Harmony Masterclass
Confirmation
“A wonderful lesson from Roni Ben-Hur on the important "Confirmation". I especially love it when great players like Roni can give me immediately useful tools with logical…”
About this masterclass
Roni Ben-Hur breaks down Charlie Parker's Confirmation, a bebop classic whose chord changes appear in countless jazz standards — which is exactly why he treats it as a practice vehicle for learning to navigate common progressions, not just a tune to memorize.
What's covered
- A full performance of the tune, followed by a chord-by-chord analysis of the A section
- How to identify arrival points (harmonic centers) versus the leading chords that take you to them — and why you shouldn't treat them with equal weight
- The progressions inside Confirmation that show up everywhere: tonic to relative minor (F major to D minor), the move to the IV chord (B-flat 7), and the 2-5-1
- The II dominant (G7) — when it acts as a leading chord and when it becomes a tonal center of its own
- Practical advice on the famously difficult head: practice the melody slowly, or set it aside and work on soloing over the changes
By the end you'll understand not just how to play Confirmation, but how to hear and outline the harmonic movements it shares with so many other standards. Full video is 1 hour and 29 minutes.
Lessons in this masterclass
Lessons
- 1Confirmation1h 29m
Reviews & Ratings
Great lesson from Roni Ben-Hur. Based on the famous Barry Harris method Roni demonstrates the principles of how to play bebop. He´s a great teacher and a player too.<br /> Thanks Roni
A wonderful lesson from Roni Ben-Hur on the important "Confirmation". I especially love it when great players like Roni can give me immediately useful tools with logical explanation so it will stick. This lesson provides that in spades. Extremely well-organized and packed with powerful concepts for unlocking "Confirmation" or indeed any other tune.
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