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Intermediate Jazz and Blues Improv

This course will cover creating lines over common forms like the blues and rhythm changes. I will also show you some of my tricks to take your improvisation “in or out” of the harmony to get an advanced sound. We will deal with how to improvise over ballads and uptempo tunes.
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Lesson 1

Int/Adv Jazz & Blues Improv 1

In this first lesson, you'll learn about rhythm in improvisation and how to create improvisation lines using proper fingering and dynamics. You'll also learn some improvisation exercises.
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58m
Lesson 2

Int/Adv Jazz & Blues Improv 2

Learn how to improvise over the Charlie Parker classic song, "Blues For Alice" with a bassline and rootless chords in the right hand, and rootless chords in the left hand with improvisation.
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43m
Lesson 3

Int/Adv Jazz & Blues Improv 3

Learn how to improvise over the song "Fly Me To The Moon" with different exercises designed to help you focus your improvisation choices.
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38m
Lesson 4

Int/Adv Jazz & Blues Improv 4

Learn how to create a "solo blues" arrangement. This means you will create an accompaniment in the left hand while improvising in the right.
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45m
Lesson 5

Int/Adv Jazz & Blues Improv 5

In this lesson we focus on how to "activate" our left-hand and make it part of our improvisation.
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32m
Lesson 6

Int/Adv Jazz & Blues Improv 6

In this lesson you'll learn an improvisation over "In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning" with rootless chords and quartals in the left-hand.
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35m
Lesson 7

Int/Adv Jazz & Blues Improv 7

Learn how to create groupings of notes to create a hemiola effect in which the beat shifts between duple and triple.
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27m
Lesson 8

Int/Adv Jazz & Blues Improv 8

Learn how to target notes in your improvisation to make a more cohesive sounding improv. We will also discuss how NOT to be your own worst critic so you can thrive at improvisation.
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37m

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