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Jazz Harmony & Concepts

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Learn advanced Jazz concepts! We'll explore the Johnny Smith chord grips, secondary dominants, and much more.

4 Lessons

Secondary Dominants

Secondary Dominants

Secondary Dominants are an important harmonic function that will help you understand modulations and some chords that 'don't seem to belong' in the key. I assume you know...

Chords built in 4ths

Chords built in 4ths

Chords built in 4ths sound really hip. I clearly remember being shown them by a piano player friend and loved the sound and the 'open tonality' that allows you to move be...

Re-harmonising melody notes

Re-harmonising melody notes

I love this trick for reharmonising a melody note, both for playing with harmony in jazz standards and writing simple songs... Further Reading... So lets just recap on ...

Johnny Smith Chord Grips

Johnny Smith Chord Grips

Checking out some chord grips from the master jazz guitarist Johnny Smith!