Jazz Ballads
Learn the lush voicings, colorful scales and improvisational techniques behind your favorite jazz ballads.
Jazz Ballads Content
79 Courses
502 Lessons
193 Smartsheets
Make it a swingin' Christmas with O Christmas Tree. We'll build a swing arrangement from the lead sheet with techniques like walking bass, block chords, & jazz fills, plus learn how to improvise!
Lead Sheet Melody & Basic Chords, Left Hand Shells
Left Hand Walking Bass, Combined Left Hand Approaches, Swinging the Melody
Blocked Chords, Slides, Fills, Tremelos
Soloing Ideas, Putting the Whole Tune Together
Stride Left Hand, Intro 1, 2, & 3; Right Hand Soloing Techniques, Outro
Learn a fun swing arrangement of O Christmas Tree. Discover how to transform the lead sheet with swing techniques like shells, slides, fills, & tremolos, plus learn to improvise over it.
Harmonizing the Melody, Swing Variations, Slides, Fills, Tremolos
Creating Phrases in Your Improvisation, Outro, Final Touches
Lead Sheet Melody & Basic Chords
Left Hand Chord Shells, Swinging the Melody
3 Intro Options, Improvisation Scale: F Bluesy Pentatonic
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.
Beg/Int: Pentatonic Scale, Low Position Lines, 8ths, Slides, TripletsInt/Adv: 4 Advanced Scales, Connecting Scale Exercise
Beg Int: Upper Position 8th Notes, Slides, TripletsInt/Adv: Up-lines, Downlines, Combined Lines, Chromatic Notes
Beg/Int: Combined Upper/Lower Position Lines, 8th Notes, Triplets, Multiple Octaves Int/Adv: Triplet Up/Down Lines, Fast Runs
The Turnaround Progression, Basic Chords
Beg/Int Players: Easy & Medium Groove
Int/Adv: Easy & Medium Groove
Make sense of jazz standards by analyzing the chord progression for All the Ways You Love, inspired by All the Things You Are. You'll discover that jazz chords progressions follow predictable patterns.
Lead Sheet & Melody, Diatonic 7th Chords
Diatonic 7th Chords in All 12 Keys
Song Analysis: Part 1
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