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ONL 1 - Introductary 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 is Jazz, Blues and Latin

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

  5. Contract Bridge - 10 Lessons
    For relative Beginners from rockbottom basics

  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 - Jazz tune in F with the "Rhythm Changes"

Blue Surf - Basic Blues in C

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

Permanently online
Autumn Leaves - by Joseph Kosma

Caravan - by Duke Ellington

Gnossienne 1 - by Erik Satie

Gnossienne 2 - by Erik Satie

Gnossienne 3 - by Erik Satie (in preparation)

A Happy Day - Swing tune in AABA format

  • John Lewis - an Overview of his Compositions.

  • Erik Satie - the eccentric French Composer.

  • Jazclass Galleries - a collection of paintings and prints.

  • Antien Furstner
    Resident Potter and Ceramic artist on Kangaroo Island
    in South Australia.

  • Babette Furstner
    Inspirational Director of the International PGIC
    (English as Second Language College) in Brisbane, Australia.

  • Soul Portraits - by Wivica Furstner
    Esoteric Artist and Soul Portrait painter in St.Peter, Germany.

  • The Philosophers' Stone - with Claus Furstner
    Photographer, diversified Artist and Explorer of the Occult
    in Nambour, Australia.

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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 - My blog entry of Jan.13, '08

  8. My early Accordion years - My blog entry of Jan.18, '08
  • A Happy Ending - when Stella meets Mr. Picardi
  • Hidden Jewels - of the Pink Panther
  • Five Sweeties - for Mr. Brown
  • Fools rushing in - may have lost their Hearts but not their Heads
  • The Tritone saga (Part 1) - from Ugly Duckling . . .
  • The Tritone saga (Part 2) - . . . . to Beautiful Swan!

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