Corey Christiansen's Master Class Workshop
Archive Of Corey's Live Lesson Series
Roughly 30 minute "live online workshops" by Corey Christiansen have been recorded and archived and are available for you to access.
Online Course For Turnaround, Tritone Substitution, Triads, Tension, Technique, Substitutions, Speed, Solo Jazz Guitar, Solo, Seventh (7th) Chord, Secondary Dominant, Right Hand Technique, Relaxation, Playing Outside, Pentatonic Scale, Modern Jazz, Melodic Minor, Lead Playing, Jazz Lines, Jazz Guitar , Jazz Blues, Jazz, Inversions, Improvisation, Harmony, Guitar: Electric, Guitar, Fretboard, Embellishment, Diminished, Diatonic Harmony, Comping, Chromatic, Chords, Chord Melody, Blues, Bebop Lines, Bebop, Back Cycling, Accuracy, 3 To b9, 12 Bar Blues, John Coltrane
Chapter 1
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Chord Embellishment
Online Lesson For Jazz Guitar , Harmony, Embellishment, Chords
Learn how to add color and emotion to your chordal playing through chord embellishment.
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Chart: Basic Chord Embellishment
The Back Door Substitution
Online Lesson For Substitutions, Jazz Lines, Jazz Guitar , Guitar, Bebop Lines
The "back door" substitution is a harmonic and melodic substitution that will instantly add flair to your sound. This lesson provides an explanation of this musical device and will help you master this sound.
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Chart: Back Door Substitution
Playing Tension Tones
Online Lesson For Tension, Playing Outside, Jazz Lines, Jazz, Guitar, Bebop Lines
Knowing and to create, control and resolve tension in your lead playing is one of the most important skills to master and will give you true depth to your guitar playing. This lesson teaches you how to add more interest into your improvisation by learning these tricks to creating tension and release.
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Right-Hand Technique
Online Lesson For Technique, Speed, Right Hand Technique, Jazz Guitar , Guitar: Electric, Guitar, Accuracy
Increase your right-hand speed and accuracy while reducing your chance of injury and fatigue.
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Deveolping Speed And Relaxation
Online Lesson For Technique, Speed, Right Hand Technique, Relaxation, Jazz, Improvisation, Guitar
It is time to Learn to Burn! Relaxation and velocity go hand in hand. This lesson gives even more insight and practice into developing velocity with accuracy, finesse and most importantly playing fast with GOOD TIME!
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Diminished Harmonies
Online Lesson For Jazz Guitar , Harmony, Diminished
This lesson unlocks the function and applications of diminished chords. You will learn how to analyze, approach and improvise over diminished chords.
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Chart: Diminished Harmonies
Triad Soloing
Online Lesson For Triads, Solo, Jazz Guitar , Improvisation, Guitar, Fretboard
Having control over the harmony when playing a melody in jazz is paramount. This is the first step in being able to improvise in jazz or any style competently.
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Blues Comping
Online Lesson For Tritone Substitution, Substitutions, Jazz Guitar , Jazz Blues, Blues, 12 Bar Blues
Learn how to use chord substitutions and other techniques to 'jazz up' your blues playing
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Blues comping with backcycling
Blues comping with backcycling
Harmonization Ideas
Online Lesson For Tritone Substitution, Substitutions, Solo Jazz Guitar, Solo, Jazz Guitar , Guitar, Chord Melody, Back Cycling
This lesson presents some ideas on the art of constructing a solo guitar piece. Harmonization techniques will be discussed that will help you take your arranging to a new level.
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Harmonizing Diatonic Lines With Parallel Motion
Online Lesson For Seventh (7th) Chord, Modern Jazz, Jazz Guitar , Inversions, Diatonic Harmony, Chords
Guitarists like Wes Montgomery, Johnny Smith and many others were masters of chordal improvisation. This lesson covers technique that will allow you to use chords in your improvisations.
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Chart: Drop-2 Parallel Motion
Diatonic Harmonization: ii for V Substitutions
Online Lesson For Substitutions, Solo Jazz Guitar, Jazz Guitar , Jazz, Guitar
Th "ii for V" essential substitution technique will instantly give you more options for adding chords whiling comping or arranging for solo guitar.
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Chart:Diatonic Harmonization: ii for V Substitutions
Pentatonic Comping - Part One
Online Lesson For Pentatonic Scale, Modern Jazz, Jazz Guitar , Harmony, Guitar
In this lesson you will learn a new approach and techniques that will allow you to use the pentatonic scale for interesting harmonies and comping. This concept will make your chord and lead playing really stand out.
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Chart: Pentatonic Comping - Part One
Pentatonic Comping - Part Two
Online Lesson For Pentatonic Scale, Modern Jazz, Jazz Guitar , Guitar, Comping
This lesson adds more to your arsenal of pentatonic comping through introducing quartal voicing inversions.
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Chart: Pentatonic Comping - Part Two
Improve Your Bebop Chops with the 3 to b9 Motion
Online Lesson For Solo, Jazz Guitar , Improvisation, Guitar, Bebop Lines, Bebop, 3 To b9
It is time to get your bebop playing together! This lesson presents a technique used by literally every strong bebop player to date. Start getting more of an authentic jazz sound together 3 to b9 techniques.
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Secondary Dominant Workshop - One
Online Lesson For Secondary Dominant, Modern Jazz, Jazz Guitar , Guitar
Secondary dominants are a staple in all styles. They create strong chord progressions with lots of fantastic voice leading. Create more interesting chord progressions using this essential technique.
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Chart: Secondary Dominant Workshop - One
Secondary Dominant Workshop - Two
Online Lesson For Tritone Substitution, Substitutions, Secondary Dominant, Jazz Guitar , Guitar
Learn how to manipulate and super-impose secondary dominants in your playing to get even more interesting sounds.
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Secondary Arpeggio Workshop - One
Online Lesson For Solo, Secondary Dominant, Lead Playing, Jazz Guitar , Improvisation, Guitar
This lesson presents an affective way to gain control using chord substitutions and introduce some 'outside' ideas in your lead playing.
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Chart: Secondary Arpeggio Workshop - One
Turnarounds - One
Online Lesson For Turnaround, Solo, Lead Playing, Jazz Guitar , Improvisation, Guitar
The turnaround is an essential element of jazz harmony and cannot be overlooked by today's improviser. This lesson will help you navigate this essential component of jazz repertoire.
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Turnarounds - Two
Online Lesson For Turnaround, Solo, Lead Playing, Jazz, Improvisation, Guitar
The turnaround is an essential element of jazz harmony and cannot be overlooked by today's improviser. This lesson will help you master the art of the turnaround.
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Coltrane Changes
Online Lesson For Solo, Lead Playing, Jazz Guitar , Improvisation, Guitar, John Coltrane
"Coltrane Changes" are now a staple of the jazz language and every serious jazz guitarist should be familiar with them and know how to navigate them while comping and soloing. This lesson will put you on a solid trajectory to understanding these chord progressions.
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Chart: Coltrane Changes
Coltrane Changes On Modal Vamps
Online Lesson For Solo, Lead Playing, Jazz, Improvisation, Guitar, John Coltrane
This modern system of improvisation on modal vamps developed by John Coltrane will add a level of complexity and beauty to your soloing.
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This video has Coltrane changes over modal vamps.
This video has Coltrane changes over modal vamps.
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Chart: Coltrane Changes On Modal Vamps
Triad Pairs Workshop - One
Online Lesson For Solo, Modern Jazz, Lead Playing, Jazz Guitar , Improvisation, Guitar
Triad pairs are a very cool concept that will add a very modern flair to your lead playing as well as your comping
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Chart: Triad Pairs - One
Triad Pairs Workshop - Two
Online Lesson For Substitutions, Solo, Lead Playing, Jazz Guitar , Improvisation, Guitar
Soloing with triad pairs is an intervallic approach to improvisation and a concept that will add a modern flair to your soloing. This lesson discusses this approach over functional harmonic progressions.
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Chart: Triad Pairs Workshop - Two
Triad Pairs Workshop - Three
Online Lesson For Triads, Solo, Melodic Minor, Lead Playing, Jazz Guitar , Improvisation, Guitar
Soloing with triad pairs is an intervallic approach to improvisation and a concept that will add a modern flair to your soloing. This lesson discusses this approach using ideas from the melodic minor scale.
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Triad Pairs Workshop - Four
Online Lesson For Triads, Solo, Melodic Minor, Lead Playing, Jazz Guitar , Improvisation, Guitar
Triad pairs are an interesting intervallic concept and approach to improvising that will add a very modern flair to your improvisations.
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Chart: Triad Pairs - Four
Passing Chords
Online Lesson For Jazz Lines, Jazz Guitar , Harmony, Guitar, Chromatic, Bebop Lines
Learn how to use diminished passing chords to enrich your comping, solo guitar playing and improvisational skills.
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Chart: Passing Chords