Pop & Jazz Keyboards & Harmony (intermediate)

🚀 Course Overview:

Dive deeper into the world of Pop & Jazz piano with "Pop & Jazz Keyboards & Harmony (Intermediate)"! 🎹 This course is your gateway to mastering sophisticated pop standards, incorporating rich jazz harmonies, and playing alongside a group of fellow musicians. It's designed as a natural progression from the Beginner level, ensuring you have a solid foundation before tackling more complex concepts.

🎓 What You'll Gain:

• 🚀 Expand Your Chord Knowledge: Delve into the intricacies of all 7th chords and their roles in chord progressions.
• 🆘 Flawless Chord Playing: Master playing all types of 7th chords, including inversions, smoothly across both hands.
• ✨ Enhance Your Sound: Learn to incorporate 9th, 11th, and 13th tensions into your chords for a richer sound.
• 🔍 Study Altered Tensions: Understand and apply altered tensions (b9, #9, b13) to Dominant 7th chords to add complexity to your music.
• 🤝 Solo Mastery: Utilize two-hand "Spread Voicings" for creating solo versions of jazz standards.
• 🎶 Grasp II-V-I Patterns: Familiarize yourself with these essential patterns in the context of jazz standards.
• 👫 Group Playing Proficiency: Improve your chord memory and ability to play in all keys, preparing you for collaborative music sessions.

🎉 Course Content Breakdown:

• Lesson 1 & 2: Advance from basic triads and seventh chords to more complex varieties. Gain a theoretical understanding of their use within progressions and learn to play these fluently with suitable inversions.

• Lesson 3 & 4: Explore the world of chord tensions (9th, 11th, 13th) and Spread-Voicings. Learn how to arrange chord notes over wide areas of the keyboard to create rich piano arrangements or accompaniments.

• Lesson 5 & 6: Focus on playing inversions of seventh chords, including tensions, for smooth and fluid execution of II-V-I patterns. Practice playing these patterns with both hands in a narrow key area to accommodate a bass player's part in a typical small group setting.

• Final Lesson: Engage in drills aimed at mastering the playing of II-V-I chords and seventh chords, including tensions, on every note of the keyboard with both hands. This will lay an excellent foundation for your jazz piano technique.

📚 Learning Experience:

• 📹 6 Lessons & 1.45 Hours of Video Content: Engage with detailed video lessons that cover every aspect of the course material.
• 🎶 Real-World Application: See these concepts in action through filmed playing of pop and jazz chord progressions and standards.
• 🆘 Hands-On Practice: No need for written music; everything is demonstrated visually, with letter names and numbers guiding you.
• 🤝 Supportive Learning Materials: Access fingering charts and comprehensive explanations of the chord and harmony theory involved.

Join Duncan Millar on this exciting journey through the nuanced world of Pop & Jazz piano! Whether you aim to be a soloist, an accompanist, or a vital part of a jazz group, this course will equip you with the skills and knowledge necessary for your musical growth and enjoyment. 🎶👨‍🏫