Outlining changes / chord tones is an essential skill for any jazz musician. Being able to do this is an important foundation upon which other layers of musicality can be added. Without this foundation, your soloing might lack direction and synchronicity with the chords / backing track.
This video is aimed at jazz beginners looking to develop this basic skill as a stepping stone to soloing over chords. The video is 10 minutes in length and comes with a PDF with tab and notation of all examples. Upon purchase you will receive a digital download. This comes as a zip file.
The aim for the end of this video is for you to be able to:
Outline changes of a 251 in C in several ways
Outline changes in different directions and from different points within a chord
Build a solid foundation of locating, understanding and hearing chord tones
To transfer the concepts to other chord progressions and standards
Outlining changes / chord tones is an essential skill for any jazz musician. Being able to do this is an important foundation upon which other layers of musicality can be added. Without this foundation, your soloing might lack direction and synchronicity with the chords / backing track.
This video is aimed at jazz beginners looking to develop this basic skill as a stepping stone to soloing over chords. The video is 10 minutes in length and comes with a PDF with tab and notation of all examples. Upon purchase you will receive a digital download. This comes as a zip file.
The aim for the end of this video is for you to be able to:
Outline changes of a 251 in C in several ways
Outline changes in different directions and from different points within a chord
Build a solid foundation of locating, understanding and hearing chord tones
To transfer the concepts to other chord progressions and standards
The video lesson is structured as follows:
Introduction; what is outlining changes/chord tones?
Example of outlining changes with a 251 in C major
Targeting Root, 3rd, 5th and 7th on a 251
Playing 8th notes over changes of a 251
Varying direction ; playing arpeggios ascending and descending and mixing directions
Varying what note you start on
