Jazz Guitar Course

While it's important to have an understanding of the licks and runs that top jazz players use to define their own style, it's essential for any guitarist who wants to succeed in the genre to know the chords, scales, and harmonic language that these great players have actually referred.Dolce music institute provides the basics behind the jazz language: effective chord/scale usage, reharmonizaton, approach notes, arpeggio substitutions, and melodic tension through the manipulation of harmony, rhythm, and melody, and improvisation techniques over jazz chord changes.

By the end of the course

• Negotiate basic jazz chord changes.

• Learn five jazz standard tunes and to be able to comp and play an effective solo over the chord changes.

• Play and know how to use stronger harmonic language through the use of Mixolydian, harmonic, and melodic minor scales, the bebop scale, and the pentatonic scale.

Jazz Guitar Course Content

Lesson 1: Chord Tones E

• Motivic Improvisation Harmonic Awareness: Importance of Knowing the Underlying Harmony

• The Difference in Tonic and Dominant Harmony

• Focus Practice Time on One Area of the Fretboard

• Adding the 7th to the Root and 3rd

Lesson 2: Scales, Chords, and Arpeggios E

• Scales, Chords, and Arpeggios on Minor 7 Chords

• Major 7 Arpeggios on Minor 7 Chords—Up a Minor Third: b3, 5, b7, 9

• Major 7 Arpeggios on Minor 7 Chords—Down a Major Second: b7, 9, 11, 13

• Melodic Minor Scales and Arpeggios on Minor 7 and Dominant 7 Chords

• Dmin7(b5) and G7(b9) Scales, Chord Voicings, and Arpeggios

Lesson 3: Approach Notes on Major 7 Chords E

• Scales and Approaching Chord Tones: Major 7 Approaches

• Chords Tones on One String and Introduction to the Entire Fretboard

• Scale Tone from Above Approaches on Minor 7 Chords

Lesson 4: Approach Notes on Dom7 Chords and II,V,I Progressions E

• Dom7 Chords, Scales, and the Half Step below Approach to Chord Tones

• Embellished Scale Tone from Above

• Introduction to the II, V, I Progression

Lesson 5: Harmonic Minor and Minor II7(b5)/V7(b9b13) Intro E

• Explanation of Minor II7(b5) Chord

• Multiple Uses of Minor IImin7(b5) Chord

• Begin Use of V7(b9,b13) Chord and Harmonic Minor

Lesson 6: Harmonic Minor, Resolving Tension, How to Add Tension, Dominant 7(b9, b13) Drop-2 Chord Voicing E

• Harmonic Minor Patterns and Resolutions

• Introduction to Adding Tension with Secondary Dominant Harmony

• V7(b9,b13) Chord and Harmonic Minor Scale

Lesson 7: The Dominant Bebop Scale E

• The Dominant 7 Bebop Scale (Relationship to Mixolydian Scale)

• Starting the Dom7 Bebop Scale on the Third

• Starting the Dom7 Bebop Scale on the Fifth and b7

• Omitting the II Chord in a II/V Harmonic Progression

• The Dominant 7 Bebop Scale and Maj7(#11) Chords and Harmonic Anticipation

Lesson 8: Transcription Basics E

• What is Transcription? How Is It Done?

• Transcribing Short Phrases

• Building a Jazz Library / Some Great Improvisors and Some of Their Techniques

• Use of Harmonic Minor by Great Improvisors

Lesson 9: Learning the Jazz Repertoire E

• The Value of Knowing Repertoire

• Five Songs Every Jazz Guitarist Should Know

• Learning the Correct Chord Changes Through Listening

Lesson 10: The Minor 7 and Minor 6 Pentatonic Scales E

• The Minor 7th Pentatonic on Minor 7 Tonic Chords—Three Possibilities

• The Minor 6 Pentatonic Scale and Its Usage

Lesson 11: Intervals and Triads in Improvisation E

• Thirds: History and Use

• Arpeggiating the Major Scale in Thirds and Triadic Improvisation

Lesson 12: The Use of Space and Rhythm in Improvisation E

• The Importance of a Proper Time Feel and Space

• Even Eighth Notes vs. "Swing Feel"

Dolce Music Institute

Dolce Music Institute is a premier western music school in Hyderabad, India. Founded by a skilled musician Alexander in 1999,it caters over 400 students every year and is regarded as one of the best music institutes in Hyderabad with a highly experienced and qualified faculty.The emphasis is not just on individual performance but also on ensemble playing, aural development and musical appreciation. Courses for Western classical instrumental training, Piano, Keyboard, Acoustic/Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Violin, Music Theory, Songwriting and specialized courses like Flamenco,Jazz and Blues Guitar outlines are catered. Classes are generally held on a one to one basis. The students can also give Certification exams for Classical music from The Trinity college of London, The London college of Music and The Associate Board of Royal School of Music.

As each day dawns, new challenges await. In this changing scenario, it is quite imperative for us to train our youth to stand aloft in this age of cut-throat competition. Within a short period,the institute has been successful in spreading its wings. This would not have been possible without the incredible support of students, staff members & other generous members of the society. Apart from the regular classes, several workshops by visiting artists and other musicians are also regularly conducted which provide musical interaction for the students. Periodic pupil’s concerts and other events help to develop the performance skills of the students.

The school has put a special focus on its website by providing many add on services through it. Students and other visitors can now interact with each other and share information on the website. People can request for chords or tabs of particular songs which are posted in due time. Students and visitors can also sell and buy music instruments (brand new and second hand) on the website. The website also gives latest happening events in and around Hyderabad. Also the school regularly posts new informational articles on music (general and technical) to help young musicians. The website also helps the budding musicians by providing them a platform to promote their music by uploading songs on the website.

Our Mission

• To provide a platform for musically inclined people to get formal but personalized training in western music.

• To constantly innovate in our methods of teaching.

• To become the one stop solution for any service related to music in the country.

• To nurture talents, give them professional skills and develop their creative potential for successful careers in music.

• To promote values and well being through music.