The Complete Jazz Theory Course - Jazz Chords/Scales and more

Learn how jazz chords are formed, which notes/scales to use for your improvisation/solo, understand the relationship between scales and chords, learn reharmonization techniques and much more.

Topics covered in this class:

-Adding notes to chords

-Major scale harmony

-Melodic minor scale harmony

-Diminished scale harmony

-Whole tone scale harmony

-Other scales (pentatonic, blues, bebop, playing outside)

-Slash chords

-Basics of reharmonization

• Introduction video
• Quick reminders: Intervals
• Quick reminders: Chords (dominant 7th, minor 7th, major 7th, (half) diminished
• Adding notes to chords Introduction
• Adding notes to 7th chords
• Adding notes to dominant 7th chords
• Adding notes to minor 7th chords
• Adding notes to major 7th chords
• Adding more than 1 note/The altered chord
• Summary section 1
• Major scale theory I
• Major scale theory II
• Major scale theory III
• The 2 5 1 progression
• Other common chord progressions
• Examples of chord progressions
• Playing over the 2 5 1 progression Avoid notes
• Playing over the other modes
• Phrygian and sus chords
• Tritone substitution
• Summary section 2
• Natural minor Harmonic minor Melodic minor
• Melodic minor theory Introduction
• Melodic minor harmony 1st mode
• Melodic minor harmony 2nd mode
• Melodic minor harmony 3rd mode new
• Melodic minor harmony 4th mode
• Melodic minor harmony 5th mode
• Melodic minor harmony 6th mode
• Melodic minor harmony 7th mode
• Characteristics of melodic minor chords
• The minor 2 5 1 progression
• Think key not chord
• Summary section 3
• Diminished scales
• Half step whole step V7b9 chord
• Whole step half step diminished chord
• Summary section 4
• The whole tone scale
• Summary section 5
• The pentatonic scale
• The blues scale
• The bebop scales
• Playing outside
• Summary section 6
• Slash chords
• Scales on slash chords
• Some more on slash chords
• Summary section 7
• Reharmonization Introduction
• Reharmonizing minor 7th chords
• Reharmonizing V chords
• Reharmonizing I chords
• Summary section 8