Little Jazz Workshop Lesson 1 - Chords

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   Hi GMC, welcome to my new series about Jazz called "Little Jazz Workshop"!

In this series we will go through some main stages of making a good sounding jazz composition. By the end of the series I hope you will acquire enough knowledge to make your own jazz material, even if you never played jazz before. This lesson series are good for beginners, but those of you who already play jazz can also benefit from few tips&tricks. So let's begin!

You will have all the theory explanation in slow videos. I promise it would be easy, and don't be scared by those chord names on-screen. I will explain everything very straightforward so you can understand it.

This series contain three lessons. This one is the first in series and we will make chords for our jazz composition here. Some theory knowledge is important to have and I will write down exactly what you need to know.

Chords are the basis of a good composition, so I suggest you go step-by-step in the series. Lot of people think that scales and arpeggios are what is the most important thing, but chords are actually the most important thing. We will be doing scales and arpeggios for our composition in the second video. First we need to make a good solid basics and that my friends, are the chords.

Have fun learning and playing!

The Little Jazz Workshop Lesson 1 - Chords can enhance:

1. your chords playing
2. your right hand fingerstyle playing
3. your theory knowledge
4. your left hand muting
5. jazz composing

Tempo: Fast Shuffle 180bpm

Sound: Bridge humbucker, Line6 Piezo emulation preset.

Here are links to the second and third lesson in series:

Little Jazz Workshop Lesson 2 - Scales&Arpeggios
Little Jazz Workshop Lesson 3 - Solo



     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Kristofer Dahl
post 21st February 2008


GMC Founder & Rocker


Ivan I can't thank you enough - you are giving us fantastic lessons, very thoroughly prepared and always great sounding, you rock! biggrin.gif
Toni Suominen
post 21st February 2008


Instructor


I love jazz lessons, this is great Ivan!! smile.gif
Bogdan Radovic
post 21st February 2008


Bass Instructor


Awesome jazz lesson , thanks ! smile.gif
botoxfox
post 21st February 2008


Member


Sounds nice.
Pi38
post 21st February 2008


Member


Cool chords, great lesson, what more could you ask for?
Joe Kataldo
post 21st February 2008


Instructor


Sound Nice biggrin.gif
Muris Varajic
post 21st February 2008


Instructor


Well done Ivan! smile.gif
kyldeee
post 21st February 2008


Member


Nice Lesson Ivan smile.gif
Tuubsu
post 21st February 2008


Member


cool and smooth, all jazzed up, just how you play jazz. Nice lesson indeed! smile.gif
at lights end
post 21st February 2008


Member


real cool.
Ivan Milenkovic
post 21st February 2008


Instructor


Thank you guys smile.gif
Martin la guitarra
post 21st February 2008


Member


love it, great to see some "old-style" jazz
Dejan Farkas
post 21st February 2008


Instructor


Good work Ivan smile.gif
dreamtheaterfreak
post 21st February 2008


Member


very nice
Pablo Vazquez
post 21st February 2008


Instructor


Nice lesson! Really cool!
chast
post 21st February 2008


Member


I really like this soft Jazz, cool lesson, Ivan
Ivan Milenkovic
post 21st February 2008


Instructor


thanks guys! more jazzy stuff coming up! smile.gif
Hisham Al-Sanea
post 21st February 2008


Instructor


nice feeling ivan,,much Jazzy
good lesson
Gabriel Leopardi
post 22nd February 2008


GMC Coordinator & Instructor


Excelent job Ivan!
Carlos Carrillo
post 22nd February 2008


Instructor


Hey Ivan!!!fantastic job!!!thanks
WillH
post 23rd February 2008


Member


great sound, nice introduction to jazz
Crazyfret
post 3rd March 2008


Member


Marvelous lesson Ivan, just what I wanted to unravel the mystery of jazz smile.gif

Keep up the good work
RIP Dime
post 4th March 2008


Member


Great, I wish there were more lessons like this, that teach how to compose our own songs, great job!
BJJSchecter
post 10th April 2008


Member


Sweet lesson Ivan!! Been wanting to start getting in some jazz playin.
Ivan Milenkovic
post 10th April 2008


Instructor


Thanks a lot guys. Will do another jazz series soon. Stay tuned. Some feedback on how you want the next jazz series to look would be appreciated. smile.gif


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