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No Bull Guide To Jazz Piano™ (Advanced)

In this advanced course, you'll take your jazz playing up a level by learning how to form rootless chords, comp and improvise over a more complicated blues progression. Course too difficult? Check out my beginner course.

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Lesson #1 - Guide Tones and Blues Chords

Learn how to form and play guide tones over all the chords in the blues.

Lesson #2 - Guide Tones with Added 9th Rootless Chords

Learn how to add the 9th to our guide tones for fuller-sounding chords.

Lesson #3 - Simplified Rootless Jazz Chords

Learn how to create simplified rootless chord voicings by adding tensions to our guide tones.

Lesson #4 - Jazz Comping Made Easy

In this lesson you'll learn 2-hand comping techniques using rootless chords and bell tones.

Lesson #5 - Minor Pentatonic and Blues Scales

The minor pentatonic and blues scales are really important scales to start with when learning improvisation.

Lesson #6 - How To Create Jazz Licks

In this lesson, we will learn how to create licks using the scales we learned in lesson #5.

Lesson #7 - Improvising Over The Blues Part 1

In this lesson, we will take the licks we learned in lesson 6 and apply them to the blues form.

Lesson #8 - Improvising Over The Blues Part 2

In this lesson, we will take the licks we learned in lesson 6 and apply them to the blues form.

Lesson #9 - Blues Fills and Turns Part 1

Turns are a great way to create embellishment in your improvisation. Plus they sound really cool. This lesson will show you how to create three different blues/jazz turns.

Lesson #10 - Blues Fills and Turns Part 2

In this lesson you'll learn to play a blues head that uses a lot of turns.

Lesson #11 - Blues Fills and Turns Part 3

In this lesson you'll learn to play the 2nd part of the blues head that uses a lot of turns.

Lesson #12 - Blues Improvisation Guide Tones

In this lesson you'll learn how to "shell out" your improvisation using guide tones. This is the first step to creating longer, more interesting bebop and jazz improv lines.

Lesson #13 - Neighbor Tones & Enclosures

Enclosures and neighbor tones are what allow you to weave through a chord progression with your improvisation. You'll learn 8 enclosure patterns and how to practice them.

Lesson #14 - How To Use Enclosures for Improv

In this lesson we will create a solo using enclosures.

Lesson #15 - Blues Bebop Improvisation

In this lesson we will finish our solo using bebop principles.

Lesson #16 - Latin Jazz / Swing Blues

In this lesson we will learn how to move from latin back to a swing feel to change styles in our blues playing.

Lesson #17 - How To Play Jazz & Blues Basslines

In this lesson we will learn how to play a blues bassline with rootless chords in the right hand.

Lesson #18 - Jazz Piano Quartal Comping

Quartal comping is a great way to play full, lush chords in both hands that are a great accompaniment.

Lesson #19 - Improvise Using Chord Cells Part 1

In this lesson you'll learn how to use 4-note chord cells for improvisation over the blues. This is part 1.

Lesson #20 - Improvise Using Chord Cells Part 2

In this lesson you'll learn how to use 4-note chord cells for improvisation over the blues. This is part 2.

Lesson #21 - Altered And Diminished Scales for Improvisation

In this lesson you'll learn how to use your altered and diminished scales for improvisation over the blues.

Lesson #22 - Altered and Diminished Scale Cells

Learn how to use cells to easily incorporate altered and diminished scales into your improvisation.

Lesson #23 - Mixolydian and Diminished Jazz Etude

In this etude (a jazz composition which is used as an exercise) you'll learn how to use your mixolydian and diminished scales over the blues progression.

Lesson #24 - Three Advanced Blues Intros

In this lesson you'll learn three advanced introductions you can use for your blues improvisations.

Lesson #25 - Three Advanced Blues Endings

In this lesson you'll learn three advanced endings you can use for your blues improvisations.

Lesson #26 - Blues Turnaround Progressions

In this lesson you'll learn different turnarounds that you can use to "tag" and end your song or go back to the beginning of the form.

Lesson #27 - Upper Structure Chord Voicings Part 1

In this lesson you'll learn how to use upper structures in your chords to create rich sounding turnarounds!

Lesson #28 - Upper Structure Chord Voicings Part 2

Part 2 of our lesson where you'll learn how to use upper structures in your chords to create rich sounding turnarounds!

Lesson #29 - 5 Ideas to Improve Your Jazz Solos

In this lesson I'll share 5 ideas that will help you create better jazz and blues solos.

Guide Tones & Rootless Chords

In this lesson you'll learn: how to pick out the guide tones for any chord, how to create basic rootless voicings and which tensions to add.

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