Jazz Tutorial
Welcome to the Jazz Tutorial podcast with Julian Bradley.
Topics include:
Jazz piano lessons
Jazz theory lessons
Jazz piano chord voicings
Jazz improvisation
Jazz scales
Jazz piano chord progressions
Beginner Jazz piano lessons
Tritone substitution
Julian Bradley is a Jazz pianist and teacher from the U.K. He has a masters degree in music, and loves sharing his passion for Jazz piano through online lessons.
Episodes
12 episodes
Side-Slipping for Jazz Piano. If your Jazz piano chords sound boring, try this instead
What is Side-Slipping?Side-slipping is a technique used by Jazz pianists. It works by transposing the chord voicing you're playing up or down by a step (either a half-step or whole-step).By transposing the chord voicing l...
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Episode 12
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13:22
Jazz Piano Reharmonization. 3 Techniques for playing Jazz Standards
What is Jazz Reharmonization?Reharmonization is when a Jazz musician changes the original chords of a song, and plays a different chord or chords of their own choosing.Reharmonization is a subtle form of composition,...
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Episode 11
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13:02
4 Upper Structure Triads Every Jazz Pianist Needs to Know (chord voicing lesson)
What is an Upper Structure Triad?Upper Structure Triads are a style of chord voicing used by Jazz pianists.Upper Structures are large voicings, consisting of 5-7 notes, and require two hands to play.In the left ha...
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Episode 10
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14:51
Fourth Voicings for Jazz Piano. If your playing sounds bland, try this instead
What is a Fourth Voicing?Fourth voicings are when you take an ordinary chord (that would normally be built in thirds), and you spread out its notes in fourths, instead of thirds.For example, C major 7 would normally be pl...
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Episode 9
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10:47
Open Voicings for Jazz Piano. If your playing sounds muddy, try this instead
What is an Open Voicing?Open voicings are when you take an ordinary 7th chord (that would normally be built in thirds), and you spread out its notes so that they span a wider range.Most open voicings span at least a 10th,...
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Episode 8
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13:11
Walking Bass Lines for Jazz Piano. If your playing sound bland, try this instead
#7. Discover how to write an authentic walking bass line to any jazz song. In this episode, we'll discuss 'target notes', and how to move to each chord's root note using steps, leaps, and chromatic movement.
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Episode 7
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18:52
Beginner Improvisation Lesson for Jazz Piano. If your improvisation sounds boring, try this
Discover 3 jazz piano improvisation techniques to help you sound more professional today. In this episode I'll show you 'chord tone soloing', how to use the 1 3 5 7 9 of each chord to write authentic solos, the 'half-step below approach ...
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Episode 6
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15:42
Jazz Piano Intros and Song Endings. This is how you add them to any Jazz Standard
#5. Have you ever wondered how to intro a jazz song? Or how to end a jazz song?Don't worry - in this episode, we cover jazz piano intros and endings. I'll show you how to intro a song, and end a song in style.We cover 'turnaro...
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Episode 5
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16:53
Beginner Jazz Scales Method for Jazz Pianists. Use this simple rule to choose which scale to play over any Jazz chord
#4. Have you ever wondered which scale you should be playing over any chord? In this episode, we cover jazz scales - and I'll show you a simple rule to follow when choosing which scale to play from.We'll cover the 'chord tone + wh...
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Episode 4
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17:53
Jazz Analysis of 'Satin Doll'. This is how Jazz Standards work
In this episode, you'll discover how jazz song harmony works. Today we look at song key signatures (flat keys and sharp keys), I'll show you how to quickly identify a song's 'home key'. I'll also explain modulation in jazz,...
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Episode 3
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19:42
Chord Extensions Lesson for Beginner Jazz Piano. If you're confused about the 13th, 6th, 9th, and 11th, this is how chord extensions work
#2. In this episode, we'll look at chord extensions in jazz. You'll discover how to find the 9th, 11th, and 13th above any chord - whether it's a major chord, a minor chord, half-diminished, or other.You'll also discover how to find ...
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Episode 2
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16:05
All The Jazz Chords Piano Players Need To Know. Major 7, minor 7, dominant 7, half-diminished, diminished 7, and minor major 7 chords explained
#1. In this episode, we'll look at the six types of 7th chord found in jazz - including the major 7, minor 7, dominant 7, half-diminished, diminished 7, and the minor-major 7 chord.We'll also look at 6 chords - the m...
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Episode 1
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24:22