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Music Music Fundamentals Jazz

The Complete Jazz Theory Course - Jazz Chords/Scales & More

Better jazz improvisation by understanding jazz chords & scales - All the jazz theory every jazz musician should know
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (353 ratings)
2,405 students
Created by Martin Cohen
Last updated 2/2021
English
English
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What you'll learn

  • You will know how jazz chords are formed
  • You will know what notes/scales to use for your improvisation/solo
  • You will understand the relationship between chords and scales
  • You will learn reharmonization techniques

Requirements

  • Know the basics of music theory (intervals, major & natural minor scale, chords (m7, 7 & major 7)) and be able to read sheet music.
  • Your instrument to practice the scales and start improvising.

Description

FINALLY A COURSE THAT WILL UNVEIL ALL THE SECRETS OF JAZZ THEORY

You want to get better in jazz improvisation? By doing this course, you will get a clear overview of jazz theory on a high level, that will help you with your jazz improvisation.


QUICKLY UNDERSTAND WHICH NOTE(S) WILL WORK ON A CHORD & WHICH SCALE(S) TO APPLY

Detailed explanation by an experienced teacher (25+ years of teaching experience) and lots of sound samples will let you quickly advance and let you exactly understand everything in detail.


THIS COURSE WILL MAKE YOU A BETTER JAZZ MUSICIAN

In order to become good in jazz, you need to know jazz theory. And I know: the word "theory" scares a lot of people. But the way it is done in this course, with very clear explanations and lots of sound samples and examples, make it a pleasure to learn jazz theory.


TRY THIS COURSE WITHOUT ANY RISK

Still not convinced? Why not give it a try? It's without any risk: if for whatever reason this was not the right course for you, you can get a full refund within 30 days after purchase.

So, no need to wait any longer: just hit that enroll button and get access to this complete jazz theory course!



About this course:

This course covers the jazz theory that every jazz musician should know. 

This course is for all instrumentalists, whether you're a guitar player, a bass player, a singer, a trumpet player, a piano player, a saxophone player, etcetera, so this course is not focussed on one single instrument.

This is definitely not a course for those who don't know the basics of music theory, you should know about intervals, about the major and natural minor scale, how minor (7th), dominant (7th) and major (7th) chords are formed and you should be able to read sheet music.

This course consists of the following 9 sections:

  • Introduction (3 lectures)
  • Adding notes to chords (7 lectures)
  • Major scale harmony (11 lectures)
  • Melodic minor scale harmony (13 lectures)
  • Diminished scale harmony (4 lectures)
  • Whole tone scale harmony (2 lectures)
  • Other scales (5 lectures)
  • Slash chords (4 lectures)
  • BONUS: Basics of reharmonization (5 lectures)



Course characteristics

Clear explanations by an experienced teacher with:

  • lots of examples
  • sound samples of chords & improvisation lines
  • Summaries of each section, also as downloadable PDF-files



Some of the topics covered in this course

Review of intervals

Review of minor 7th, dominant 7th, major 7th and diminished chords

Adding notes to chords to let them sound more colorful, more 'jazzy'

The altered chord

The modes of major scale harmony

The modes of minor scale harmony

The altered scale

The half/whole and the whole/half diminished scale

The whole tone scale

Slash chords

Basic reharmonization techniques

And much, much more...


Who this course is for:

  • All the jazz musicians that want to understand jazz theory & that want to improvise and know which note(s)/scales will work.
  • This is not a course for total beginners in music.

Featured review

Sergio Rodriguez Reyes
Sergio Rodriguez Reyes
20 courses
14 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 5a year ago
At the beginning of the course he does a refresher on intervals and chords that I've found very useful :) Now that I am in the middle of the course, I find it tremendously complete and descriptive. Uses the audiovisual tools perfectly to illustrate every content of the course. I doubt It could be done in a better way. Great!

Course content

9 sections • 55 lectures • 4h 49m total length

  • Preview01:23
  • Preview08:43
  • Preview04:26

  • Preview00:44
  • Preview04:12
  • Adding notes to dominant 7th chords
    05:37
  • Adding notes to minor 7th chords
    02:11
  • Adding notes to major 7th chords
    01:50
  • Adding more than 1 note - Altered chords
    04:43
  • Section 2 - Summary
    06:32
  • Quiz section 2
    11 questions

  • Preview06:03
  • Major scale theory II
    03:22
  • Major scale theory III
    05:20
  • Preview03:27
  • Other common chord progressions
    04:48
  • Examples of chord progressions
    05:00
  • Playing over the 2-5-1 progression - Avoid notes
    08:43
  • Playing over the other modes
    04:46
  • Phrygian and sus chords
    05:37
  • Tritone substitution
    06:08
  • Section 3 - Summary
    15:19
  • Quiz section 3
    15 questions

  • Natural minor - Harmonic minor - Melodic minor
    Preview08:40
  • Preview01:05
  • Melodic minor harmony - 1st mode
    01:15
  • Melodic minor harmony - 2nd mode
    01:17
  • Melodic minor harmony - 3rd mode
    01:20
  • Melodic minor harmony - 4th mode
    01:15
  • Melodic minor harmony - 5th mode
    00:49
  • Melodic minor harmony - 6th mode
    01:19
  • Melodic minor harmony - 7th mode
    03:16
  • Characteristics of melodic minor chords
    05:45
  • Preview04:42
  • Think key, not chord
    02:25
  • Section 4 - Summary
    17:54
  • Quiz section 4
    9 questions

  • The diminished scale
    06:58
  • Half step/whole step diminished - The V7b9 chord
    05:56
  • Whole step/half step diminished - The diminished chord
    03:52
  • Section 5 - Summary
    08:09
  • Quiz section 5
    5 questions

  • The whole tone scale
    03:17
  • Section 6 - Summary
    01:45
  • Quiz section 6
    1 question

  • The pentatonic scale
    11:08
  • Preview02:43
  • The bebop scales
    06:13
  • Playing outside
    06:40
  • Section 7 - Summary
    13:44
  • Quiz section 7
    7 questions

  • Slash chords
    10:29
  • Scales on slash chords
    07:19
  • Some more on slash chords
    05:54
  • Section 8 - Summary
    11:13
  • Quiz section 8
    6 questions

  • Introduction - 2-5 progressions & tritone substitution
    06:00
  • Reharmonizing minor chords
    05:26
  • Reharmonizing V-chords
    02:47
  • Reharmonizing I-chords
    02:21
  • Section 9 - Summary
    07:02
  • Bonus lecture
    00:08

Instructor

Martin Cohen
Teacher, musician and composer
Martin Cohen
  • 4.7 Instructor Rating
  • 3,115 Reviews
  • 24,910 Students
  • 6 Courses

Martin Cohen is since about 25 years a teacher of physics, mathematics and informatics.  

At the moment, he teaches at the European School in Luxembourg.  

Martin is originally from Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  

He is a passionate musician and composer. Since the age of 8 years, he plays the piano.  

He played in several rock, blues and jazz bands and he has at the moment a jazz trio.   

He also teaches the piano, music theory and composing techniques.   

Martin has a masters degree in physics from the Free University in Amsterdam.


UPDATE (summer 2019):

Martin quit his day job as a school teacher to concentrate for the full 100% on online music teaching.   

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