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Comping Strategies for the Jazz Guitarist

Fundamentals of Musical Voice leading

Taught by: Corey Christiansen

Course: $18.00 USD Buy for $18.00 USD

72 Students Participating

  • Lessons5
  • Contains
    7 videos (1:33:29), 5 PDF files
  • Abilitiesintermediate, advanced
  • VersionVersion 1.14
    2016-04-28T21:42:43.870Z
  • Includes Lifetime access
    Mobile friendly format

Course Description

This course focuses on approaches to accompanying a singer or soloist in a small group setting.

One of the most important aspects of playing guitar is accompaniment. In-demand guitarists are masters of harmony and are able to accompany singers and instrumentalists in a myriad of styles. In this course you will learn the fundamentals of accompanying a soloist or singer using well constructed, musical voiceleading between chords. in short, you will begin to master harmony. This course begins with an in depth look at good voice leading in the context of the ii-V-I progression. Next we learn some simple but effective ways to down size your chord voicings to the most essential notes. These concepts are then applied over the changes to a popular jazz standard as well as Bossa Nova and Samba rhythms. By taking this course, you are one step closer to mastering the art of comping.

    • Voice Leading With The ii-V-I Progression
      1 video (18:16), 1 PDF file

      Learn to make good chord choices based on the musical statement that they make and by effectively connecting chords within a progression through the use of good voice leading.
    • Voice Leading: Comping With 3rds and 7ths
      1 video (23:54), 1 PDF file

      Explore the "powerhouse" voice leading intervals, the fourth and the half step, and learn to enhance chord resolutions by creating tension and release.
    • Voice Leading: V for ii Substitution
      1 video (17:12), 1 PDF file

      This lesson presents an examination of one of the most fundamental chord substitutions in Jazz: the V for ii substitution.
    • Voice Leading as Applied Jazz Standards
      1 video (19:10), 1 PDF file

      In this lesson you will learn effective ways to down size chords to their most important elements and apply them to the jazz standard "All The Things You Are".
    • Latin Jazz: Samba And Bossa Nova Survival Guide
      3 videos (14:57), 1 PDF file

      For decades, Brazilian music has been an integral part of jazz. This set of lessons will help you understand the basics of Bossa Nova and Samba.

About The Author

Corey Christiansen

Corey has authored or co-authored over 70 method books and projects for Mel Bay Publications. He has written many articles for many of the major guitar magazines in North America and Downbeat Magazine. He has the developed The Modern Guitar Community, an online guitar-learning site. He currently is the music head at Education Advantage (an online accredited high school) and on the board of advisors for musiclessons.com. Corey currently teaches at Utah State University and has taught as an adjunct professor at the famed Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University (2008-2013), BYU-Idaho and is an outreach educator for Caleb Chapman Music. He is also an artist-in-residence at Atlanta Institute of Music (Atlanta, GA), and Broadway Music School (Denver, CO)


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Vamp,Samba,Jazz Lines,Jazz Guitar ,Jazz,Harmony,Guitar,Corey Christiansen,Comping,Chords,Chord Progression,Bossa Nova, John Coltrane, ii V I Progression

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