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Jazz Pursuit members have access to two online courses: Improvisation 101 and The Harmony Toolbox, and receive 50% discount on all digital products. Combined, the courses include 38 videos, all of which are accompanied by downloadable resources such as lesson notes PDFs, voicing PDFs and exercise backing tracks. Membership pricing is available in a range of currencies, selected at checkout.

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Improvisation 101

  • Walk-through of two exercises focusing on chord tone fluency;
  • Demonstration of a chord tone solo;
  • Solo and exercise examples on Take The A Train, There Will Never Be Another You and All The Things You Are.
  • Guide to finding target notes, and the order of importance;
  • Demonstration of a target note solo;
  • The effect of delaying and anticipating target notes;
  • Solo examples on Take The A Train, There Will Never Be Another You and All The Things You Are.
  • Walk-through of the approach note, chromatic enclosure and double chromatic enclosure exercises;
  • Demonstration of approach notes, chromatic enclosures and double chromatic enclosures within the context of a solo;
  • Solo examples on Take The A Train, There Will Never Be Another You and All The Things You Are.
  • Explanation and demonstration of the starting points workout;
  • Walk-through of the progressive starting point bonus exercise;
  • Exercise examples on Take The A Train, There Will Never Be Another You and All The Things You Are.
  • Introduction to the gateway scales;
  • How to apply the gateway scales to different harmonic situations;
  • Application of the gateway scales to Autumn Leaves, Take The A Train, There Will Never Be Another You and All The Things You Are.
  • Introduction to the horizontal approach;
  • Demonstration of three exercises that develop thematic development;
  • Exercise examples on Take The A Train, There Will Never Be Another You and All The Things You Are.
  • Introduction to upper structures and a jazz scales overview;
  • Walk-through of an upper structure exercise, and demonstration of an upper structure solo;
  • Exercise and solo examples on Take The A Train, There Will Never Be Another You and All The Things You Are.
  • Introduction to the rhythmic gears exercise;
  • Introduction to the triplets exercise;
  • Solo examples on Take The A Train, There Will Never Be Another You and All The Things You Are.

The Harmony Toolbox

  • Analysis of the theory behind major II-V-Is;
  • A shortcut to work out major II-V-Is quickly in different keys;
  • Walk-through and demonstration of the major II-V-I exercise, based on the flat and sharp key cycles.
  • Analysis of the theory behind minor II-V-Is;
  • Comparison of the chord qualities in a major II-V-I vs a minor II-V-I;
  • Walk-through and demonstration of the minor II-V-I exercise based on the whole tone scale.
  • Analysis of the theory behind secondary dominants;
  • Exploration of the uses and functions of the secondary dominant (with examples from various jazz standards);
  • Walk-through and demonstration of the secondary dominant exercise based on Take The A Train.
  • Analysis of the theory behind I-VI-II-Vs;
  • Exploration of three common variations on a I-VI-II-V;
  • Walk-through and demonstration of the I-VI-II-V exercise, which builds familairity with the different variations.
  • Analysis of the theory behind IV minor;
  • Exploration of three uses and functions of IV minor (with examples from various jazz standards);
  • Walk-through and demonstration of the IV minor exercise, which focuses on the backdoor cadence.
  • Analysis of the theory behind a Green Dolphin Street;
  • Exploration of the different starting points of a Green Dolphin Street (with examples from various jazz standards);
  • Walk-through and demonstration of the Green Dolphin Street exercise.
  • Analysis of the theory behind the tritone half-diminished;
  • Exploration of the different uses and functions of the tritone half-diminished (with examples from various jazz standards);
  • Walk-through and demonstration of the tritone half-diminished exercise.
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