This video is aimed at intermediate improvisors who are interested in playing Kenny Barron's fabulous post-bop tune "Voyage". It was original presented to my 2nd year undergraduate jazz students at Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2022.
If you're interested in either a PDF of Kenny's piano solo or the lecture material, then get in touch via www.dazzjazz.com
0:00 Introduction
0:58 Full audio of original recording
6:01 The "Big Picture" analysis
9:44 Kenny's solo and transcription
13:30 Practice ideas and exercises
14:11 Personalising the melody
14:33 Arranging the Bridge for piano
17:06 Chord/scale relationship discussion
20:39 Minor 6th Diminished scales
22:59 Melodic examples using Minor 6th diminished
23:25 Comping on the Minor 6th diminished
25:00 A section Impro - basic scale choices with pickups
28:08 Applying rhythm to scales
29:51 Using chromaticism
30:48 Symmetric dominant scale
32:02 Applying arpeggios
32:57 Getting oriented on the Bridge section
37:28 Targetting chord tones and enclosures
38:17 Altered tones
39:09 Using symmetric dominant
1 авг 2024
