Jazz Piano Roadmap

HARMONY MELODY
Chords Left Hand Techniques Chord-Scale Improvisation Scales
7th Chords Stride System Tension & Resolution Scales & Modes
Available Tensions Walking Bassline Call & Response Chord Tones
Chord Ambiguity Tenths & Tenth Triads Repetition Guide Tones
Note Omission Strumming Horizontal vs Vertical Avoid Notes
Substitutions ‘Comping MUSICAL Motivic Development Blue Notes
Ostinato
SYSTEM
Progressions Tonality
Circle of Fifths Chord Voicings Modality FORM & RHYTHM
ii-V7-I Block [Closed] Pedal Point
Functionality Shell Atonality Form Rhythm
Voice Leading Rootless 12 Bar Blues Swing
Modulation Open 32 Bar Popular Song Clave (Latin Jazz)
Passing Chords Quartal AABA Montuno
Borrowed Chords So What ABAC Tumbao
Secondary Chords Upper Structures Rhythm Changes Straight (Fusion)
Harmonic Rhythm Locked Hands 16 Bar AB Pulse (Free Jazz)
Coltrane Changes Hot vs Cool

TIMBRE

This Jazz Piano Roadmap summarises all the key concepts you need to understand in order to play and appreciate Jazz Piano, and
attempts to show how these ideas are related. Please note that these are just the key concepts, there are many many more...