Exploring Jazz Saxophone: Part 2 - Soloing on Songs and Chord Sequences

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Lesson plan (1h 47m)

• Welcome
• Course Welcome from Ollie
• II-V-I progressions
• The V-I 'Perfect' cadence
• Dominant 7 - Cycle of 5ths exercise
• Dominant 7 - Cycle of 5ths using 3rs and 7ths
• Rhythmic variations using 3rds and 7ths
• "Rhythm Changes" using Dominant 7ths and Cycle of 5ths
• The II-V-I progression
• II-V-I licks in the style of Parker, Coltrane, Adderley
• Dancing With Duke (II-V-I exercise) - Introduction
• Dancing With Duke (II-V-I exercise) - Performance
• II-V-I progression conclusion
• Minor II-V-I progressions
• Finding the relative minor
• Using the Harmonic Minor over the V chord
• V-I in A Minor with a b9
• Minor V-I in all 12 keys exercise
• Phrase for practising minor cadences
• Minor II-V-I in a chord sequence
• Adding the II chord
• Autumn Sun - Introduction and Harmony
• Autumn Sun Performance
• Standards and Songs
• Introduction to Standards
• Among the Stars Introduction
• Among the Stars Performance
• Undying Love - Expanding a chord sequence
• Undying Love - Performance
• Undying love - Checkpoint
• Take the Express Train - The Turnaround
• Melodic line examples for turnarounds
• Take the Express Train - Introduction
• Take the Express Train - Performance
• Take The Express Train - Summary
• Bebop
• Introduction to Bebop
• 52nd Street Blues - Introduction and Head
• 52nd Street Blues - Head using I-IV-V progression
• 52nd Street Blues - Adding Chromaticism
• Adding Jazz Harmony to the Blues
• 52nd Street Blues - Head with II-V-I changes
• 52nd Street Blues - Performance
• Style workout
• Bebop "Rhythm Changes"
• Flying with the Bird - Performance
• Latin Jazz introduction
• Super Nova - Performance
• Ballads - Introduction
• Sleepless Eyes - Performance
• Blues Shuffle
• Time Square Shuffle - Performance
• Course Thanks
• Congratulations on completing the course!