Nate's Jazz Etudes - Jazz Demystified!
- Nate Fegan
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
Short Version: I figured out how to make learning jazz much simpler and easier than I ever thought possible. And, I am willing to teach this method regardless of which instrument a student plays [see video above]!
Slightly More Thorough Version:
I have recently uncovered a unique musical approach that, for me, finally demystifies jazz. I wanted to experience the kind of jazz where you get to be creative instead of just copy, although copying definitely has its place. For many years, I had been searching for 'nth degree' of 'much needed simplicity' and then I finally found it, or it found me!
Now that I have uncovered this ‘night and day’ difference for myself, one of my main goals is to share this simple 'jazz demystified' approach with other students of jazz [regardless of instrument] who might be feeling stuck in a world of 'total-jazz-frustration' that I know all too well!
With all of that said, when it comes to jazz, even though I have been teaching music for almost thirty years, including virtual lessons, I am still very much a beginner. However, now I have become a beginner with a musical secret in hand, and that feels completely different. If I can learn to do it, I bet that you can learn to do it! It's time to explore!
From The Video:
Jazz becomes much easier to understand when we learn, play &
analyze special etudes I created that have just a single chord.
Clear understandings & natural abilities that develop are then quite simple & easy
for us to apply to standard jazz chord progressions!
Virtual Lessons: I have been teaching music lessons for almost thirty years. Guitar, saxophone, hand percussion, bass, and piano are all instruments that I have taught in the past. With that said, and with this 'jazz demystified' approach in hand, I bet that we can make something productive happen!
That's It: With this approach, we start simple and then keep it simple! The 'work that needs to be put in' is simply 'fun work' right from the start!
YouTube Playlist For Nate's Jazz Etudes:
Let's start an adventure!
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