Jazz Swing
Learn how to play jazz tunes in a swing style. In these courses we'll show you how to walk bass lines, voice chords and improvise over classic swing tunes.
Jazz Swing Content
106 Courses
633 Lessons
238 Smartsheets
The essential guide for students of all levels to master playing jazz licks with professional sound…including what makes the pros sound so good!
The essential guide for students of all levels to master playing jazz licks with professional sound…including what makes the pros sound so good!
Discover why "polychords" are so important for jazz and blues piano. This mental framework is the fastest way to play hip piano voicings!
Discover why "polychords" are so important for jazz and blues piano. This mental framework is the fastest way to play hip piano voicings!
Hone your intuitive sense of swing in this dedicated lesson on jazz articulation with ghost notes. Includes tips for bass, melody & harmony.
Hone your intuitive sense of swing in this dedicated lesson on jazz articulation with ghost notes. Includes tips for bass, melody and harmony.
Play minor 2-5-1 progressions in 5 levels—from beginner to pro. These voicings are perfect for minor tunes like "Summertime" and "Beautiful Love."
Play minor 2-5-1 progressions in 5 levels—from beginner to pro. These voicings are perfect for minor tunes like "Summertime" and "Beautiful Love."
Learn how to play jazz melodies in the classy Locked Hands piano style (aka "Block Chords") of Milt Buckner made popular by George Shearing.
Learn how to play jazz melodies in the classy Locked Hands piano style (aka "Block Chords") of Milt Buckner made popular by George Shearing.
Create rich polychordal jazz piano voicings using the minor triad as an upper structure for major, minor, dominant, altered dominant sounds.
Create rich polychordal jazz piano voicings using the minor triad as an upper structure for major, minor, dominant, altered dominant sounds.
Learn to comp and improv on "Giant Steps"…one of the most feared and revered jazz tunes. Then master reharmonization using Coltrane changes.
Learn to comp and improv on "Giant Steps"…one of the most feared and revered jazz tunes. Then master reharmonization using Coltrane changes.
An essential guide for understanding and mastering various two-hand voicings techniques used by jazz pianists when comping in an ensemble.
An essential guide for understanding and mastering various two-hand voicings techniques used by jazz pianists when comping in an ensemble.
Learn to improvise with the exotic Phrygian Dominant Scale, the most hauntingly beautiful jazz scale. Discover its origin and how it's used.
Learn to improvise with the exotic Phrygian Dominant Scale, the most hauntingly beautiful jazz scale. Discover it's origin and how it's used.
Play Hoagy Carmichael's "Heart and Soul" on piano in 5 levels—from beginner to pro. Apply pro tips for jazz, stride and contemporary pop styles.
In this comprehensive jazz swing course, we'll learn how to accompany on Fly Me to the Moon in a band setting. Starting with the lead sheet, we’ll memorize the chords, apply rootless voicings, add right hand fills, and learn an intro/outro for a beautiful final arrangement.
4-Note Quartal Voicings with Extensions & Alterations
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