Step #1 – Jazz Blues

1 | Lesson: 15 | Step 1 - (Theory) The jazz blues contains certain sets of harmonic changes that weren’t used when the blues was first created. Thes…

Step #1 – Blues Boogie

Stage 1 | Lesson: 16 | Step 1 - (Theory) The blues boogie is an old style that was being played when rock n’ roll first emerged on the scene. The LH…

Step #2 – Blues Stride

Stage 1 | Lesson: 16 | Step 2 - (Theory) The blues stride is a fantastic style to playing the blues. Stride itself is a style on it’s own but can be…

Step #6 – Rootless Voicings #2

Stage 1 | Lesson: 16 | Step 6 - (Theory) We’re now on to rootless voicings structure 2. This is simply and inversion of structure 1. Instead of star…

Step #7 – “Joy Spring” 

Stage 1 | Lesson: 16 | Step 7 - (Technique) Besides being a fantastic tune, “Joy Spring†is a technical exercise masterpiece. With all the trills,…

Step #8 – LH Comping

Stage 1 | Lesson: 16 | Step 8 - (Improvisation) In this step we’re focusing on our LH comping while our RH is improvising. Most students can play ha…
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