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Funky Swing Intro

Minor key

Here the chord progression with left hand starts with Fm to a C7, and in the next two bars goes from Fm to Gb13 chord,

which sets up the Fm of the song. The right hand simply plays notes from the Fm blues scale

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Modern Jazz Swing Intro

Minor keyIn this intro the chord progression starts off with the II chord of Bbm, which is Cm7b5 while the right hand starts by

playing the major 9. In the second bar we start with F13b9 and move down in minor thirds. In bar three we start with a

drop 2 chord- this type of chord is called drop 2 because the 2nd note drops down an octave. The last bar ends with an

F7b5.

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Jazz Waltz Intro

Major key

In intro 28, the left hand begins on the I chord played as a 7th chord, through to a G13b9. Meanwhile the right hand

plays a bluesy melody with grace notes and blues notes.


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Jazz Waltz Intro

Major key

Here we can simply vamp on the V chord- in this case the entire intro is based on an Am9/D. Meanwhile the right hand

plays a melody rhythmically in time with the left hand.

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Jazz Waltz Intro

Major key

Here the bass player is playing quarter notes on the V to build suspense while the piano is playing a 4-note chord with

semitones.

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Jazz Waltz Intro

Major key

This intro begins on the V7#9 chord then uses block chords on bars 3 and 4.

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Jazz Waltz Intro

Major key

Here we start with an Ab as a 13 chord with the left hand while the right hand is playing a bluesy melody. On bar 4 weset up the song with a rhythmic figure consisting of a quarter note and a half note.

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Jazz Waltz Intro

Major key

This intro leads to a ii chord and starts with an F69 through to a D7. Notice how the left hand plays a D7#9 and moves to

a D7b9.

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Jazz Waltz Intro

Major keyAgain, this intro leads to a II chord. The left hand pedals on the V while the right hand plays a progression from F7b9sus4

to a G7b9b13.

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Jazz Waltz Intro

Major key

This intro is also designed to set up the II chord. Here we start on the I and move down chromatically while keeping the

top note the same. The progression ends on A7 with a bluesy run with the right hand.


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Jazz Waltz Intro

Major key

This intro leads to the IV chord. There is a pedal on V for the first three bars and the left hand plays the voicings while the

right hand is soloing. The chords here are from CMaj7 through to a Gb13 9 #11.

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Jazz Waltz Intro

Major key

This intro also leads to a IV chord. The progression starts on F#m7b5 through to a G7alt, which leads to a C.

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Intro

Major key

This is an intro meant for songs with bright tempos. The progression in this example moves down in whole tones using

13th chords from Bb13 to F. The right hand plays a musical pattern which is basically just a repeating phrase which is

moved down the keyboard.

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Swing Intro

Major key

In intro 39, the bass player plays a pedal V on the off beats on 2 and 4 while the left hand plays chords starting on the 9th

and 3rd, leading to a Gm7/C.

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Boppin' Style Intro

Major key

This intro is designed to be played quite quickly. The chord progression is C7#9 through to G7 with the left hand, using

the standard I-VI-II-V, while the right hand is playing notes from the C blues scale.

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Shout Style Intro

Major key

This is a "shout" style intro- basically, this means that it starts out quite big and loud! We start this progression on the V

chord with Eb13 moving up a semitone to E13 in the left hand while the right hand plays a bluesy part moving down the

Ab blues scale.

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Fast Swing Style Intro

Major keyThis intro is a simple chromatic starting with the V- in this case starting with Eb to E to F then down to E again while the

right hand outlines the basic chord.

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Jazz Style Intro

Major key

In this intro the left hand pedals on the V while the right hand plays a simple I-II-V progression, using different inversions

in the second bar.


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Bebop Style Intro

Major key

This intro is just 4 bars of the V chord played with an Ab13#9, using the same rhythmic pattern repeated twice.

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Bebop Style Intro

Major key

This intro begins on a tritone of Dm9 and moves down chromatically until it gets to the II chord, and then plays single

note lines in unison up to the V. At the end of bar 4 this we move down an augmented triad.

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Jazz Style Intro

Major key

This is another intro that sets up to the II chord. The left hand plays off-beats on the V while the right hand plays 6ths

with chromatic notes leading into them. This is followed by a I-IV-III-VI progression, which is quite common.

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Bebop/Bluesy Style Intro

Major key

This intro starts with Bb13, Ab13, and then Bb13 again, and then falls chromatically to the VI chord, which sets up the II

chord nicely.

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Style Intro

Major key

This is another intro that can be used to set up the II chord. This simple progression is I-IV-III-VI starting at GMaj7. This

example ends at E7.

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Jazz Style IntroMajor key

The progression in this example is played as block chords starting on the I, or F, and ending at B9b5. This leads to the IV

chord.

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Fast Bebop Style Intro

Major key

Here we start on BbMaj7 and move through to Bb7, again leading you to the IV chord.

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Jazz Waltz Style Intro

Major key

This intro is based on a dominant 7 chord. The left hand pedals on the V while the right hand plays diads or triadsascending on the off beats.

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Major key

This is a modern sounding intro using modal chords played with 4ths in the left hand. The chord progression is Gm7-C7,

repeating in bars 3 & 4 with an arpeggiated figure in the right hand, ending on an octave.


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Major key

This simple intro uses two chords only- the left hand voicings are in the key of G (G13 and F13) while the right hand plays

solo lines on top of those voicings.

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Minor key

Here the left hand plays chords starting on Am and ending on a E7b5b9 chord that is held for 2 beats. The right hand

solos the melody throughout this intro

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Fast Jazz Waltz Style Intro

Minor key

Another simple intro using two chords (the I and the V). Left hand voicings start at Dm69 while the right hand plays a

motif that moves down the keyboard.

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Fast Jazz Waltz Style Intro

Minor key

The chord progression being used by the left hand begins with an Fm69 and ends with a C7 altered voicing. Meanwhile

the right hand can solo using notes from the blues scale.

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Jazz Style Intro

Minor key

This intro uses voicings from the G whole tone scale over a G7 chord. The song is set up in bar 4 when we go from an

Ab13 down to a G7 altered.

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Jazz Style Intro

Minor key

In this intro, the left hand plays the chord progression from Gm6 through to D7 while the right hand plays a melodic lineto set up the mood of the piece.

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Minor key

This type of intro is referred to as a "rhythm shot intro" or a "chordal shot intro". The chord progression used is from C7

through to F13 while the right hand plays from C13 to F13.

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Jazz Style Intro

Minor key

In this example, the progression goes from Am69 through to E7alt over a pedal V bass line. The right hand solos while left

hand plays a continuing rhythm of two dotted quarter notes and a quarter note per bar.

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Bossa Nova Style Intro

Major key

This simple chord progression goes from C69 to Db69 and down again while the piano plays a melody two octaves apart

in unison. In this case we can embellish the melody slightly with some grace notes.


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Major key

This intro uses a I-V-I-V chord progression which is commonly used to set up major key Bossas. The V in this case is a V11

chord or a V7sus4 + 9. The piano plays in unison to add chord colours, and sets up the song in bar 4.

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Major key

Intro 63 uses two chords, AbMaj9 and GbMaj9, with the 3rd excluded from both chords. The melody is played in octaves,

and in bar 4 there is an arpeggiated series of notes moving downwards to indicate that the song is about to begin.

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Major key

This example uses a simple II-V progression to set up song. The left hand voicings are Em9, and A13 (two beats per

chord) and the right hand solos using notes from the tonic pentatonic scale with some grace notes added.

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Major key

This intro is a great example of how to set up a Bossa Nova tune in a major key. It uses dominant 7 chord the whole way

through, but with different voicings and with different extensions.

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Major key

This is another intro that sets up the II chord. The basic progression is from CMaj7 to Bb7 to A7sus4 to an A7. Throughout

the intro the right hand is playing in a block chord fashion, playing the upper extensions of the chords.

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Major key

For this intro, the comping is being done by the guitar, which leaves the piano free to solo. The progression here startswith a G major scale run up to triplets over the C7 chord, and then to a long run down over the B half-diminished to an

E7 outlining the b9.

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Minor key

This intro is an example of how to set up a bossa nova using a simple chord progression like Gm69 through to Ab13. In

this case, the piano plays some melodic improvisation like unison lines, two octaves apart using grace notes.

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Minor key

The chord progression begins at Dm, goes to Em7b5, and ends at A7 altered. Piano is playing block chord, so the righthand is playing three or four note chords, while the left hand doubles the melody note.

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Samba Style Intro

Major key

In the key of F, the progression starts at F and goes down to Eb, and back up to F to end on a Gb13 chord. While the

guitar does most of the comping, the piano is playing unison lines a few octaves apart. On bar three the piano goes to a

single line and ends on a chord on the setup bar.


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Samba Style Intro

Major key

This intro is a great example of how to use chord shots and scale runs to set up a Samba in a major key. This entire intro

is centered around a dominant 7 chord, in this case a G11. It starts off with chord shots, then a run, and then a G11 chord

again but higher up the keyboard. On bar four there is a small rhythmic figure using the notes of the dominant to set up

the beginning of the piece.

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Latin Style Intro

Major key

This intro shows how to start a fast Latin song in the key of Ab using two chords. We start with EMaj7, then go on to play

higher notes on the piano while holding down the damper pedal. On bars three and four, the piano goes down a

semitone to Eb11, which is the dominant seventh chord in this case

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Samba Style Intro

Major key

This is another intro that leads to the II chord. In this example, the right hand is playing thirds and the left hand is playing

voicings. The chord progression is Bb69, B69, to the Bb69 again, and then Ab13 to G7b13 with octaves on the Ab7 and

G7 in the right hand.

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Samba Style Intro

Major key

This is yet another intro which is great for setting up a II chord- it works especially well to set up fast samba and Latin

songs. The progression would be I-IV-I-IV-I-IV-III-VI, where the VI (C7 in this case) sets up the II. The right hand plays

some small soloistic lines, and the left hand adds a chord in the set up bar.

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Samba Style Intro

Minor key

This type of intro is used to set up a Samba or Salsa in a minor key- particularly one that centers around the dominant

seventh chord. In the key of Cm you would play G7. In this example, the bass, the right hand and the left hand of thepiano (playing in octaves) are all playing in unison. On bars three and four, we move up the G7 to the b9 followed by two

G augmented chords.

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Samba Style Intro

Minor key

The chord progression is in Fm in this intro, and is fairly basic. This intro can be used to set up a minor key samba. The

example here starts with the minor I for two bars followed by Gm7b5 and C7b9 on bar four. For the first few bars the

piano plays in unison a few octaves apart, using some grace notes leading to G. In bars three and four, the piano is

playing in thirds, and then a C7b9 with an arpeggio leading to the set up bar.

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Brazilian Samba Style IntroMinor key

This intro is based on two chords for a Samba in a minor key. The two chords in Am are Am11 and Am7 for a few bars,

then up to Bb Lydian, which is essentially a BbMaj7 with a 9, a raised 11th (which is an E natural) and a G. The right hand

moves up the dorian scale starting on the 11th and ends on a trill while holding down the damper pedal. When the Bb

Lydian chord comes, the piano is holding down the damper and picking some notes from the Bb Lydian scale and playing

them in a rhythmic fashion.


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Ballad Style Intro

Major key

The chord progression in the key of C is I-VI-II-V and then III-VI-II-V. In this case, that works out to CMaj7, A7b9, Dm7, G7

then Em7b5 to A7, Dm7 and G7. You can play left hand voicings and add a few chords to set the mood of the song.

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Ballad Style Intro

Major key

This intro uses a progression in the key of F starting with C11, then FMaj9, to C11, and then down chromatically on bar 4

starting on Eb7 to end on the dominant 7th chord on beat 4.

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Ballad Style Intro

Major key

This intro uses two chords per bar, the I and the V. In the key of Ab, the left hand plays voicings, while the right hand

uses notes from the Ab major scale to improvise.

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Ballad Style Intro

Major key

This pretty intro uses chords in the key of Eb. While the right hand is soloing, the left hand plays progressions from

Dm7b5, G7, Cm9, F913#11, leading to Fm9, Adim, to Fm9/Bb, and finally to Bb13b9.

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Ballad Style Intro

Major key

You can use this intro to set up a ballad that begins on the II. If playing in the key of F, with the first chord of the song

being Gm7 or G9, you can use this sequence of chords. The piano part is played as block chords (the right hand plays four

note chords, while the left hand doubles the melody). Try using diminished chords as passing chords in the right hand, or

upper extensions of the chords.

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Ballad Style IntroMajor key

This intro sets up a Jazz Ballad that begins on the II. The left hand plays the chords while the right hand plays bluesy

soloistic lines. On the II chord in bar two, there are octaves being used from the Bb blues scale. On bars three and four

the progression starts with Em7b5 and moves down chromatically to Dm7, and then to G7 augmented, which is the VI

chord in this case.

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Ballad Style Intro

Major key

Occasionally there are ballads that start on the IV chord. If you are in the key of Ab and the first chord in bar 1 of the

song is a Db, Db7 or Dbmin, you will need a chord or series of chords to lead to that IV chord. This example uses shots

with pushes in the left hand with the bass- it begins on the II in the key of Ab. Start with Bb9, then push into A9, then

push into the I. The right hand plays a fill up to the II-V that leads to the IV and ends on an A7 alt.

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Ballad Style Intro

Major key

This example leads to the IV chord. The left hand plays 4 note chords, while the right hand plays octaves with a parallel

fifth in the middle. The chord progression starts at Eb (the root chord) to Eb7 which eventually leads to the IV.


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Ballad Style Intro

Minor key

The progression in Cm is Cm69 for a bar, Ab7 for two beats and then G7 for two beats, and that repeats. The right hand

is free to improvise in a bluesy fashion here.

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Ballad Style Intro

Minor key

This intro starts on the II using a G7 altered in this case, playing thirds on the right hand, then again on the C7 with thirds.

Then it moves through an interesting series of chords from Fm to Ab7sus, to Ab7, Db7, to C7sus, and then finally to C7

altered.

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Ballad Style Intro

Minor key

The progression is Am69 played with the left hand, while the right hand plays in a bluesy style. In this case, we move

from F#7 altered to a Bm7b5, with a run down at the end of bar 4. This run is played in E7 altered scale.

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Ballad Style Intro

Minor key

In the key of Dm, the first three bars have a simple progression of I-IV (Dm, Gm). The chords are played on the left hand

while the right hand solos. On bar 4, the progression goes from Dm to B half-diminished and then to Bb7 and finally A7

altered.

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Ballad Style Intro

Major key

This intro is in 3/4 time, and has a simple progression. In the key of F it is FMaj9 to C11, repeated and ending on a C7

altered.

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Ballad Style IntroMajor key

In the key of Bb, this 3/4 time intro uses a II-V (Cm9 to F13) and repeats. The left hand begins playing a fifth, and while

holding down the pedal, the left hand travels up to play a Cm9 voicing. Next the left hand plays the root of F, and while

holding down the pedal continues up to play the F13 voicing. This leaves the right hand free to solo.

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Ballad Style Intro

Minor key

In Dm, the progression is I-III-II-V, the chords are Dm69, F13, Em7b5 and A7 altered.

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Ballad Style Intro

Minor keyThis intro would be used to set up a ballad in 3/4 time. In Gm the progression is Gm7, F7 or F13, Eb7 then to D7, all

descending.

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Boogaloo Style Intro

Major key

This intro is based on straight eighths. In the key of C, the left hand plays C9 voicings for the first three bars, while the

right hand plays some bluesy fills. On bar 4, the dominant note is played as octaves.


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Major key

In the key of G, the chord progression starts with G7and F7, and then walks up chromatically from the II to the V to D7. In

the set up bar, we start with a D7#9 and end with a piano fill.

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Minor key

The progression is Dm7 played in 4ths with the right hand, then the Bb7 chord, and on bar 4 A7#9- notice the tremolo in

the right hand here. The left hand plays the shell of A7 on all the chord note

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Minor key

This funky intro in the key of G uses two chords only, Gm7 and C7. At the very end it goes to a D7. The rhythms in bar 1

and bar 3 are identical. Bar 3 has a Db13 voicing that leads down to the C13 voicing. On the D7 chord there is a blues

scale fill that leads into the song.

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Dixieland Style Intro

Major key

In Bb the progression is Bb, Bb/Ab, then to the IV chord with the third on the bass, then the IV minor with the third in the

bass, and then Bb over F and finally F7.

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Dixieland Style Intro

Major key

The progression in the key of F is F, D7, G7, C, which is then repeated. The piano starts off by playing fairly big chords. On

bars 3, and 4 the piano plays single note lines with a rundown of the dominant triad to set up the start of the song.

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Dixieland Style IntroMinor key

In this intro, which is in the key of Gm, the left hand plays a stride style. Meanwhile the right hand is playing in a minor

keyin this style the piano will often play more than one note, often octaves or thirds. The progression is Gm for 3 bars,

then moving to the V chord to set up the song.

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