Truefire Tom Dempsey's Jazz Discovery Vol.2

In jazz guitar, leveling up means deepening your understanding of harmony, refining your improvisation, and learning to comp with greater musicality and nuance. Whether you're working through standards, exploring bebop language, or building confidence over jazz blues changes, a strong command of jazz vocabulary is essential.

This three-volume masterclass series, “Jazz Discovery,” explores jazz's improvisational language, from its rhythmic nuances to the complex harmonies that provide limitless creative freedom. Tom’s engaging and enlightening curriculum builds that essential foundation to help you think, feel, and play like a seasoned jazz musician.

In Jazz Discovery Vol. 2, Tom picks up where Volume 1 left off: guiding you through new tonalities, more sophisticated chord voicings, and real-world improvisation strategies that expand your fluency and feel.

You’ll explore:

Essential Jazz Tonalities: Major, Dorian, and Mixolydian scale applications
The Bebop Scale: Learn to play “through” and “to” the changes with bebop language
Rootless Chord Voicings: Major, dominant 7th, and minor 7th voicings & subs
II-V-I Mastery: Voicing options, comping strategies, and soloing concepts
Jazz Blues Progressions: Comping and soloing with dominant and pentatonic flavors
Guided Practice Sessions:Play-alongs to internalize every concept in context

You’ll also get access to Tom’s backing tracks and TrueFire’s learning tools including synced tab, slow-mo, looping, and fretboard animations so you can follow along at your own pace and deepen your understanding every step of the way.

“Ready to discover the next level of jazz? We’ll expand on the foundations and give you the tools to solo and comp with real fluency,” says Tom.

Tom Dempsey has performed and recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Jim Hall, John Abercrombie, John Scofield, Tal Farlow, Jack McDuff, Bobby McFerrin, Mel Torme, Dave Brubeck, and dozens of other marquee jazz artists. He is a music professor at NYC City University, has nine best-selling TrueFire courses, and has produced TrueFire’s critically acclaimed masterclass with Pat Martino, The Nature of Guitar.

So grab your guitar, plug in, and let’s dive deep with Tom Dempsey.

Includes

27 Video Lessons
24 Charts (.pdf)
11 Jam Tracks (.mp3)
24 Tabs (.gp5 or .ptb)
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