Conclusion
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Tim RichardsTim Richards wraps up Part 1, recapping the modes and chord types you've covered and previewing Part 2: ninth chords, rootless voicings and functional harmony like the ii-V-I.
What's in the course
24 lessons (1h 30m) · 1 free
01. Dominant seventh arpeggios and inversions
2:49
02. DOWN THE LINE Performance
1:46
03. Improvisation tips
3:59
04. The 12-bar blues sequence, tritones and shells
5:49
05. Mixolydian, whole-tone and chromatic scales
5:51
06. STRAIGHT NO CHASER Performance
1:34
07. The Flat Three Pentatonic scale
3:25
08. Learning Dominant 7ths in all keys
5:37
09. DOMINANT SEVENTH WORKOUT #1 Performance
1:48
10. Broken chord patterns
5:22
11. Rhythm changes and the dominant seventh cycle
3:50
12. THE THEME Performance
2:22
13. Improvising over the tonic chord
5:42
Lesson transcript
Course Completion: Part One
So well done for completing part one of this course! I hope you found all these workouts useful.
The Importance of Regular Practice
It's my firm belief that if you incorporate these into your regular practice routine, you will accelerate your journey towards becoming a professional-level jazz musician and a competent improviser.
What We've Covered
In this section, we've looked at:
- Modes
- Various different chord types
Looking Ahead: Part Two
In part two of the course, we're going to move on to:
- More complex harmony
- Ninth chords
- A few rootless voicings
- Some more jazz standards
More importantly, we'll explore functional harmony, which will involve:
- Two, five, ones
- Other relationships we've only just scratched the surface on so far
Conclusion
All right then, good luck and see you soon!
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Meet your guru
Meet your guru
Critically acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Tim Richards is one of Britain’s most experienced jazz educators, teaching piano privately for over 30 years, as well as at Morley College, Goldsmiths College, the University of Surrey, Premises Studios and other venues in the UK and abroad. He has produced numerous titles for Schott Music, including the best-selling two-volume Exploring Jazz Piano, Blues, Boogie & Gospel Collection and the acclaimed Improvising Blues Piano. He is also co-author, with John Crawford, of Exploring Latin Piano and Brazilian Piano Collection.
More recently Schott have published Jazz, Latin & Modern Collection (15 pieces for solo piano), comprising Tim Richards originals alongside pieces by Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk, and the two volume set Beginning Jazz Piano (now a two-part MusicGurus course).
“The real joy of Tim’s music… is that it is both hugely educational but also such great fun to play. Anyone with the slightest interest in learning to play or teach jazz piano should really acquire a set of Tim’s books.” PianoDao
As a performer Tim has been a presence on the UK jazz scene since the 1980s, also playing the blues with UK and US legends such as Otis Grand, Earl Green, Dana Gillespie, Larry Garner, Joe Louis Walker and Mojo Buford. He has released over a dozen albums as a leader (featuring many of London’s best jazz musicians including Pete King, Gilad Atzmon, Tony Kofi, Jason Yarde, Seb Rochford, Ed Jones, Dick Pearce and many others), and toured all over Europe with line-ups ranging from duo to nine-piece. His latest recording, the album ‘Telegraph Hill’ by the six-piece Hextet, was described in The Observer as "A true joy from beginning to end".
More info can be found on his website www.timrichards.ndo.co.uk
