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Demystifying Jazz Improvisation
Module 1: "Summer Waves" Historical Background, Sketching Form, Learning the Melody
1.0 Introduction (1:01)
1.1 Historical background, sketching form, learning the melody (3:50)
1.2 Sing the melody (2:15)
1.3 Play the first A-section (2:03)
1.4 Play the second A-section (1:49)
1.5 Play the B-section (3:00)
1.6 Play the C-section (2:40)
1.7 Play the whole melody (1:42)
1.8 Embellishments (6:21)
1.9 Module 1 conclusion (0:18)
Module 2: Learning and Creating Bass Lines on "Summer Waves"
2.1 Demonstrating the bass line and its role in the ensemble (2:28)
2.2 Sing the bass line (1:18)
2.3 Play the A-sections (1:56)
2.4 Play the B-section (3:14)
2.5 Play the C-section (2:40)
2.6 Play the whole bass line (1:23)
2.7 Harmonic analysis (1:31)
2.8 Improvising rhythms on the roots (3:17)
2.9 Bass line embellishment: 2-feel, triplets, approach notes, and octave displacement (6:30)
2.10 Bass line practice track (1:19)
2.11 Play with a friend (3:31)
2.12 Melody and bass line play along (2:23)
Module 3
3.1 Arpeggios: major and dominant 7 (7:24)
3.2 Arpeggios: minor and half diminished 7 (4:09)
3.3 Arpeggiate the whole tune (3:21)
3.4 Chord arpeggio play-along (1:19)
3.5 Arpeggio permutations (2:02)
3.6 Chord scale demonstration (2:51)
3.7 Chord scale play-along (1:19)
3.8 Scale variations (1:16)
3.9 Voice leading starting on the 3rd (7:01)
3.10 Voice leading play-along: start on the 3rd (1:19)
3.11 Voice leading starting on the 7th (2:08)
3.12 Voice leading play-along starting on the 7th (1:19)
3.13 Improvise your own rhythms starting on the 3rd (1:34)
3.14 Voice leading play-along (1:19)
3.15 Improvise your own rhythm starting on the 7th (1:21)
3.16 Voice leading play-along (1:19)
3.17 Neighboring pitches: scale degrees 1 2 3 (0:42)
3.18 Play-along (1:19)
3.19 ii-V-I exercise (3:21)
3.20 Play-along (1:20)
3.21 Embellished ii-V-I (1:32)
3.22 Make your solos organic (not robotic) (4:54)
3.7 Chord scale play-along
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