Inhalt

1 Jazz Music & Jazz Standards

2 Intro to Jazz Piano Voicings and Comping

The II-V-I Progression
Seven-Three Chord Voicings
Jazz Swing Comping Rhythms (Swing Eights)
Bossa Nova Comping (Straight Eights)
Circle of 5ths and Circle of 4ths review
Major 7th, Minor 7th, and Dominant 7th Chords in all keys
II-V-I Progression in All Keys (Seven-Three-Voicings)
II-V-I Progressions in All Keys (Seven-Three Voicings with Doubling)
Comping through “Autumn Leaves” (Jazz Swing)
Comping through “Blue Bossa” (Bossa Nova)

3 More Jazz Piano Voicings and Patterns

Left Hand Jazz Swing Pattern “In 2”, applied to Autumn Leaves
Left Hand Bossa Nova Pattern “In 2”, applied to “Blue Bossa”
SevenThree extended Chord Voicings

• Over II-V-I Progressions in Major and Minor
• Applied to “Autumn Leaves”
• Applied to “Blue Bossa”

Left Hand Jazz Swing Patterns “In 4”, applied to “All the things you are”
Jazz Blues Progression in F
Block (Four Part) Chord Voicings

• Basic block voicings
• Adding 9ths (“9 for 1” substitution)
• II-V-I Progressions in All Keys (Block voicings)
• Comping through “Just Friends” (Jazz Swing)

4 Intro to Jazz Piano Melody Treatment

The “Seven-Three Below melody” Technique

• Applied to melody in the style of “Autumn Leaves”
• Applied to melody in the style of “All the things you are”

The top note voicing exercise
The “Block Voicing Below melody” Technique

• Applied to melody in the style of “Just Friends”

5 Intro to Jazz Piano Soloing

Soloing Techniques for Jazz Standards

• Rephrasing and anticipating melody
• Adding neighbor tones
• Adding arpeggios and target notes

Soloing Techniques for Jazz Blues

• Using the “tonic” blues scale
• Using the “relative minor” blues scale
• Combining the “tonic” and “relative minor” blues scales

6 Style File

Duke’s Sweetheart
Carnival time
Stella by candlelight
Kitten up a tree
Cool Blues