We don’t know why but modern day chord theory and improvisation doesn’t seem to be part of many teacher’s curriculum. We teach a jazz improvisation seminar for players who can read music but have insufficient “theoretical” information and awareness of the process needed to become an improviser.
Players need to learn some chords that someone neglected while they were taking lessons. They also need access to some scales that they may have only thought of as finger exercises. We decided that we needed to create a program that would allow people inside and outside of our studio to have access to this kind of skill.
We have created a presentation called “52 Chords in 90 Minutes”. As an improviser, “if you don’t know the chords, nothing else matters”.
We have been teaching chords (along with music reading) for nearly 20 years and we don’t think it can get any easier than this. It’s a PowerPoint/Keynote presentation that enables a teacher or piano player or anyone with an interest, to learn 52 chords.
We are offering a free sample of our “52 Chords in 90 Minutes” presentation to those of our readers that are interested in developing this skill. Whether you are a beginner, an experienced player who missed learning this skill, or you yourself are a teacher, this program will provide you will increased understanding and application of modern day chord theory.
If you are interested in this free sample please respond to this post with the following:
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