Giant Steps: Harmony and Improvisation
The course includes an ebook with all of the material presented in the video lessons.
This is an all-instruments course with videos on: Harmonic Structure and Analysis – “Coltrane Changes” Improvising techniques, including pentatonics, fourth chord arpeggios, upper structure triads, intervallic shapes, minor-major triads, and bebop scales. Two complete left-hand comps – one with rootless voicings and a second with single-note stride. A walking bass line (in the range of acoustic bass) with a simple right hand comp. Complete written solo on two choruses of Giant Steps”, fully analyzed. A written solo using fourth chord arpeggios. A couple of choruses of “Giant Steps” by yours trully at the piano!
Course Curriculum
Giant Steps: Harmony and Improvisation | |||
Introduction | 00:00:00 | ||
Performance: Giant Steps | 00:00:00 | ||
Lesson 1: Harmony and Improvisation | 00:00:00 | ||
Lesson 2: Harmony and Improvisation | 00:00:00 | ||
Lesson 3: Line in fourths with left hand comp in fourths | 00:00:00 | ||
Lesson 4: Walking Bass | 00:00:00 | ||
Lesson 5: Bebop Scales | 00:00:00 | ||
Lessons 6: Bebop Scales and Shapes | 00:00:00 |