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In this Premier-level live class, beginning Tuesday, January 17th at 2:30pm ET, students will engage in a comprehensive process in order to cultivate their aural skills and enhance their ability to learn and play music by ear. Students can join live, or access the replays.
Students Will...
Listen to recordings
Memorize a jazz standard
Acquire the necessary tools and setup to begin transcribing
Learn to “loop” and hear short phrases to begin the transcription process
Learn to identify the pitches and rhythms that were played
Learn to hear the harmonic progression taking place under a solo
Learn what to do with their left hand
Learn to take short, transcribed musical phrases and import essential jazz improvisation vocabulary into their immediate playing abilities
Learn to analyze jazz harmony
Learn to transpose efficiently and effectively, and how to practice transposition to further develop the skill
Learn to build an advanced jazz improvisation vocabulary derived from legendary jazz musicians
Learn how to accurately notate a transcribed solo
Be able to ask questions live, and much more!
Class Schedule:
Class #1: Finding the “Right” Solo (How to Listen, i.e., “Active Listening”)
Class #2: Learning the Underlying Tune
Class #3: Proper Tools and Short Phrases (Work Efficiently and Don’t Cheat Yourself)
Class #4: Learning to Play What You Hear (Chord and Scale Relationships)
Class #5: Should I Notate While Transcribing?
Class #6: What About My Left Hand?
Class #7: Playing Along With Recordings
Class #8: Extracting Licks and “Looping”
Class #9: Harmonic Analysis
Class #10: Transposing Licks (Which Keys?)
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Event Details:
Event Date: 01/17/2023 2:30 pm
Day of Week: Tuesday
Type: class
Teacher: paul
Req. Membership Level:
Premier
Current Registrations: 0
Open Registrations: 10
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If I don't register, does this mean I won't get any feedback?
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Do I need to attend coaching live in order to get feedback on my playing or answer my questions?
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