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Jazz improvisation isn’t about memorizing thousands of licks or being born with "natural talent." It’s about understanding a simple yet powerful framework that lets you break free from the notes on a page and truly express yourself. "Improvise Like a Jazz Cat" is a special package that gives you a taste of what Gotham Music Lab offers and helps you start your musical journey. 

Comping Series

This comprehensive course focuses on enhancing comping skills through five detailed lessons. Students will explore ways to vary a ii-V-I progression using substitutions and added chords, develop awareness of dynamics, register, and textures to create contrast, and master rhythmic concepts for placing chords on downbeats and upbeats. Additionally, the course covers the use of guide tones for strong voice-leading in chord progressions and offers insights into rhythmic approaches for left-hand comping during solos.

Course outline:

  • Harmonic Motion – Learn to move through progressions with purpose using substitutions, resolutions, and voice-led flow.

  • Contrast – Explore dynamics, register, and texture to make your comping vivid and expressive.

  • Rhythmic Concepts – Master the art of syncopation, space, and placement — knowing when to play, and when not to.

  • Lead Tones – Strengthen your harmonic clarity through guide tones and smooth inner voice movement.

  • Left-Hand Comping – Refine your rhythmic control and sensitivity when supporting solos or melodies.