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ONL 1 - Introductory Lessons
  1. Music Notation 1 - Overview Part 2

  2. Music Notation 2 - Overview Part 2

  3. Blues - Primer for the Blues Basics Email Course

  4. Improvisation - Primer for the Improvisation Course

  5. Piano - Primer for the Piano Technique Course

  6. Saxophone - Primer for the Saxophone Course

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ONL 2 - Complete Courses Online

  1. Jazz Theory - 20 Lessons
    These will surely boost your understanding of music

  2. Learn to Read Music - 10 Lessons
    An easy way to get you started on this vital skill

  3. Rhythm Class - 12 Lessons
    Learn to read and play 4/4 rhythms in Jazz, Blues and Latin

  4. In Focus - 10 Lessons
    A variety of aspects of good musicianship

  5. Contract Bridge - 24 Lessons
    From rockbottom basics to good standard Intermediate

  6. TopYach Easy Guide
    Step by step Instruction for this scoring program for yacht racing


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ONL 3 - The Woodshed

  1. Major scale practice

  2. Chords practice

  3. Mixolydian mode practice

  4. Dorian mode practice

  5. Harmonic minor scale practice



Six Digital Patterns you should learn
  1. Digital Pattern 1 - 1234 2345

  2. Digital Pattern 2 - 1231 2342

  3. Digital Pattern 3 - 123 234

  4. Digital Pattern 4 - 13 24 35 46

  5. Digital Pattern 5 - 1342 3564

  6. Digital Pattern 6 - 135 246


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ONL 4 - Songs, Profiles, Art

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Swing Time - "Rhythm Changes" in key of F

Where there's Rain ... - Bossa Nova in C minor

Stumpy's Blues - II-V-I Blues in C

Blue Surf - Basic Blues in C

Jazz Carol - Swing tune in D minor

Permanently online
Autumn Leaves - by Joseph Kosma

Caravan - by Duke Ellington

Gnossienne 1 - by Erik Satie

Gnossienne 2 - by Erik Satie

A Happy Day - Swing tune in AABA format



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Under this heading I present a series of short articles on songs and various musical subjects.

You are welcome to publish any of these in your Magazine or Newsletter, but please, acknowledge the author and source :
Michael Furstner
www.jazclass.aust.com


ONL 5 - Notes on Notes

  1. A Mystery Passenger - in the Caravan

  2. A Pianist's secret - lies in the Palm of his Hand

  3. Gnossiennes 1, 2 & 3 - experiments with the augmented 4th

  4. On Improvisation - a Historic perspective

  5. Serving two Masters - a demanding task for the Obedient Reed

  6. The Magic Wand - which turns Summer into Autumn

  7. Shifting the Full Stop in Music - Blog entry of Jan.13, '08

  8. Four approaches to Improvisation - Blog entry of Oct.27, '08

  9. My early Accordion years - Blog entry of Jan.18, '08

  10. Erik Satie and the Picardi Triad - Blog entry of Jan.9, '09

  11. Improvisation and Richard Feynman's 'Sum over Histories' theory - Blog entry of Jan.10, '09

  • A Happy Ending - when Stella meets Mr. Picardi
  • Five Sweeties - for Mr. Brown
  • Fools rushing in - may have lost their Hearts but not their Heads
  • Hidden Jewels - of the Pink Panther
  • The Tritone saga (Part 1) - from Ugly Duckling . . .
  • The Tritone saga (Part 2) - . . . . to Beautiful Swan!

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