Step #5 – Upper Structure Triads Dominants
Stage 4 | Lesson: 38 | Step 5 - (theory) The dominant chord contains the most amount of upper structure triads because it has the most amount of exten…
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Step #7 – Upper Structure Triads Intro
Stage 4 | Lesson: 37 | Step 7 - (Theory) Upper structure triads are widely misunderstood and misused. There is a reason they’re presented in the Cur…
Step #8 – Minor 7th Upper Structure Triads
Stage 4 | Lesson: 37 | Step 8 - (Theory) Minor 7th upper structure triads produce a fantastic sound and they’re easy to play because there aren’t …
Step #6 – Drop 2 Voicings w/ Extensions
Stage 4 | Lesson: 37 | Step 6 - (Theory) You’ve waited a long time and we have finally hit one the cornerstones of a very high end, high quality jaz…
Step #2 – b5 Pentatonic Scale
Stage 4 | Lesson: 37 | Step 2 - (Theory) The b5 pentatonic scale is going to produce an almost an identical sound to that of the lydian mode. That is …
Step #4 – Minor 4th Voicings
Stage 4 | Lesson: 37 | Step 4 - (Theory) The minor 4th voicing setup is one of the most popular modern jazz voicing you can find. Often these are also…
Step #5 – 4th Voicing Movements
Stage 4 | Lesson: 37 | Step 5 - (Theory) 4th voicing movements are going to be very important when comping and creating a modern sound. This step will…
Step #1 – Hexatonic b7 Major & 1 Major
Stage 4 | Lesson: 37 | Step 1 - (Theory) We start our hexatonic improvisation series with the most famous one popularized by McCoy Tyner in songs such…
Step #4 – Drop 2 Bebop Scale Block Chords
Stage 4 | Lesson: 36 | Step 4 - (Theory) These drop 2 up the bebop scale stems from the “Barry Harris” school of education. This method is going t…
Step #5 – Major 7th Extension
Stage 4 | Lesson: 36 | Step 5 - (Theory) Now we’re working on isolating the major 7th extensions. Thank goodness there is not as many as the dominan…