How to Play Jazz: An Overview of Jazz Theory

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This Jazz Piano Tutorial explains the basics how to play Jazz. In this video I give a high level overview of Jazz Theory to explain how it all fits together, starting right from the most basic concepts in music (notes and intervals) and building up from there.

I cover concepts such as:
- Scales
- Modes
- Chords
- Available Tensions
- Guide Tones
- Avoid Notes
- Improvisation
- Tension and Release
- The Chord-Scale System
- Keys
- Extensions and Alterations
- Functionality
- Shell Chords
- Chord Substitution
- Chord voicings
- Voice Leading
- and much more...

Everything I explain here relates to ‘traditional’ ‘tonal’ jazz. More Modern Jazz is all about breaking the rules in this video. But, of course, you have to know the rules in order to break them. And hopefully this gave you a nice quick synopsis of what those rules are.

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