Blue in Green is an unusual tune. The 10-measure form is much shorter than most jazz standards and so it’s repeated numerous times in a performance.
We explore various ways to add harmonic interest over dominant chords using tritones. We use the tunes ‘Body and Soul’ and ‘Misty’.
We start with the diatonic 7th chords found in the G Major scale and then discuss the different variations of the 251 progression.
In this lesson we will explore how to add passing chords and additional 251 progressions into church hymns and songs found in gospel music.
We introduce the b9 chord alteration into the whole step 251 drill by lowering the 2 middle voices in our right hand voicing shape.
In this lesson we will create the major 251 progression with a left hand stride and rootless voicings exercise and drill.
The 12 bar blues is the most common blues chord progression. In it’s most basic form, it contains just the I, the IV and the V chords of the given key.
In this lesson we will apply the theory from the walking bass lessons and also introduce rhythmic comping and other stylistic elements of walking bass.
In this lesson where we explore some more advanced harmonic variations for the final line of the blues including the 1625 progression.
In this lesson we focus on enriching our right hand to add more sophistication and expression when playing the tune “Moon River”.
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