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
112 Courses
665 Lessons
250 Smartsheets
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No ending? No problem! Learn these 7 beautiful endings for jazz tunes to hold your audience's attention to the last note every time!
No ending? No problem! Learn these 7 beautiful endings for jazz tunes to hold your audience's attention to the last note every time!
Inversions
Learn simple and effective ways to create hip jazz piano chord substitutions.
Analyzing the brilliant Sonny Rollins' solo from his timeless recording of "St. Thomas."
Learn simple and effective ways to create hip jazz piano chord substitutions.
How to approach "Autumn Leaves" on piano in a jazz trio setting including tasty 4-note and 6-note chord voicings for two hands.
How to approach "Autumn Leaves" on piano in a jazz trio setting including tasty 4-note and 6-note chord voicings for two hands.
Join Jonny and composer Joshua Foy as they discuss the influence of jazz and other compositional devices in the film music of John Williams.
Learn to play bebop piano in 6 steps. This lesson explores upper & lower neighbors to generate sweet bebop lines with that chromatic "rub."
Learn to play bebop piano in 6 steps. This lesson explores upper & lower neighbors to generate sweet bebop lines with that chromatic "rub."
Learn simple techniques to play beautiful jazz piano melodic harmonization with block chords in the style of George Shearing.
Learn simple techniques to play beautiful jazz piano melodic harmonization with block chords in the style of George Shearing.
The complete guide to jazz scales, learn the best and most important scales for improvisation over the most common chord types for jazz piano!
The complete guide to jazz scales, learn the best and most important scales for improvisation over the most common chord types for jazz piano!
In this workshop, you'll learn how to solo over the 2-5-1 chord progression with Bebop scales. You'll learn 2 left hand accompaniments, 4 common grooves, and 3 bebop scales for soloing in the jazz style. Then we’ll practice various exercises for connecting scales and targeting chord tones to get that smooth jazzy solo sound.
Line Building: Targeting the 5th
Bebop Scales Explained
Bebop Scale Exercise 1: 6 Scale Degree Exercises
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