REQ: My Music Masterclass Frank Potenza (Learning Jazz Standards) 1

In part one (1 of 3) of this “learning jazz standards on guitar” masterclass, Frank Potenza gives you an in-depth look at that art of internalizing repertoire and jazz language. Frank takes you from start to finish using detailed melodic and harmonic analysis so that you can really get inside a tune. If you want to get past simply memorizing the changes, this masterclass series is for you!



Topics Covered: Jazz guitar, learning tunes, internalizing, avoiding the fakebooks/realbooks, learning on the gig, hearing yourself through the changes, ear training, transcribing, critical listening, alternate changes, verses, transposition, knowing the form, tags, intros and endings, the lyrics, “Indiana”, “Donna Lee”, melodic analysis, intervallic transitions, hearing intervals, singing, harmonic analysis, chord function, etc.