Corey Christiansen
CC Modern Guitar
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Single Note Lines and the Jazz Language
Exploring the Vocabulary of Jazz
Taught by: Corey Christiansen
- Lessons7
- Contains11 videos (2:11:59), 11 PDF files
- Abilitiesintermediate, advanced
- VersionVersion 1.8
2016-05-02T16:10:24.83Z - Includes
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Course Description
As a modern guitarist, it is important to be be able to improvise and solo. This course will expand your single-note jazz soloing skills. You will understand the basics of navigating typical jazz chord progressions.
Just as with spoken language, jazz is a living language with a rich vocabulary that is both steeped in tradition and is constantly evolving. In this course Corey demonstrates ways to improvise over both static modal vamps and moving chord progressions. We will cover jazz vocabulary and patterns, and learn to use and navigate some of the most characteristic chord substitutions in jazz. We will also learn to apply the harmonic minor scale over minor ii-V-i progressions and solo over modal vamps using pentatonic ideas.
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Single Note Soloing And The Jazz Language-
Tension and Release
1 video (19:18), 1 PDF fileLearn how to create a sense of tension and resolution in your improvising. -
Patterns: The Jazz Language
2 videos (30:51), 2 PDF filesIt's time to start sounding like you understand the jazz language. This lesson introduces soloing using time tested jazz phrases that represent elements of the jazz language. -
Chord Substitutions: V for I and III for I
1 video (13:04), 1 PDF fileLearn how to substitute your lines over a variety of chords. -
Substitutions: The Tri-Tone Substitution
1 video (17:43), 1 PDF fileCorey makes it simple and easy to understand this sometimes confusing but foundational chord substitution. -
Soloing Over A Minor ii-V-I
1 video (07:04), 1 PDF fileSo many guitarists struggle with improvising over minor ii-V-i progressions. This lesson will help you gain insight to successfully navigate and sound killer over this essential progression in jazz. -
Melodic Minor Applications
1 video (17:04), 1 PDF fileEmpower your melodic playing and improvisational skills by using a logical approach to learning the melodic minor scale. -
Applying Pentatonic Scales Over Modal Vamps
4 videos (26:55), 4 PDF filesTake the pentatonic scale places you never thought possible!
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About The Author
Corey Christiansen
Corey has authored or co-authored over 70 method books and projects for Mel Bay Publications. He has written many articles for many of the major guitar magazines in North America and Downbeat Magazine. He has the developed The Modern Guitar Community, an online guitar-learning site. He currently is the music head at Education Advantage (an online accredited high school) and on the board of advisors for musiclessons.com. Corey currently teaches at Utah State University and has taught as an adjunct professor at the famed Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University (2008-2013), BYU-Idaho and is an outreach educator for Caleb Chapman Music. He is also an artist-in-residence at Atlanta Institute of Music (Atlanta, GA), and Broadway Music School (Denver, CO)