Hey everyone 
Here’s the first draft of my new course on “Body & Soul - Elegant Stride & Improv” :
There are currently 8 lessons which break down left hand stride drills for the A Section of “Body & Soul”. Similar to my other new jazz standard courses, we start right at the beginning with diatonic harmony and then add an extra layer of sophistication in each new lesson.
There will be 2 more modules: the next module will focus on the Bridge/B section, and then the final module will cover improvisation drills and exercises, filling in the space, and also how to create a more ‘laid-back’ stride style with extra textural variety from our voicing techniques.
PDF downloads:
Here are the PDF downloads for the first 8 lessons. These downloads include full notation for the demonstrations - including time stamps of where the demonstrations are in the lesson - and also highlight the key points and theory takeaways:
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1 - Db Major Key Discovery.pdf (937.0 KB)
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2 - A Section Harmony.pdf (1.4 MB)
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5 - Chord Extensions.pdf (1.2 MB)
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6 - Chord Alterations.pdf (1.4 MB)
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7 - Basic Left Hand Stride.pdf (1.2 MB)
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8 - Options For The Melody.pdf (1.5 MB)
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9 - Extended Rootless Voicings.pdf (1.2 MB)
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10 - Beegie Adair Style Stride.pdf (1.2 MB)
More updates to follow on the next modules.
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