The course is designed to ease you into playing jazz and create a solid foundation. It begins from the major scale and basic triad theory all the way through 7th chords, pentatonic scales and modulating chord progressions. Upon completion of initial level, it will continue with the modes of the major scale, chord extensions, making the changes, using chromatic tones and guide tones, chord substitution, “rhythm changes”, the blues, altered dominant chords and more. Advanced concepts of chord voicings, modal soloing, substitution, reharmonization, modes of the minor scales, diminished and whole tone scales, walking bass, stride piano technique, non-diatonic progressions...etc are also covered.