Knowing many chord voicings will help you become a fully-prepared musician who can play in any musical situation! Let's learn 10 chord voicing types today!

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Understand Scale Degrees And Master Music Theory!

Scale degrees help organize notes in major and minor scales. Understand scale degrees and you are one step closer to mastering music theory! Let's go!

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12 Must-Know Minor Chord Progressions (And 5 Practice Tips)

Minor chord progressions make up about 25% of all jazz standards. That's why we're going to learn 12 in this article (and go over practice tips)!

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08.03.2025

What is Hard Bop? (Plus 15 Must-Hear Hard Bop Albums)

Hard Bop was an important evolution in jazz history, bridging Bebop to later genres like Post-Bop and Soul Jazz. Let's learn all about Hard Bop!

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28.02.2025

Backdoor Progression Masterclass: Master the Backdoor ii-V!

The backdoor progression is an important chord substitution often written into classic jazz standards. Learn all about the Backdoor ii-V!

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25.02.2025

Learn these 13 Easy Music Intervals For Music Mastery

Music intervals are the basic foundation of Western music theory. Using musical intervals, we can build chords, scales, arpeggios and so much more!

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25.02.2025

Tempo Rubato: Enhance Your Musical Expression Like A #1 Pro

You've probably heard the term tempo rubato thrown around by musicians, but what does it actually mean? Let's find out in this article!

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20.02.2025

12 Useful Jazz Turnarounds To Enhance Your Jazz Playing

Learning how to play and improvise over jazz turnarounds is an essential skill jazz musicians need! Learn these 12 essential turnarounds!

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27.01.2025

50 Jazz Licks To Supercharge Your Jazz Solos

Learning jazz licks will help you learn jazz vocabulary and understand the elements of the jazz language. Check these 50 jazz licks!

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08.01.2025

All Of Me Jazz Workshop—Play This Iconic Jazz Song Today!

In this All of Me jazz workshop, we'll learn everything you need to know to play this iconic jazz standard. Check it out!

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04.01.2025

Learn All The Things You Are! Master This Iconic Jazz Song

All The Things You Are is an important jazz standard you must learn if you want to master jazz language and become the best player you can be! Let's learn it!

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24.12.2024

Musical Cadences: Learn 4 Essential Cadence Types (And More)

Musical cadences are essential tools composers use to end musical statements and phrases. Let's learn how to interpret and play them!

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21.12.2024

What's a Chord Substitution? 5 Essential Chord Substitutions

What's a chord substitution? Want to know how jazz musicians use substitutions, here are 5 chord substitutions you should know.

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21.12.2024

Tritone Substitution Guide: Master Solos Over Tritone Subs

Learn how to solo over any tritone substitution! This post will explore tritone substitutions, the theory behind them, and how to solo over them.

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21.12.2024

Use Bebop Scales Like a Pro and Master Chromaticism in Solos

Bebop scales are a staple of jazz vocabulary. If you want to master the jazz language and become a better jazz improviser, you'll need to practice bebop scales!

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21.12.2024

Play a Walking Bass Line Like a Pro in 4 Easy Steps

Whether you play bass guitar, piano, or guitar (or even a horn), you should know how to play walking bass lines. Play a walking bass line like a pro!

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21.12.2024

9 Ways the Pentatonic Scale Supercharges Your Your Improv

The pentatonic scale is one of the most underutilized tools in a musicians toolbox. We'll go over 9 ways you can use the pentatonic scale to solo better!

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21.12.2024

Discover the 9 Best Jazz Waltz Tunes You Should Know

Get ready to fall in love with the smooth and sophisticated sounds of Jazz Waltz! Explore our handpicked top Jazz Waltz tunes that you must hear!

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21.12.2024

Ear Training: 5 Fundamental Steps For Improving Your Ear

So, you want to improve your ear through ear training, but you aren't sure where to start. Here are 5 steps you need to take to improve musicianship!

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19.12.2024

The Melodic Minor Scale: Complete Musician's Guide

Is the regular minor scale no longer cutting it? Master the melodic minor scale and its modes with this guide and overhaul your jazz solos!

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19.12.2024

Melodic Minor Modes: Enhance Your Improv With These 7 Modes

The melodic minor scale is one of the most useful scales you can learn. Check out the melodic minor modes and how to apply them!

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12.12.2024

Augmented Chord Crash Course: Elevate Your Playing With Augmented Chords

The augmented chord is an important chord in music theory. Let's learn all about augmented chords and how to use them!

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07.12.2024

The Girl From Ipanema Chords: Master This Bossa Nova Classic

The Girl From Ipanema is a classic Bossa Nova song. Let's learn The Girl From Ipanema chords and other important facts you need to know!

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05.12.2024

Misty Chords Jazz Tutorial: Master Misty In 3 Steps

In this Misty Chords Jazz Tutorial, we go over everything you need to know to start playing and improvising over this classic jazz standard. Check it out!

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04.12.2024

There Will Never Be Another You | Learn This Iconic Jazz Standard

"There Will Never Be Another You" is an important jazz standard that has essential jazz language. It's a must learn for students of jazz. Learn it now!

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28.11.2024

Master the Phrygian Dominant Scale In 12 Keys! A Complete Guide

Dive into the Phrygian Dominant scale with this comprehensive guide. Take your jazz solos to the next level and check it out!

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26.11.2024

Mastering Secondary Dominants: Enhance Your Chord Progressions

Discover how to use secondary dominants to enrich your chord progressions and take your music theory chops to the next level.

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23.11.2024

Master Jazz Language And Have It Stick (3 Elements of Jazz)

In order to learn the jazz language, you have to treat it like any other language. Learn the 3 elements of the jazz language. Click through!

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30.10.2024

Slash Chords! What Are They & Their 3 Essential Uses

Slash chords are chord symbols that help you know which note to put in the bass of a chord. Let's examine 3 unique uses for slash chords in music.

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24.10.2024

Voice Leading 101: 4 Steps For Smooth Voice Leading In Music

Voice leading is an important musical tool you need to understand to smoothly connect chords and play through chord progressions. Learn here!

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17.10.2024

What's The Whole Tone Scale? Whole Tone Scales And Improv

The whole tone scale is an important tool jazz improvisers need to know how to use. Let's learn how to construct and play whole tone scales!

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17.10.2024

What A Wonderful World Chords! Learn This Classic Jazz Song

Learn the What a Wonderful World Chords and play along with this timeless Louis Armstrong song. Chord analysis and guitar chord charts!

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12.10.2024

Learn To Play Blue Bossa! Beginner Blue Bossa Chords Lesson

Blue Bossa is an important jazz tune that contains important jazz chord progressions beginners need to know! Let's learn this jazz standard!

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10.10.2024

What Are The 30 Best Jazz Albums Of All Time?

What are the 30 best jazz albums of all time? We'll explore 30 vitally important records and discuss why each is important to the evolution of jazz!

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28.09.2024

Jazz Trumpet Players Beginners Guide: Start Here!

In this post, we'll get into everything you need to play jazz trumpet, from jazz trumpet techniques to 15 jazz trumpet players you should listen to!

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19.09.2024

What Is Jazz Music? 6 Reaons Why Jazz Is Important

What is jazz music? What makes it so infectious? Explore the value and meaning of jazz music in this article.

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01.09.2024

3 Ways To Master The Guitar Fretboard And Have It Stick

Confused by the guitar fretboard? We'll walk you through three strategies you can use to memorize all the notes on the guitar fretboard! Check it out!

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The 50 Best Jazz Guitarists of All Time! See Your Favorite?

Who are the best, most influential jazz guitarists of all time? Discover fifty of the best jazz guitarists ever! Is your favorite on the list?

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26.08.2024

What's the Locrian Mode? Learn the Locrian Scale in 12 Keys

The Locrian mode is the seventh mode of the major scale. Want to learn the Locrian scale in 12 keys on piano and guitar? Then this post is for you!

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16.08.2024

Learn Autumn Leaves Chords (And Many Other Jazz Standards)

Want to learn how to play Autumn Leaves chords and other jazz standards? Let's dive headfirst into the Autumn Leaves chord progression!

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Chord Voicings Crash Course—Everything You Need To Know!

Understand Scale Degrees And Master Music Theory!

12 Must-Know Minor Chord Progressions (And 5 Practice Tips)

What is Hard Bop? (Plus 15 Must-Hear Hard Bop Albums)

Backdoor Progression Masterclass: Master the Backdoor ii-V!

Learn these 13 Easy Music Intervals For Music Mastery

Tempo Rubato: Enhance Your Musical Expression Like A #1 Pro

12 Useful Jazz Turnarounds To Enhance Your Jazz Playing

50 Jazz Licks To Supercharge Your Jazz Solos

All Of Me Jazz Workshop—Play This Iconic Jazz Song Today!

Learn All The Things You Are! Master This Iconic Jazz Song

Musical Cadences: Learn 4 Essential Cadence Types (And More)

What's a Chord Substitution? 5 Essential Chord Substitutions

Tritone Substitution Guide: Master Solos Over Tritone Subs

Use Bebop Scales Like a Pro and Master Chromaticism in Solos

Play a Walking Bass Line Like a Pro in 4 Easy Steps

9 Ways the Pentatonic Scale Supercharges Your Your Improv

Discover the 9 Best Jazz Waltz Tunes You Should Know

Ear Training: 5 Fundamental Steps For Improving Your Ear

The Melodic Minor Scale: Complete Musician's Guide

Melodic Minor Modes: Enhance Your Improv With These 7 Modes

Augmented Chord Crash Course: Elevate Your Playing With Augmented Chords

The Girl From Ipanema Chords: Master This Bossa Nova Classic

Misty Chords Jazz Tutorial: Master Misty In 3 Steps

There Will Never Be Another You | Learn This Iconic Jazz Standard

Master the Phrygian Dominant Scale In 12 Keys! A Complete Guide

Mastering Secondary Dominants: Enhance Your Chord Progressions

Master Jazz Language And Have It Stick (3 Elements of Jazz)

Slash Chords! What Are They & Their 3 Essential Uses

Voice Leading 101: 4 Steps For Smooth Voice Leading In Music

What's The Whole Tone Scale? Whole Tone Scales And Improv

What A Wonderful World Chords! Learn This Classic Jazz Song

Learn To Play Blue Bossa! Beginner Blue Bossa Chords Lesson

What Are The 30 Best Jazz Albums Of All Time?

Jazz Trumpet Players Beginners Guide: Start Here!

What Is Jazz Music? 6 Reaons Why Jazz Is Important

3 Ways To Master The Guitar Fretboard And Have It Stick

The 50 Best Jazz Guitarists of All Time! See Your Favorite?

What's the Locrian Mode? Learn the Locrian Scale in 12 Keys

Learn Autumn Leaves Chords (And Many Other Jazz Standards)

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