of the Lydian Dominant Scale. Learn to hear, construct and solo over 4 common jazz progressions.
Improvise jazz piano with the magical sound of the Lydian Dominant Scale. Learn to hear, construct and solo over 4 common jazz progressions.
Piano students usually only play augmented chords on accident. However, this Complete Guide shows why you will want to play these chords on purpose!
Piano students usually only play augmented chords on accident. However, this Complete Guide shows why you will want to play these chords on purpose!
This comprehensive course covers half-diminished 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.
Improvise with the hippest jazz scale of all—the Altered Scale (aka "Super Locrian," "Diminished Whole Tone"). This is your Complete Guide!
Improvise with the hippest jazz scale of all—the Altered Scale (aka "Super Locrian," "Diminished Whole Tone"). This is your Complete Guide!
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