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
113 Courses
671 Lessons
254 Smartsheets
5ths Technique
5ths Tritions, Tritone Swing
Walkups, Walkups Swing
Walkdown Steps, Walkdown Tritones, Walkdown Swing
Chord Progression, Rootless Voicings
Learn 9 techniques for walking jazz bass lines, including outlining chords, chromatic connectors, 5ths, walkups, walkdowns, & more.
Outlining Chords, Adding the Chromatic Connector
5ths Going Up, 5ths Going Down, 5ths Going Up/Down
Walking Up, Walking Down, Walking Up/Down
Combined Approaches
Chord Progression, Root Position Chords, 3-7 Guide Tones
Explore the Cycle of 5ths Progression in 3 Jazz Styles: Swing, Bossa Nova, & Cocktail Piano. An essential course for comping on tunes like Fly Me to the Moon, Autumn Leaves, & All the Things You Are.
Questions & Conclusion
Improv Techniques, the A Blues Scale
Rootless Voicings
Swing Groove, Bass Line Tips, Passing Tones
Latin Groove, Syncopation, Both Hands
Ballad Style, Melody, Root-Chord Left Hand
Quartal Voicings, Comping
The Progression, Root Position Chords, & Shell Voicings
Stylize the Cycle of 5ths Progression in Swing, Latin Bossa Nova, & Jazz Ballad. An essential course if you want to comp on tunes like Fly Me to the Moon, Autumn Leaves, & All the Things You Are.
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