This comprehensive 29-lesson series takes you from the foundations of improvisation to advanced techniques used by jazz professionals. Starting with the basics of diatonic and parallel major modes, you'll learn to improvise over major, minor, and dominant 7th chords before mastering the ii-V-I progression. As the series advances, you'll explore melodic minor modes, blues variations, rhythm changes, and sophisticated line construction. With practical exercises on standards like “I Remember April” and “Autumn Leaves,” each lesson builds your fluency, creativity, and confidence as an improviser.

Part 1:

Lesson 1: Diatonic Modes of Major

Lesson 2: Scaler or Modal Sequencing

Lesson 3: Parallel Modes of Major

Lesson 4: Improvising on Modes of Major

Lesson 5: Major Seventh Chords

Lesson 6: Minor Seventh Chords

Lesson 7: Dominant Seventh Chords

Lesson 8: II/V/I Major Keys-Basic

Lesson 9: ‘On The Trail’ - Rhythm and Time

Part 2:

Lesson 1: Diatonic Modes of Melodic Minor

Lesson 2: Parallel Modes of Melodic Minor

Lesson 3: Modes of Melodic Minor

Lesson 4: II, V, I Major Keys - Advanced

Lesson 5: II, V, I Minor

Lesson 6: Cycles

Lesson 7: II, V, I Variations

Lesson 8: Dominant Blues

Lesson 9: Major Blues

Lesson 10: Minor Blues

Lesson 11: Rhythm Changes - Changes in Form

Lesson 12: Rhythm Changes - Melodic Concepts

Lesson 13: Learning Tunes

Lesson 14: Hallucinations - Two Chords Per Bar

Lesson 15: Chord Types With Extensions and Chord Scales

Lesson 16: Symmetrical Scales - Whole Tone

Lesson 17: Symmetrical Scales - Whole Half Diminished

Lesson 18: Symmetrical Scales - Augmented Symmetrical

Lesson 19: Keys

Lesson 20: Lines