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Niveau 2 · Advanced· ≈ Bachelor 2

Jazz, Modes and Advanced Techniques

12 lessons to expand your harmonic language — modes, extensions, jazz, counterpoint. Step outside the classical framework and explore new colors.

Approfondissement · 10≈ Bachelor 2
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Modes of the Major Scale
Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian — seven colors, one scale.
ModesModalJazz
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Approfondissement · 11≈ Bachelor 2
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Chord Extensions
9th, 11th, 13th — stacking thirds beyond the 7th to enrich harmonic color.
Extensions9eJazz
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Approfondissement · 12≈ Bachelor 2
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Tritone Substitution
Replace V7 with the chord a tritone lower — same tension, chromatic bass.
TritonSubstitutionJazz
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Approfondissement · 13≈ Bachelor 2
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Two-Voice Counterpoint
Fux's 5 species — note against note, eighth notes, ties, syncopations and embellishments.
ContrepointEspècesFux
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Approfondissement · 14≈ Bachelor 2
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Modal Harmonization
Color each mode with its characteristic chords — Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian.
ModalDebussyCouleur
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Approfondissement · 15≈ Bachelor 2
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Advanced Jazz Progressions
Advanced II–V–I, extensions, harmonic rhythm, turnarounds and jazz blues.
JazzBebopII-V-I
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Approfondissement · 16≈ Bachelor 2
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Reharmonization
Diatonic, tritone, modal borrowing and parallel harmonization — transform chords under an intact melody.
RéharmonisationBill EvansSubstitution
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Approfondissement · 24≈ Bachelor 2
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Augmented Sixth Chords
It+6, Fr+6, Ger+6 — the three augmented sixths, their contrary-motion resolution, and their link to tritone substitution.
Sixte augmentéeAltéréRomantique
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Approfondissement · 25≈ Bachelor 2
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Chromaticism and Advanced Chromatic Harmony
Chromatic lines, the Tristan chord, enharmonic modulation — tonality pushed to its expressive limits.
ChromatismeWagnerEnharmonie
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Approfondissement · 26≈ Bachelor 2
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DEM Harmonization: Given Bass and Given Soprano
The two fundamental exercises of the DEM exam — 5-step method, guided exercises with detailed corrections.
DEMHarmonisationBasse donnée
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Approfondissement · 39≈ Bachelor 2
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Seventh Chords on Each Degree
Beyond V7: the seventh chord on every scale degree — its quality, its preparation, its resolution, its inversions, and the chain of sevenths.
SeptièmesPréparationRésolution
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Approfondissement · 40≈ Bachelor 2
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The Two-Voice Invention
Subject, imitation at the octave, countersubject, episodes and tonal plan — writing the invention in Bach's style.
InventionBachImitation
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