Step #4 – Advanced 2 Hand Voicings Series Part 1
Stage 4 | Lesson: 38 | Step 4 - (theory) The setups learned in this step are crucial for creating perfectly balanced two hand voicings. You have to le…
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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…
Step #1 – Hexatonic Minor 7th Chords (ii-, bIII maj)
Stage 4 | Lesson: 38 | Step 1 - (theory) In this step we’ll look at a hexatonic scale that can be used over minor 7th chords. This one isn’t compl…
Step #2 – b6 Pentatonic Scale
Stage 4 | Lesson: 38 | Step 2 - (theory) In this step we’ll learn the b6 pentatonic scale. I describe the sound and texture of the b6 pentatonic sca…
Step #3 – Modes In 5ths
Stage 4 | Lesson: 38 | Step 3 - (theory) The interval of a 5th is a very strong and useful interval to have mastered in jazz. By this point you should…
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 #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 #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 …