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Jazz Comping Factory: Chord Options
Learn How to Perform Common Jazz Chord Progressions for Popular Standards
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About this course
Nearly the entire jazz standard songbook includes one or more of 6 very commonly encountered chord progressions: 2-5-1 major, 2-5-1 minor, 1-4-1, 1-6-2-5, 4-4minor-1, and the 1-2-dominant-2-minor-V-1. You’ll find yourself playing these progressions hundreds of times at any jazz gig or jam session.
The last thing you want to do is play these 6 chord progressions the same way, with the same chord voicings, every time they come up in a tune. Not only will you personally find this boring, but it's also the quickest way to lose the gig or not get invited back up on the jam stage. In fact, there are chord voicings you want to avoid to avoid the bass player’s sonic territory. And, there are some voicings to avoid as to not interfere with what the vocalist or soloist is playing.
In this Chord Options edition of the Jazz Comping Factory, Frank Vignola will guide you through creative options for handling the common jazz standard chord progressions. Frank will demonstrate all 30 of the chord options presented in this course in the context of a performance, then he will comp over backing tracks to show you how to apply them yourself at a gig or jam session.
"In the first half of this Jazz Comping Factory, I’ll show you 5 options for handling each of these 6 chord progressions. That’s 30 chord progression options in all. Plus, I’ll tell you why and when to use each option in the context of a performance. In the second half of the course, we’ll apply all 30 of those options by comping over backing tracking featuring changes similar to 5 of the most popular jazz standards being played on the gig or at a jam.
Frank will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the performance studies. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson. You can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are included to work with on your own as well.
Grab your guitar and dig in!
The last thing you want to do is play these 6 chord progressions the same way, with the same chord voicings, every time they come up in a tune. Not only will you personally find this boring, but it's also the quickest way to lose the gig or not get invited back up on the jam stage. In fact, there are chord voicings you want to avoid to avoid the bass player’s sonic territory. And, there are some voicings to avoid as to not interfere with what the vocalist or soloist is playing.
In this Chord Options edition of the Jazz Comping Factory, Frank Vignola will guide you through creative options for handling the common jazz standard chord progressions. Frank will demonstrate all 30 of the chord options presented in this course in the context of a performance, then he will comp over backing tracks to show you how to apply them yourself at a gig or jam session.
"In the first half of this Jazz Comping Factory, I’ll show you 5 options for handling each of these 6 chord progressions. That’s 30 chord progression options in all. Plus, I’ll tell you why and when to use each option in the context of a performance. In the second half of the course, we’ll apply all 30 of those options by comping over backing tracking featuring changes similar to 5 of the most popular jazz standards being played on the gig or at a jam.
Frank will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the performance studies. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson. You can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are included to work with on your own as well.
Grab your guitar and dig in!
What you'll learn
- Apply three-note chord voicings to jazz standards
- Create consistent rhythmic comping patterns
- Incorporate cluster voicings into jazz accompaniment
- Comp using old school four-to-the-bar rhythm with single notes or two-note voicings
- Develop secondary melodic themes while comping
Release date: 02/20/2020 • 2h 29m runtime
Sample lessons
Minor 9 Sharp 5 Major 9
ii V I Option 1
Flat 9 to Chord in Fourths
ii V i Option 1
E on Top
I II7 ii V I Option 1
Seven Six Seven Three
I vi ii V Option 1
What's included
44 lessons • 35 charts • 11 Jam Tracks
Jazz Comping Factory: Chord Options
Hello, I'm Frank Vignola. Welcome to the Chord Options edition of the Jazz Chord Melody Playbook!
Almost the entire jazz standard songbook includes one or more of 6 very commonly encountered chord progressions: 2-5-1 major...2-5-1 minor...1-4-1...1-6-2-5...4-4min-1...and the 1-2dom-2min-V-1.
You'll find yourself playing these progressions hundreds of times at any jazz gig or jam session. The last thing you want to do is play these 6 chord progressions the same way, with the same chord voicings, every time they come up in a tune. Not only will you personally find this boring, it's also the quickest way to lose the gig or not get invited back up on the jam stage.
In fact, there are chord voicings you want to avoid at times to stay away from the bass player's territory and not interfere with what the vocalist or soloist is playing.
In the first half of this Jazz Comping Factory, I'll show you 5 options for handling each of these 6 chord progressions - that's 30 chord progression options in all. Plus, I'll tell you why and when to use each option in the context of a performance.
In the second half of the course, we'll apply ALL 30 of those options by comping over backing tracking featuring changes similar to 5 of the most popular jazz standards being played on the gig or at a jam.
Everything is tabbed and notated and you'll be able to sync the tab and notation to the video using TrueFire's learning tools. You can also loop or slow down any of the videos so you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are included so you can work with them on your own.
Grab your guitar and let's dig in!
Almost the entire jazz standard songbook includes one or more of 6 very commonly encountered chord progressions: 2-5-1 major...2-5-1 minor...1-4-1...1-6-2-5...4-4min-1...and the 1-2dom-2min-V-1.
You'll find yourself playing these progressions hundreds of times at any jazz gig or jam session. The last thing you want to do is play these 6 chord progressions the same way, with the same chord voicings, every time they come up in a tune. Not only will you personally find this boring, it's also the quickest way to lose the gig or not get invited back up on the jam stage.
In fact, there are chord voicings you want to avoid at times to stay away from the bass player's territory and not interfere with what the vocalist or soloist is playing.
In the first half of this Jazz Comping Factory, I'll show you 5 options for handling each of these 6 chord progressions - that's 30 chord progression options in all. Plus, I'll tell you why and when to use each option in the context of a performance.
In the second half of the course, we'll apply ALL 30 of those options by comping over backing tracking featuring changes similar to 5 of the most popular jazz standards being played on the gig or at a jam.
Everything is tabbed and notated and you'll be able to sync the tab and notation to the video using TrueFire's learning tools. You can also loop or slow down any of the videos so you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are included so you can work with them on your own.
Grab your guitar and let's dig in!
SECTION 1: Chord Option Vocab
In section, we're going to go over 6 of the most common chord progressions you will come across in just about every jazz standard that you will play, the ii-V-I progression.
Minor 9 Sharp 5 Major 9
This is one of the most common chord progressions you will encounter in jazz standards. Let's look at our first set of chord options for the ii V I progression.
Dominant Flat 9
This is one of the most common chord progressions you will encounter in jazz standards. Here we're looking at the dominant flat 9 chord option for the ii V I progression. Let's check it out.
Dominant Sharp 9
This is one of the most common chord progressions you will encounter in jazz standards. We'll change it up again here, this time using the dominant sharp 9 for the ii-V-I.
Thirteenth Flat 9
This is one of the most common chord progressions you will encounter in jazz standards. The thirteenth flat 9 is another great chord option for playing a ii-V-I.
Freddie Green Two Note
This is one of the most common chord progressions you will encounter in jazz standards. We'll wrap up our chord options for the ii-V-I here by looking at a Freddie Green style approach.
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BrianOates
Verified buyer
12/27/25
Another great Frank Vignola video
Frank Vignola is always a dependable choice for his Jazz videos. The chordal choices he makes are great and he doesn’t overwhelm the viewer with too many choices, just enough to easily memorize and add to my repertoire of voicing.
Direkoglu
Verified buyer
04/14/25
Great Jazz lessons.
Frank Vignola is a fantastic guitarist and teacher. These TrueFire lessons really showcase his talent. Very instructive and informative. Definitely will get more of his lessons in the future.
papyjojo56
Verified buyer
01/14/25
REALLY CLEAR !
boomerish57
Verified buyer
12/04/24
A simple but effective approach to jazz chord progressions
Great course. I like this idea of organizing by a number of alternate ways to approach each chord progression. It makes for nice bite sized chunks that you can work on every day.
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