I’ll Be Home For Christmas – Samba Tutorial
In this lesson Jovino explores the Xmas tune “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” in a samba piano style.
We start by outlining the basic harmony of tune and exploring some different voicing options. We then accompany the tune using a Samba rhythm and groove.
Improvisation Demonstrations
Jovino demonstrates improvisation over the form of the tune. We discuss the diminished chord and how this chord type can be approached from an improvisation standpoint.
Related Lessons
In this lesson we create a simple but beautiful arrangement of the well-known Christmas tune “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”.
We will explore some of the more advanced applications, and how you can add this to your playing right now to sound like a jazz piano pro.
This is a nice simple Christmas ballad with a repetitive melody and straight forward changes. The tune follows an ABAC Form and is written in C Major.
Practice Tips
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Before improvising over a tune it's important to be able to hear the chord changes and the harmonic movement.
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Jovino shows us how to accompany the tune which creates strong foundations before we attempt to improvise over the changes.
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Study the related lesson on diminished chords to understand more about the 'diminished shadow' concept.
