Episodes
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#12. In this jazz piano lesson, we cover 'Side-Slipping' - a sophisticated-sounding jazz piano technique which creates a modern sound.
Discover when and where to use side-slipping, and the 'trigger' I look for in a song's melody for me to use side-slipping.
As always, I'll show you a simple practice exercise for you to learn this essential jazz technique.
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#11. Discover 3 new exotic jazz piano sounds and reharmonization techniques - which you can use to spice up your playing today. In this episode I'll show you the whole-tone scale (and how to use this dreamy, yet sophisticated sounding scale in jazz). We'll look at a reharmonization called 'the flat 2 reharm'. And I'll show you a film noir style ending, featuring the 'minor 6 chord'.
All 3 techniques are easy to understand and play, but they add a lot of sophistication to your jazz piano playing instantly.
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#10. In this episode, I'll show you the sophisticated sound of 'upper structures'.
'Upper structures' are a sophisticated type of chord voicing for jazz piano, used to play dominant 7 chords. They're built of 6 (or sometimes 7) notes, and require two hands to play.
In this episode you'll discover 4 upper structure triads which you can play in your right hand - each chord produces its own set of chord extensions, from flat 9ths, to sharp 11ths, flat 13ths, and more.
I'll also show you how to practice upper structures, building them from all 12 notes.
By the end of this lesson, you'll know how to voice any jazz song using 'upper structures'.
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#9. In this episode, I'll show you the sophisticated sound of 'fourth chords' in jazz. I'll show you how to voice the main types of 7th chord using 4ths (instead of 3rds).
I'll show you how to practice playing 4th voicings by building them from all 12 notes.
By the end of this lesson, you'll know how to voice any jazz song using 'fourth voicings'.
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#8. In this episode, I'll show you 3 types of 'open voicing' which you can use for any 7th chord - including major 7, minor 7, V7, ø, dim 7, and more.
Open voicings sound clean, and allow you to span the bass, mid, and treble ranges with each chord voicing you play.
I'll show you how to practice open voicings by building them from all 12 notes.
By the end of this lesson, you'll know how to voice any jazz song using 'open voicings'.
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#7. Discover how to write an authentic walking bass line to any jazz song. In this episode, we'll discuss 'target notes', and how to move to each chord's root note using steps, leaps, and chromatic movement.
I'll also show you how to practice walking bass lines over the ii-V-I progression.
By the end of this lesson, you'll know how to write a professional sounding walking bass line to any chord progression, and any jazz song.
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#6. Discover 3 jazz piano improvisation techniques to help you sound more professional today. In this episode I'll show you 'chord tone soloing', how to use the 1 3 5 7 9 of each chord to write authentic solos, the 'half-step below approach pattern', and how to use triplets to create interesting rhythms.
By the end of this episode, you'll know 3 essential soloing techniques which you can use to solo over any jazz song.
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#5. Have you ever wondered how to intro a jazz song? Or how to end a jazz song?
Don't worry - in this episode, we cover jazz piano intros and endings. I'll show you how to intro a song, and end a song in style.
We cover 'turnarounds', and which scales to play from when writing a major song ending, versus when writing a minor song ending.
By the end of this episode, you'll know how to write a professional sounding intro and ending to every song in your repertoire.
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#2. In this episode, we'll look at chord extensions in jazz. You'll discover how to find the 9th, 11th, and 13th above any chord - whether it's a major chord, a minor chord, half-diminished, or other.
You'll also discover how to find altered chord extensions - like flat 9ths, sharp 9ths, sharp 11ths, and flat 13ths.
Put an end to your confusion when it comes to chord extensions, and get clarity once and for all!
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#4. Have you ever wondered which scale you should be playing over any chord? In this episode, we cover jazz scales - and I'll show you a simple rule to follow when choosing which scale to play from.
We'll cover the 'chord tone + whole-step' principle, and I'll show you which scale to play over each of the common chord types in jazz.
This lesson is essential for jazz musicians who want to improvise, as well as composers who want to write jazz music (using the authentic jazz scales).
I'll also show you a practice tip you can use to ingrain the different types of jazz scale.
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#3. In this episode, you'll discover how jazz song harmony works. Today we look at song key signatures (flat keys and sharp keys), I'll show you how to quickly identify a song's 'home key'. I'll also explain modulation in jazz, and how jazz songs will move through different keys using the ii-V-I progression, before returning to the home key.
This episode is essential for jazz pianists who want to understand jazz harmony, as well as for musicians who want to compose their own jazz music.
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#1. In this episode, we'll look at the six types of 7th chord found in jazz - including the major 7, minor 7, dominant 7, half-diminished, diminished 7, and the minor-major 7 chord.
We'll also look at 6 chords - the major 6 and minor 6 chords, and how these differ to 7th chords.
You'll also discover how to build these chords from all 12 notes (by carefully counting the intervals of each chord), and I'll show you how to practice playing these chords from all 12 notes.
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