QUICKLY Become a JAZZY CHORDS Master (Guitar) (Udemy.com)

I love this course. Alon makes 'improving guitar skills' fun and stimulating. His choice of songs to learn is in good taste, too. I had broken my arm, so had to take time out, but with this method of learning and with a charismatic teacher like Alon, you get back on track! Thanks Alon!

Hi, Alon, I want to write you some critical observations and criticisms about the content of this course. I am a musician from Prague, Czech Republic, who has been playing the guitar for 47 years. At the beginning I want to emphasize that I am not an enemy of funky style or another genre, quite the opposite. I try to have in my repertoire the widest possible range of both songs and different musical styles. Recently, I have been trying to improve in jazz and swing, which I can and want to use in addition to these genres in other areas and styles of music. Your course is called "QUICKLY Become a Jazz Chords Master". As the name suggests, I expected this course - a brief explanation of the structure of jazz chords - progressions (for example I - V - II) and the use of jazz chords in them - how to express different nuances of harmonic transitions by jazz chords - context and continuity of chords - chord substitutions - how and where to use jazz chords - enrichment of harmony in compositions of other genres In the description of this course you write "Mix Sexy Chords into YOUR Favorite Rock & Pop Songs + Effortlessly Play Jazz and Any Other Beautiful, Advanced Song". "You will be able to breathe new life in your favorite rock & pop songs by substituting simple chords with fancy-sounding chords" In the detailed description of the course content, you use the same take-off phrases, such as "fun chords", "bring exciting new sounds out of your guitar", "able to play any jazz song", "to breathe new life in your favorite rock & pop songs by substituting simple chords with fancy-sounding chords ", etc. This course is not about learning jazz chords and their use. You demonstrate the indicated jazz techniques on compositions in which you do not respect their original performance and style at all. So there can be no question of the actual use of "theory" in practice. Instead of sticking to the declared course content, the course content revolves around describing how to play songs in a funky style. This is NOT a funky course about changing standards to this style!!! You violently convert wonderful jazz and swing traditionals into funky versions. As a result, they completely lose their spirit, they are curtailed by their feeling, what makes them standards and evergreens. Funky is rhythmically very monotonous, all songs changed in this way sound the same, according to the same template. It completely loses its atmosphere and emotions. It's very rhythmically limiting. The content of the course does not correspond to its name and description in "About this course". At first it all seemed OK. Then you started forcing funky versions. You mistaken genre "Jazz" for "Funky". For illustration Section 6: Song # 1: Stand By Me - Funky Version - 13 min Section 7: Song # 2: The Girl from Ipanema - Funky Version - 4 min Section 8: Song # 3: Fly Me To The Moon - Funky Version - 30 min Section 9: Song # 4: Just The Two of Us - Funky Version - 9 min Section 10: Song # 5: Atumn Leaves - Funky Version - 27 min Section 11: Song # 6: You Are My Sunshine - Funky Version - 14 min 97 min of learning songs in different - funky style 114 min learning songs together, but only 17 min original no funky versions The whole course has 304 min. 1/3 of the whole course is about funky. And if we take into account the practical use of jazz chords and techniques in examples of specific songs, it's 85% funky. This is not right. If I had known before buying your course, I would never have bought it and looked for some more serious course that will fulfill what it promised. If you are such a fan of Funky, take a separate Funky course focused on translating songs of various genres into Funky and do not bring this topic into a course that is supposed to be about something else and in this course pay attention to what you promise - see the quote of your course description mentioned above With this in mind, I rate your rate at no more than 30% However, despite these comments, I keep my fingers crossed for you and I believe that your other courses will stick to the promised topic more. Juraj Ruppeldt Prague, Czech republic

I like this course because I have noted my play on the guitar is now smooth than before with the techniques and chords that teacher shows in the course.I recommend the course of course.Thank you to the teacher for sharing his knowledge.

Everything seems to be laid out in a logical way. This review request has been requested by Udemy at the very start of the course, which I find annoying. How can I rate it so soon? But I still stand by my first sentence. I am feeling optimistic...

The way he explained how chord are shaped and materials provided are great. However, the chord charts are very confusing as it should be flipped to another side. Its like looking chord in the mirror, hope you fix this some day.

I've been playing guitar and writing songs for a few years now. I almost always use simple open chords played on the first four frets. While I don't (and probably will never) play jazz songs, I was intrigued by the idea that I might learn how to play "up the neck" of my guitar and incorporate new and interesting chords in my songwriting. This course did not disappoint. I'm only about 1/3 of the way through the course and already I have "mastered" three new chords that I would have thought were impossibly hard before. I love the "chord reset exercise." That alone has made this course worthwhile. The videos in this course are professionally filmed in a beautiful outdoor setting. I find Cooper's relaxed, but enthusiastic teaching style helps me to focus while really enjoying the lessons. This was a great investment!

I'm VERY impressed! How to use many non-standard "jazzy" chords in a great selection of songs - PLUS how to use them as substitutes for some standard chords in songs you already know. Fun! Don't think you have to go through in complete order … follow Cooper's introductory tip to go find a song you like later in the course, then bounce back to theory and practice as you need to!

Extraordinario curso del profesor Cooper con un maravilloso escenario natural como fondo, hermosos acordes muchos de los cuales eran desconocidos para mi (hasta ahora) y muy buena metodología de enseñanza con abundantes ejercicios para dominar los acordes y ritmos de Jazz, funk, etc. Además muy buena selección de canciones de ejemplo en grandes versiones y abundante material complementario en archivos pdf, tablaturas y enlace a videos, sin lugar a dudas muy contento con el curso. Extraordinary course of Professor Cooper with a wonderful natural setting as background, beautiful chords many of which were unknown to me (so far) and very good teaching methodology with abundant exercises to master the chords and rhythms of Jazz, funk, etc. In addition very good selection of sample songs in large versions and abundant complementary material in pdf files, tablatures and link to videos, without a doubt very happy with the course.

I think this Jazz course is absolutely amazing. Before you get to the videos showing you how to play the songs there are lots of other videos, exercises and documents to help you get familiar with, learn and understand how to use the jazz chords. Or you can jump straight into the song teaching videos and visit the extras later. All of the songs are included as Pdf files so you can practice on your own or play along to the teaching videos. There are even links to SoundSlice where you can see and hear the instructor playing the tune with the sheet music/chord progression below it. And the words to the songs are included so you can sing along too! In addition to the accompanying documentation mentioned above there are also extra videos, tips and documents packed full of ideas. The instructor seems to have thought of everything that a student would need (and more!) and has put a lot of hard work into producing it all. I highly recommend this quality course from.

This is an excellent course and I would highly recommend it. I am a beginner when it comes to Jazz, but I feel like I am quickly learning thanks to a knowledgeable instructor. The lessons are of high quality and have a nice pace to them. Really enjoyed this course!