If you’re starting out with jazz improvisation and you’re overwhelmed with the amount of chords in a 32 measure standard,  I think this lesson will be of utmost help. In it I show you how to improvise over almost any standard by reducing it down to its bare-bone harmony!

Did you know that the harmonic essence of many jazz standards can be reduced down to just 2 chords? I’m talking about the V7 or dominant chord and the I chord or tonic. These are the 2 principle chords needed to establish a key center or tonality.

To prove my point in the video I show you how I can improvise over “Autumn Leaves” exclusively thinking over a D7 resolving to a G major! That’s only 2 scales! After teaching you the underlying theory, I show you how to apply it to simplify an even more complex tune: “All The Things You Are”.

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The Jazz Improvisation Over-Simplified lesson download includes: “Simplified Improvisation Lead Sheets” for the following Standards:  All The Things You Are, Rhythm Changes, Tune Up, Blue Bossa, Satin Doll, There Will Never Be Another You, How High The Moon, and Night and Day. Also a detailed explanation of the Harmonic Simplification Theory.

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