Teach Me Tonight, Harmonic Analysis

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Dr. Bob Lawrence begins a month-long study of the jazz standard 'Teach Me Tonight' with a detailed harmonic analysis.

Podcast Packets Illustrations Lead Sheets Play Alongs Forums Jazz Piano Skills Community Every month at Jazz Piano Skills, we begin a new tune study by doing what every serious jazz musician should do first—understand the harmony. In this episode, Dr. Bob Lawrence launches a month-long study of the classic standard Teach Me Tonight with a thorough harmonic analysis of the tune. You'll explore the form, chord changes, harmonic function, common progressions, and voicing structures that provide...

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Host: Dr. Bob Lawrence

Topics covered

• harmonic analysis
• jazz standards
• chord changes
• voicing structures
• jazz education

Keywords

• jazz piano
• harmony
• chord progressions
• jazz musicians
• tune study

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Books & works: Teach Me Tonight

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