Chord Voicings Masterclass
Getting Creative With Standard Tunes
“Jon uses 6 tunes in this 1-1/2 hour presentation to demonstrate the uses of chords, you probably already use, as substitutions (mostly tritone) to beef up your comping and chord me…”
About this masterclass
Jon Wheatley shows how to make standard tunes sound lyrical, fresh, and interesting by adding progressions between the regular changes — embellishments that are as vital to improvising as they are to comping and chord soloing. The emphasis isn't on "far out re-harms" but on really getting the tune happening. Drawing on thirty years of professional playing, Jon shares ideas that are field tested: derived from extensive listening to the best pianists, guitarists, and orchestrators, plus his own creative experimenting.
What's covered
- Working through "It Could Happen to You" and "I'll Remember April" change by change, from the basic song to an enriched version
- Reinterpreting diminished chords as dominant flat-9 chords and expanding them into II-Vs for more motion
- Tritone substitutions, and why you can precede almost any chord with a dominant 7th a half step above
- Line clichés over minor chords and bass-motion ideas
- A substitution idea picked off a Barney Kessel record
- The instrumental fundamentals behind effortless playing: tone, rock-solid time, swing, and aural "visualizing" of chord changes
The class includes standard notation song sheets: "It's You or No-One," "Move," "It Could Happen to You," "I'll Remember April," "There is No Greater Love," and "Manhã de Carnaval" arranged by Jon Wheatley.
Lessons in this masterclass
Lessons
- 1Getting Creative With Standard Tunes1h 10m
Reviews & Ratings
An endless field of knowledge source. Every minute counts in this lesson. A brilliant pedagogical approach. A crucial bridge between intermediate and advanced Jazz players. Totally worth it! 2 thumbs up for an humble and great teacher! Thanks to Mike Gellar for making this available. Probably one of the most worthful Jazz lesson I've had. You will indisputably get a lot of milage of this one. Reverence to Mr Wheatley. <br /> <br /> Julien USA
Incredible lesson from a great player.Jon obviously learned by listening to great players.The informal presentation is great-lots of playing, not much talking.Any jazz guitarist could learn something from this.
What a wonderfull player and teacher !<br /> There's a lot to learn and even to transcribe here. <br /> Unlike most guitar players, Jon does not play scales but lyrical melodies influenced by greats such as Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Sonny Stitt or Hampton Hawes to name a few.<br /> More than a guitar lesson, his masterclass is a music lesson.<br /> <br /> Joel<br /> FRANCE
Jon uses 6 tunes in this 1-1/2 hour presentation to demonstrate the uses of chords, you probably already use, as substitutions (mostly tritone) to beef up your comping and chord melodies. I attended the class and came away with many new ideas that I am now inserting in tunes I play. Jon's approach is highly professional, entertaining, and the material he presents is immediately useable during the class. He first demonstrates his ideas in an easy to follow along manner, a couple times, then plays the tune, on 7 string, with a pre-recorded orchestration. I enjoyed it immensely and highly recommend this product.
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