Last is not least in this situation though! □ Now, go make it happen! Never Forget Rhythm So, If you want to take your playing up several notches in a 10-20 minutes a day then you’ll love this program -> Take the guessing out of what to work on next. No other program has a powerful feature like this. The secret is in our 3 levels of arrangements system that’s designed to take you from beginner to pro. This will help you pick up these songs in no time. So, no matter where you are with your playing skill, you’ll find training right your level. Oh, give you 3 levels of arrangements for every song.
Inside the program I walk you step by step how to break down and play all of these must know jazz standards, how to improvise over them, how to use blues to electrify your tunes, and more. That’s why I created the Premium Jazz Elite Membership Program. “BUT WAIT! Steve, these are great suggestions and all but is there an easy way to learn these tunes?” The 10-20 Minute A Day Jazz & Blues Practice Solution Plus, you can use tons of classic bebop licks on the chord changes to this one.Įvery pianist needs to know these songs. They will do incredible things for your playing. Lots of quick minor 2-5’s and a super bluesy melody. If you love the sound of dark and rich soulful chords than you’ve got to learn this tune. One of the most haunting melodies out there. It’s great if you want to learn some jazz gospel harmony moves. Plus, the bridge features a chord progression that you’ll find in dozens of other tunes. Classic melody, a great study in the 1-6-2-5-1 chord progression. (Hint: my improv chops even took a big step up when I jumped into this one)Įverybody needs to dig into some Duke Ellington at one point. Incredible study in jazz harmony and how to successfully use different melodic ideas over lots of different chords. This is probably the most popular jazz ballad of all time. Plus, you can improvise on it using blues scale, bebop patterns, modal concepts, and more. The tune is short (only 16 bars), is a great study for you on how to switch keys smoothly. If you want to add some tasty Brazilian rhythms into your playing then this is a great tune to learn. Once you learn the formulas you can then use them in any tune. I ALWAYS show my students how to use reharmonization in this tune too. Moves you find in hundreds of other tunes. I’m also going to tell you WHY and some great nuggets you can learn from them.Īutumn Leaves features the 3 most common jazz chord progressions. Here are 5 tunes that my best jazz students all know. There are literally hundreds of tunes that you can use this improvisation concept on. What Jazz Standards Can I Apply This Concept To? We learn how to do this within the Oscar Peterson and Diana Krall licks inside my DVD The Jazz Masters Method. Always remember that using different ‘spices’ or sounds in your playing helps keep the listener engaged and entertained.Ħ. You can also use the blues scale and blues concepts over II-V-I’s. It’s for that reason that later in the video I show you how mixing blues and bebop together creates a nice counter balance of more complex sounds and simpler sounds.ĥ. There’s a lot more spices that the best jazz and blues musicians cook with!Ĥ. On a real gig you may do a whole chorus of a tune using blues scale but you probably wouldn’t do it for several choruses in a row. It’s not the most complex ‘taste’ in the world but it works.ģ. I like to think of using the blues scale as just a simple ‘spice or sauce’ that can always be used. This isn’t the most advanced concept you can use when improvising over a jazz song. If you apply these concepts you should be able to do get started using it right away!ġ. Let’s explore some of the playing concepts from the video now below. Today’s video should help you add a lot of soulfulness to your jazz improvisation.This is a follow up lesson to our introduction to blues scale for piano. I put jazz in quotes because really this is a tune that EVERY well rounded musician must know. Now, today’s video I want to teach you some improv tricks you can use on 1 of the ‘jazz tunes’ B.B. I’d hear him rip some jazz lines, throw in some jazzier chords, and mix it all together w/ the blues. When I would watched him play a lot of his set list contained songs that really had more jazz influenced chord changes. would play some songs with 3 chords but lots of others songs he was playing actually had chord changes that were much closer to jazz chord progressions. In reality, many of the blues masters are using a lot more than the cliche 3 chords that most people think of as blues. Most newbies think that there is a big separation between blues and jazz. In this lesson I want to talk about some of the discoveries I made on my tours with B.B. Would you like to learn how to use blues sounds to improvise over a jazz standard?