Jazz Ballads
Learn the lush voicings, colorful scales and improvisational techniques behind your favorite jazz ballads.
Jazz Ballads Content
77 Courses
491 Lessons
192 Smartsheets
Song with Dominant "A" Voicings
Definition & Positions
This exercise prepares beginner piano students to play jazz standards by mastering 2-5-1 progressions using chord shells in all 12 keys.
This exercise prepares beginner piano students to play jazz standards by mastering 2-5-1 progressions using chord shells in all 12 keys.
In this workshop, we're learning a jazzy arrangement of Silent Night. We'll reharmonize the lead sheet with extensions, add a swing accompaniment pattern, embellish the melody with fills, passing chords, and learn a beautiful intro/outro!
Adding Chord Extensions
Spread Voicings
Passing Chords & Fills
Lead Sheet
Traditional Hymn
Reharmonized Lead Sheet
Accompaniment
Intros and Endings
Solo and Scale Index
Final Arrangement
In this workshop, we're learning a jazzy arrangement of Silent Night. We'll reharmonize the lead sheet with extensions, add a swing accompaniment pattern, embellish the melody with fills, passing chords, and learn a beautiful intro/outro!
The Magic Run is the ultimate piano run to captivate your audience's attention during your introduction, ending or anytime in between.
The Magic Run is the ultimate piano run to captivate your audience's attention during your introduction, ending or anytime in between.
This comprehensive course covers rootless voicings on major 9 chords. We'll learn how to construct these colorful chords and how to apply them to tunes in various styles.
Major 9 "B&A" Voicing Exercise
Bossa Round
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