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This Jazz Piano Lesson will help you Discover, Learn, Play the most important jazz piano skill of them all; your treatment, articulation, feel of The 8th Note, Pt. 3. In this jazz piano lessons you will:

1. Discover: Extended 8th Note Groupings
2. Learn: How to use Extended 8th Note Grouping for developing jazz articulation 
3. Play: Extended 8th Note Groupings through the entire measure and beyond

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• Illustrations (detailed graphics in all 12 keys)
• Lead Sheets (sheet music for all 12 keys)
• Play Along Tracks (ensemble assistance and practice tips)
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All three Podcast Guides are designed to help you gain a functional command of the 8th Note. The Podcast Guides are invaluable educational tools to have at your side and finger-tips while studying and practicing JazzPianoSkills.

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EPISODE OUTLINE:

1. Five Primary Sounds
   1. Major
   2. Dominant
      1. This Lesson's Choice
   3. Minor
   4. Half Diminished
   5. Diminished
2. The 8th Note
   1. Straight 8th vs. Swing 8th
      1. Straight = Even
      2. Swing = Long/Short
3. Quarter/8th Note Rhythmic Combinations
   1. C Dominant 7th
      1. Demo 1
         1. Quarter Note on Count 1
         2. 8th Notes on Counts 2, 3, and 4
   2. C Dominant 7th
      1. Demo 2
         1. Quarter Note on Count 4
         2. 8th Notes on Counts 1, 2, and 3
   3. C Dominant 7th
      1. Demo 3
         1. 8th Notes on Counts 1, 2, 3, and 4
4. C Dominant 7th
   1. Demo 4
      1. 8th Notes on Counts 1, 2, 3, and 4
      2. Played from the Root to the 13th of the Sound
5. C Dominant 7th
   1. Demo 5
      1. Improvisation Using
         1. Quarter Note and 8th Note Combinations
         2. Chord Tones Only

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