Jazz Comping Starter Pack

Learn to accompany a jazz singer or soloist!

This Jazz Comping Starter Pack is your entry to the Jazz world! Chords and rhythm are key to everything. The in-depth knowledge you acquire with this bundle is fundamental, not only for accompanying singers or instrumentalists, but also for improvising, chord melody and chord solos.

✅ Learn to accompany a singer or soloist
✅ 10 Lessons (see list below) in an 86MB zip folder.
✅ 3 Songs and 7 chords and rhythm lessons
🎸 Video lessons
🎸 Tabs include tab, notation and chord diagrams
🎸 Backing Tracks

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Comping Starter Pack Lesson List:

1. 7th Chords:
   Learn the 10 basic Jazz chords from the E-string and A-string. Detailed video tutorial on intervals and chord construction.
   ▶ Video tutorial + PDF Tab with Chord Diagrams
   
   
2. Tension Chords:
   5 Chord groups explained (video tutorial). Which tensions for which chord group. Avoid Notes. Learn to interpret a lead sheet and use substitutions.
   ▶ Video tutorial + PDF Tab with Chord Diagrams
   
   
3. Altered Chords:
   Learn what alterations are and when you have to alter dominant chords. Harmonising the altered scale, so you have a chord on each scale tone. Examples on how to integrate altered chords in a II V I progression. Examples for Comping, Rhythm Fills, Chord Melody, Chord Solos
   ▶ Video tutorial + PDF Tab (incl. notation and chord diagrams) + 5 Backing Tracks + Guitar Pro Tab*
   
   
4. Rhythm Comping Patterns:
   From basic jazz rhythm to rhythm combinations and breaks that work. Creating rhythmic contrasts and making it sound professional and sophisticated.
   ▶ Video tutorial + PDF Tab (incl. notation and chord diagrams) + 5 Backing Tracks + Audio Performances + Guitar Pro Tab *
   
   
5. Rhythm Strumming & Freddie Green Style:
   Strumming through strings requires different techniques than using fingers or hybrid picking. Basic strumming rhythms and breaks. Freddie Green Swing style explained.
   ▶ Video tutorial + PDF Tab (incl. notation and chord diagrams) + 5 Backing Tracks  + Guitar Pro Tab*
   
   
6. 7th Chord Inversions:
   Drop 3 Voicings from the E-string are the most useful inversions – and they sound beautiful! You’ll also learn how to apply them, with good voice leading, on an excerpt of “All The Things You Are”.
   ▶ Video tutorial + 1 PDF Tab with chord diagrams + 1 PDF Tab with song example (incl. notation and chord diagrams) + Guitar Pro Tabs*
   
   
7. Ending Chords:
   A song requires specific ending chrods. These may have to take the melody note into consideration or are also often just strange sounding chords for that authentic jazz sound.
   ▶ Video tutorial + 1 PDF Tab with chord diagrams + 1 PDF Tab with examples (incl. notation and chord diagrams) + Guitar Pro Tab*
   
   
8. Autumn Leaves:
   Autumn Leaves is the most popular jazz standard in the world. It’s called at every session, sounds beautifull and every aspiring jazz guitarist needs to know this tune.
   ▶ Video tutorial + PDF Tab (incl. notation and chord diagrams) + 4 Backing Tracks (2 with melody and solo, 2 without) + Guitar Pro Tab *
   
   
9. Fly Me To The Moon:
   Fly Me To The Moon is also amongst the most popular jazz standards. It’s fun to comp instrumentalists and crooners alike.
   ▶ Video tutorial + PDF Tab (incl. notation and chord diagrams) + 4 Backing Tracks (2 with melody and solo, 2 without) + Guitar Pro Tab *
   
   
10. Misty:
    This lesson will teach you how to comp over a jazz ballad. Misty is such a beautiful song and very popular. It’s also often played in chord melody style. In order to do that you first need to know how to play the regular comping chords.
    ▶ Video tutorial + PDF Tab (incl. notation and chord diagrams) + 2 Backing Tracks (1 with melody and solo, 1 without) + Guitar Pro Tab *
    
    

Each Tab has Tab notation, standard music notation and chord boxes.

+ Link list to all Youtube video performances

The most important Starter Pack!
If you don’t know how to interpret a lead sheet, you won’t be able to accompany anyone or improvise over the changes. This knowledge is also absolutely necessary for chord melody! That’s why I consider this Starter Pack the most important one. Everything else builds on it.

* You need the Guitar Pro software to open the GP files. Guitar Pro is a software by Arobas Music that plays back written music notation / TABS. I don't sell this software, I just write TABS for it. Those files are a free bonus! If you don't own the Guitar Pro software, just use the PDF Tab instead. It's the SAME notation / TAB.