Key Features:

Jazz Exercises

Jazz exercises help students develop jazz vocabulary

SmartMusic includes over 100 jazz exercises covering the blues scale and common progressions. Select from quarter notes, triplets, straight eighths, and swing eighths. Students can:

• Select any instrument
• Play in any key or loop through all 12 keys
• Practice at any tempo – start slowly and work up to speed
• Click on any note to see its fingering chart
• Isolate tough chord changes with practice loops, be assessed and get a grade – red notes show what was played incorrectly and green notes show what was played correctly
• Record performance for instant feedback
• Submit recordings and/or assessment grades as an assignment
• Make CDs of their recordings for family, friends, or to track improvement