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Jazz Anatomy
Comping, improv & soloing over the 5 most common jazz guitar forms
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Mimi Fox
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Jazz guitar is mysterious and intimidating for most players - so many chords, changes, feels and then the capper; you have to improvise over all of it. There's really no shortcut for developing jazz chops, but there is an underlying structure and if you understand that structure, the chops will quickly follow.
Jazz Anatomy decodes the structure of jazz guitar revealing a remarkably clear approach for comping, melodic development and improvisation.
Your professor of Jazz Anatomy is Mimi Fox - phenom player, brilliant educator and top recording artist. Just Jazz Guitar hails her playing as "jazz guitar at its best" and she chairs the guitar department at the Jazz School in Berkeley. In short, Fox has all the chops.
Jazz Anatomy is a hands-on playing course that gets you up and running without tedious theory and exercises. In this first volume of Jazz Anatomy, Mimi presents five grooves and progressions that are common to thousands of tunes; Major Blues, Minor Blues, Modal, II V I Major and II V I Minor. Get a grip on these five forms and you'll be difficult to stump at the next jam.
Each form is covered across 8 video lessons, starting with basic concepts, lines and comps, and then progressing to more advanced material. All of the material is easily translated to any key and all solos and examples are transcribed for reference.
Jazz Anatomy decodes the structure of jazz guitar revealing a remarkably clear approach for comping, melodic development and improvisation.
Your professor of Jazz Anatomy is Mimi Fox - phenom player, brilliant educator and top recording artist. Just Jazz Guitar hails her playing as "jazz guitar at its best" and she chairs the guitar department at the Jazz School in Berkeley. In short, Fox has all the chops.
Jazz Anatomy is a hands-on playing course that gets you up and running without tedious theory and exercises. In this first volume of Jazz Anatomy, Mimi presents five grooves and progressions that are common to thousands of tunes; Major Blues, Minor Blues, Modal, II V I Major and II V I Minor. Get a grip on these five forms and you'll be difficult to stump at the next jam.
Each form is covered across 8 video lessons, starting with basic concepts, lines and comps, and then progressing to more advanced material. All of the material is easily translated to any key and all solos and examples are transcribed for reference.
What you'll learn
- Learn to create melodic variations over a single chord
- Practice interval-based soloing strategies
- Understand modal improvisation techniques
- Develop rhythmic variation skills
- Developing jazz comping techniques
Release date: 12/22/2005 • 1h 54m runtime
Sample lessons
Modal
Rhythm Performance
Modal
Rhythm Breakdown
Modal
Rhythm Variations
Modal
Rhythm Extended Performance
What's included
41 lessons • 20 charts • 5 Jam Tracks
Jazz Anatomy
Blues in Bb
Welcome to Jazz Anatomy! This first series of sessions covers comping and soloing concepts for some of the most common jazz progressions and feels. Get a grip on these concepts, and you'll be equipped to comp and solo over hundreds, if not thousands of tunes. Start with the basic concepts presented in each set of lessons and master those before taking on the more advanced concepts that follow. You'll find that the notation (standard notation and Power Tab) is essential material to work with as you progress through the course. My Mel Bay book, Guitar Arpeggio Studies on Jazz Standards (http://truefire.com/list.html?store=instruction_books&item=6770) expands on all of the arpeggio concepts presented in this course. Also please check out Favored Nations (http://www.favorednations.com/artists/mimi/mimi.html ) for my latest recordings and news. And of course, you can always visit with me at MimiFoxJazzGuitar.com to stay tuned to the latest happenings. Big props to Mike Oria for transcribing the extensive range of musical examples presented in this course. Nobody on the planet could have done it better! In this first lesson, we'll examine the first basic jazz rhythm for guitarists to master -- the "4 to the bar" sometimes referred to as "Freddie Green style" because of his masterful playing in this idiom. I highly recommend checking out the classic Count Basie recordings with Freddie to hear how he propelled the band with his tremendous chordal work. In this lesson we cover this style.
Blues in Bb
Welcome to Jazz Anatomy! This first series of sessions covers comping and soloing concepts for some of the most common jazz progressions and feels. Get a grip on these concepts, and you'll be equipped to comp and solo over hundreds, if not thousands of tunes. Start with the basic concepts presented in each set of lessons and master those before taking on the more advanced concepts that follow. You'll find that the notation (standard notation and Power Tab) is essential material to work with as you progress through the course. My Mel Bay book, Guitar Arpeggio Studies on Jazz Standards (http://truefire.com/list.html?store=instruction_books&item=6770) expands on all of the arpeggio concepts presented in this course. Also please check out Favored Nations (http://www.favorednations.com/artists/mimi/mimi.html ) for my latest recordings and news. And of course, you can always visit with me at MimiFoxJazzGuitar.com to stay tuned to the latest happenings. Big props to Mike Oria for transcribing the extensive range of musical examples presented in this course. Nobody on the planet could have done it better! In this first lesson, we'll examine the first basic jazz rhythm for guitarists to master -- the "4 to the bar" sometimes referred to as "Freddie Green style" because of his masterful playing in this idiom. I highly recommend checking out the classic Count Basie recordings with Freddie to hear how he propelled the band with his tremendous chordal work. In this lesson we cover this style.
Blues in Bb
In addition to the "4 to the bar" style demonstrated here and in the previous comping lesson, I am using the "Charleston" rhythm which has hits on "1" and the "and of 2". This gives a strong sense of forward motion and works well in conjunction with both the "4 to the bar" and the more complicated patterns I use here. Listen to drummers to improve your comping!
Blues in Bb
In addition to the "4 to the bar" style demonstrated here and in the previous comping lesson, I am using the "Charleston" rhythm which has hits on "1" and the "and of 2". This gives a strong sense of forward motion and works well in conjunction with both the "4 to the bar" and the more complicated patterns I use here. Listen to drummers to improve your comping!
Blues in Bb
It's always fun to play the blues and you'll encounter thousands of opportunites to draw on the concepts covered in this soloing section. Everyone from B.B. King to Pat Martino sound great using the blues scale - but incorporate the correct arpeggios, scales and phrasing, and you'll get more of that distinctive jazzy sound. I'll also cover "call and response" and a few rhythmic timing tips. Please study pages 10-12 in my arpeggio book!
Blues in Bb
It's always fun to play the blues and you'll encounter thousands of opportunites to draw on the concepts covered in this soloing section. Everyone from B.B. King to Pat Martino sound great using the blues scale - but incorporate the correct arpeggios, scales and phrasing, and you'll get more of that distinctive jazzy sound. I'll also cover "call and response" and a few rhythmic timing tips. Please study pages 10-12 in my arpeggio book!
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Reviews
22 results
Elbajista33
Verified buyer
03/22/25
Excellent course
I really liked this course, it is helping me to know jazz guitar better and also harmony. Mimi Fox is a great guitarist and teacher.
Sindibad
Verified buyer
05/12/23
Jazz Anatomy
A good lesson to understand the difference between major and minor.
Lummkanda
Verified buyer
05/10/21
Very great course. The content offered is exceptional, the explanations perfect, the level of the course is high. Mimi fox is a very good educator. Thanks
lucky1950
Verified buyer
12/11/20
I have known Mimi Fox's courses for a number of years and I think they are very good. This course is also well structured and the modules build on one another.
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