Jazz Ballads
Learn the lush voicings, colorful scales and improvisational techniques behind your favorite jazz ballads.
Jazz Ballads Content
80 Courses
508 Lessons
197 Smartsheets
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
Song Analysis: Parts 2, 3, & 4
Song Analysis: Part 5
Q&A, Soloing Techniques
Learn a beautiful Jazz Ballad accompaniment for Silent Night using rootless chords.
Play a Jazz Stride Waltz over this classic holiday tune using roots and shells, in the style of Vince Guaraldi.
Play a Jazz Stride Waltz over this classic holiday tune using roots and shells, in the style of Vince Guaraldi.
Play this classic song with full jazz chords, extensions, and interesting reharmonization. This is the perfect song to serenade your friends with on New Year's eve.
Root Position Chords & Rootless Chords
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