Jazz Piano Tutorial - "Red Clay Solo Changes," Part 1

In this jazz piano lesson, we'll look at the solo changes to Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay," which Hubbard recorded on his 1970 album of the same name.

We'll go over the basic harmony and then look at how to map out the guide tones (3rds and 7ths) for each chord. We'll combine the guide tones with a simple left-hand bass line built on the roots of each chord.

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Lesson breakdown:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Demo 1
01:02 Harmony analysis / chord breakdown
02:31 Harmony summary
02:43 Why I love Red Clay
03:09 Guide tone overview
03:51 Guide tones by chord
05:44 Guide tones demo 1
06:05 Guide tones by voice overview
06:34 Top note voice leading
07:14 Bottom note voice leading
07:56 Both voices demo
08:15 RH Fingering
09:11 LH bass line overview
10:03 LH bass line by direction
10:31 Both hands together again
11:11 Fingering revisited - general guidelines
11:52 Outro/next lesson discussion
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