Jazzduets Learning Pathways · Pathway 3 of 3
Fluency
Real fluency over real tunes, one jazz standard at a time.
7 resources · $158 if bought separately · Enrol for $89
Parts in C, B♭ and E♭ where needed. Need bass clef? Just write to me and ask.
Why this pathway exists
With so much material out there, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. It happened to me…
Practising many things every day in a superficial, hurried way took me round in circles for a long time: years of frustration and no discernible progress!
It wasn’t until I discovered the constraint (the holy grail!) of practising one tune at a time that my practice problems and stress evaporated. It was like night and day.
Instantly, I sounded more musical practising tunes, as opposed to exercises in isolation, which are bound to sound cold and mechanical. It’s like a chef who preps every ingredient well but never actually cooks the dish!
“LOVE this approach to learning not only Autumn Leaves, but any jazz standard you’ll tackle moving forward.”
The problem
One of the biggest problems jazz students have is improvising over chord changes, and remembering them. The solution? Practise over real tunes. It’s a no-brainer.
But then comes the next big question: how?
That’s what this pathway is for.
One tune → one discipline at a time → real progress.
Who it’s for
For
- Players who know their keys and scales but get lost on chord changes
- Students who want to finally know and memorise core standards
- Players who want enjoyable practice sessions based on authentic music
- Players who yearn to connect the chords fluently with real jazz language
Not for
- Complete beginners (start with Pathway 1: Foundations)
- Players still building basic jazz vocabulary (try Pathway 2: Language)
- Anyone wanting quick, superficial fixes
About this pathway
The raison d’être of this third pathway, Fluency, is to give you concrete musical workouts to practise over the chord changes of core jazz standards, packed with the essential harmonic cadences every student must master.
These workouts teach you how to connect the chords, with guide tones, embellishments, bebop language, chordal exercises, chromatic approach notes, triad pairs and rhythmic variations.
Every time you practise, you’re reinforcing your harmonic knowledge, strengthening your technique and ear, and building your improvisational toolbox, all while staying inside the form of a jazz standard.
And best of all, your confidence will grow along with your understanding.
What results you can expect
- The confidence to navigate chord changes, rather than getting lost in them
- Core standards known from the inside out, and memorised
- Smooth connections between chords, with guide tones, bebop language and chromatic approaches
- Fresh harmonic colours over real tunes, with triad pairs
- A clear map of the essential blues and cyclic progressions in jazz
- Bebop language over Rhythm Changes, learnt from the masters
How to study
Start with Autumn Leaves, or the tune you love most, and stay with it for several weeks. One tune, one discipline each day. When you feel ready or want a change move on to the next. Trust your feelings and stay inspired!
Jazz learning made easy
The pathway classes are delivered on the Thinkific platform , organised beautifully like a real course: every resource in its own module, in the right order, with the videos, PDFs and audio right where you need them, with lifetime access.
Download what you like, when you like. No hunting through folders or zip files — just a calm, stress-free place to study.
Parts in C, B♭ and E♭ where needed. Need bass clef? Just write to me and ask.
Study the full Fluency pathway, with all 7 resources in one place.
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