Dennis Hodges teaches jazz for students with a rock background. In this series you will learn to play jazz chord progressions and licks without theory being forced upon you.
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This series features comping and soloing in a variety of keys. Dennis has arranged each lesson so that you can learn the example piece first and then learn about the theory in the following scene.
Begin the CourseDennis kicks off the lesson series with a lesson on an F major blues solo.
27:19 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Dennis covers the rhythm accompaniment to the F blues solo presented in the previous lesson.
16:58 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
Learn how to play a 12 bar jazz blues solo in Bb. Dennis provides an in depth analysis of the solo from a theoretical standpoint.
20:30 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
Dennis teaches the accompaniment part to the Bb blues solo taught in the previous lesson.
13:03 Runtime
2.0 Difficulty
Learn a 12 bar jazz blues solo in Eb.
21:55 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Learn how to accompany a 12 bar jazz blues in the key of Eb. Dennis uses a walking bass line and three note chord voicings for this particular accompaniment.
18:58 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Learn this Ab jazz blues solo taught by Dennis Hodges.
21:18 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Dennis explains the accompaniment part to the Ab blues solo taught in lesson 7.
14:14 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Dennis teaches a jazz blues solo in Db major.
20:45 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Dennis teaches the accompaniment part to the solo in lesson 9.
7:46 Runtime
0.5 Difficulty
Learn this Gb blues in 6/4 time based on the Miles Davis tune "All Blues."
12:42 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Dennis teaches the accompaniment to the solo in lesson 11.
12:58 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Dennis continues his straight ahead jazz series with a lesson on a jazz blues solo in B.
18:59 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Here's a lesson on jazz blues accompaniment with a walking bassline.
12:54 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Learn jazz guitar with this straight-forward look at a solo in E major.
13:52 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Learn the accompaniment part to the solo in lesson 15.
3:28 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Dennis Hodges continues his growing Jazz-Blues series with a lesson on a solo in A.
15:33 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Learn the accompaniment to the solo in lesson 17.
11:14 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Learn jazz with a straight-forward lesson on a solo in D.
21:39 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Learn the accompaniment to the solo in lesson 19.
10:00 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
Here is a very "outside" and modern sounding jazz-blues solo. The timing is very important here! This is one of the trickier solos that Dennis teaches in this series.
18:00 Runtime
3.5 Difficulty
Learn the rhythm accompaniment for lesson 21.
3:00 Runtime
1.5 Difficulty
Here is the final solo to learn for this jazz series. This solo is inspired by the great bebop saxophonist Charlie Parker.
15:00 Runtime
4.0 Difficulty
Here is the final lesson for Dennis Hodges jazz series. Learn the comping for lesson 23.
12:00 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
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