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
Learn a 1-6-2-5 Turnaround Progression (Rhythm Changes), Melody, and 3 Ways to Play it!
It's time to swing with this jazz-swing rendition of O Christmas Tree. Learn jazzy chords, chord extensions, inner-voice movement.
Jam on this fun swingin' arrangement of Heart & Soul. Learn how to walk a bass line, harmonize the melody, and add blues slides.
3 Beginner, 2 Intermediate, & 5 Advanced Options with Modern Jazz Techniques
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of C Minor with the scales, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with a fun minor swing tune, "Long Ago."
4 Common Chord Progressions
"Long Ago," Melody, Chords, Swing Style
Natural, Harmonic, & Melodic Minor
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of Bb Major with the scale, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with the swingin' tune "PWJ Avenue."
4 Common Chord Progressions
Learn PWJ Avenue, Lead Sheet, Melody, Chords, & Groove
The Major Scale, 1 & 2 Octaves
Four-on-the-Floor, Walking Bass, Upper Neighbors
Easy Stride, Reharmonized Stride Approaches
The Latin Approach, Workshop Questions
Lead Sheet, Melody & Chords, Chord Pops
Learn 3 essential Jazz styles - Jazz Swing, Stride, & Latin - with Heart & Spirit, inspired by Heart & Soul. From the lead sheet, we'll apply 4-On-The-Floor, Walking Bass, re-harmonizations, & more.
Learn Heart & Spirit, a tune inspired by Heart & Soul. You'll learn how to develop the lead sheet into 3 essential jazz styles - Swing, Latin, and Broadway Kickline - plus, how to improvise over it.
Four-on-the-Floor & Walking Bass Approaches
Latin & Kickline Style, Improvisation
Lead Sheet, Melody & Chords, Adding 3/7
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