Quick-Win Standards

1 Getting Started With Lead Sheets We start this course by discussing a few important lead sheet concepts. This first lesson is really an introduction to the course and there is no sheet music for this lesson.
Released: July 13, 2020 • Duration: 00:44:35
2 Blueberry Hill "Blueberry Hill" is a popular tune published in 1940, and is best remembered for Fats Domino's 1950s version. We will learn both an easy arrangement and one that is more intermediate.
Released: July 14, 2020 • Duration: 01:54:04
3 We've Only Just Begun Has Free Chapters Beautiful song made popular by the Carpenters.
Released: July 21, 2020 • Duration: 01:35:25
4 Dock of the Bay The Otis Redding classic with an easy-going bass pattern.
Released: July 28, 2020 • Duration: 00:30:35
5 Just The Way You Are Has Free Chapters Learn both an easy and intermediate arrangement of this rock classic. I'll also break down HOW to create an arrangement so you can take these concepts to other songs.
Released: July 30, 2020 • Duration: 01:50:42
6 Bye Bye Blackbird In this lesson I'll show you how to both fix a chord chart (looking for bad chords) and how to FILL OUT an arrangement when only a few chords are given. We will also cover tritone subs, 2-5-1's, dominant motion and more.
Released: August 17, 2020 • Duration: 02:08:22
7 Blue Moon You'll learn the classic standard Blue Moon in this lesson. I'll show you how to go from a simple oom-pah arrangement to a fuller sounding arrangement by adding chord tones under your melody.
Released: August 25, 2020 • Duration: 01:29:51
Total Course Duration = 10:13:34

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Quick-Win Standards

In this 6-week course, you'll learn how to create "quick arrangements" of 6 different songs. You can use these concepts to spin up your own arrangements of not only jazz standards but rock and pop too!

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