Visualization For Jazz Improvisation
Discover the power of visualization—so every chord, tone, and progression is at your fingertips when you improvise.
A Step-by-Step Jazz Course Included with PRO Membership
The Hidden Key to Effortless Playing
You’ve practiced scales. You’ve drilled arpeggios. You’ve memorized charts. But when it’s time to solo, it still feels like you’re thinking too much — forcing yourself to piece things together in real time. It’s like trying to run a demanding program on a computer bogged down with too many background processes. Everything lags. Nothing flows.
Meanwhile, the greats sound effortless. They never get lost. They know every tune inside and out. They can access any chord tone instantly, move through progressions with ease, transpose on the fly, and create lines that sound free and natural.
Their secret? They’ve internalized the relationships between chords, chord tones, and progressions so deeply that the “processing” happens automatically, in the background. What takes others conscious effort, they experience as instant recall.
That’s the hidden key to playing with freedom: reaching a level of integration where the information lives so deeply inside you that your mind is free to focus only on the music itself.
And the way to get there is visualization…
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The most important thing you’re not doing…
Most players already know plenty of theory. Chords, scales, common progressions…you’ve studied them all.
But knowing something in theory and actually using it in real time are two very different things.
Here’s the problem:
- If you need effort just to recall the chord you’re on, or the one coming next, you’re already behind.
- If you’re calculating chord–scale relationships, the flow of the music slips away before you can react.
- If you’re just moving your fingers according to theory rules, your ear, mind, and hands never sync up, and you’ll never truly play what you hear.
The result? Everything feels lagged, like a computer slowed down with too many processes running at once.
Visualization changes that.
By mentally rehearsing chords, root motions, and progressions, you internalize the information so deeply that it’s always there, ready the moment you need it.
No hesitation. No second-guessing. Just freedom to improvise.
Here’s What You’ll Discover Inside…
This course takes the powerful mental training technique of visualization and applies it directly to jazz improvisation.
Across 6 parts and dozens of exercises, you’ll learn how to:
- Visualize chord symbols so you never get lost in the form
- Access any chord tone instantly (1–3–5–7–9–11–13)
- Gain flexibility with altered tones (b9, #9, b5, #5)
- Recognize root movement so you can anticipate progressions in real time
- Chunk progressions into mental images that are easy to recall under pressure
- Build freedom in all keys through deep internalization
And because every concept is paired with real-time audio, you’ll actually test and strengthen your ability to visualize under the same conditions you face when improvising.
And that’s Just the beginning…
Visualization For Jazz Improvisation is only one piece of a larger intricate system. With PRO Membership, you also get:
- 4 More PRO Jazz Courses that cover ear training, melodic vocabulary, jazz music theory, and reprogramming your musical habits.
- Every PRO lesson we’ve ever created with tons of deep dives on the exact skills pros rely on.
- Everything new we release automatically included in your membership.
Each course builds on the others, giving you a complete, lifelong toolkit for mastering jazz improvisation.
So Who’s Behind Jazzadvice?
We’re Forrest & Eric — two musicians who’ve studied with jazz legends like Mulgrew Miller, Rich Perry, Harold Mabern and more…
Over the years, we’ve transcribed countless recordings, built our own practice systems, and continued to refine them year after year.
What you see on Jazzadvice is the distilled version of all that work: lessons, exercises, and courses designed to help you learn jazz faster and more deeply. Thousands of musicians around the world have used Jazzadvice to improve their playing, and you can too.
Visualization For Jazz Improvisation Lessons
Visualization is the bridge between theory and real-time improvisation. Instead of leaving you stuck with scales and guesswork, this course walks you through a series of clear steps that train your mind to anticipate chords, chord tones, and progressions before they happen—the exact material you need at your fingertips to navigate changes with confidence.
Here’s how the course builds your skills, step by step…
Part 1: Visualizing Chord Symbols
In this first section, you’ll lay the foundation by learning to see chord symbols clearly in your mind. Even at this basic level, you’ll notice immediate improvements in your recall of chords and your ability to “think ahead” while improvising.
Part 2: Visualizing Lower Chord Tones
In this second part, you’ll focus on the essential chord tones (1–3–5–7). These lower tones form the backbone of every chord, and learning to internalize them is one of the most overlooked skills for jazz improvisers.
Part 3: Visualizing Upper Chord Tones
Next, you’ll expand your vision to include the upper chord tones (9–11–13). In this third section, you’ll develop a deeper connection with these sounds, just as the great players have done, making them a natural part of your improvisation.
Part 4: Visualizing Altered Chord Tones
In this fourth part, you’ll tackle altered tensions—b9, #9, b5, and #5. These are the sounds that bring color and sophistication to jazz. Here, you’ll learn the step-by-step process for ingraining them until they’re instantly available under your fingers.
Part 5: Visualizing Root Movement
By the fifth section, you’ll be ready to master root motion. You’ll systematically work through the common root movements that appear in virtually every jazz tune, so you can anticipate progressions before they happen.
Part 6: Visualizing Chord Progressions
Finally, everything comes together. In this last section, you’ll drill the most common progressions—ii–V–I’s, turnarounds, and more—so you can process musical information faster than ever before. This is where your new visualization skills transform into freedom on the bandstand.
The Result?
You’ll walk away with the ability to internalize jazz on a deeper level—seeing chords, tones, and changes clearly in your mind before you play them. No more hesitation. No more mental lag. Just the freedom to improvise with flow, confidence, and clarity in any key, over any tune.
What Makes Visualization For Jazz Improvisation Different?
This isn’t another theory textbook or a collection of licks.
- Audio + Visualization – You won’t just read about theory, you’ll mentally rehearse it in time with audio, just like you have to on the bandstand.
- Practical structure – The course is broken into 6 step-by-step parts that build logically from chord symbols all the way to full progressions.
- For all levels – Whether you’re a beginner still learning chord tones or an advanced player tackling altered dominants, there’s always a deeper level of mastery.
- Portable training – You can practice anywhere, anytime — no instrument required.
This is how you turn theory into instinct.
What You Get With PRO Would’ve Cost Over $890!
Until now, getting access to this material meant buying each course separately ($99–$149 each) and joining a $60–$99/year subscription for the PRO Lessons (formerly Premium).
Now, everything is included — every course, every lesson, and everything we release next. It’s the best deal we’ve ever offered and honestly, it’s a steal for everything you get.
Included With PRO
Jazz Theory Unlocked
Ear Training Method
Melodic Power
Jazz Visualization Course
Reprogramming the Musical Mind
Full Library of PRO Lessons
(formerly Premium Lessons)
Access to Future PRO-only Content
Former Price
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TOTAL VALUE: Over $890
YOUR PRICE TODAY: $180/year or $25/month
(This is limited-time introductory pricing for PRO — join now to lock in your rate before it goes up.)
Thousands of musicians paid full price for these courses and lessons, and for good reason. The material works. It helps players make real, lasting progress.
With PRO, you can now take advantage of the best offer we’ve ever made—and it’s not just about the price. We’ve made everything easier to access, more affordable, and more effective.
The courses are designed to work together, giving you a structured, step-by-step foundation. The PRO Lessons (formerly Premium) build on that foundation with real-world examples, targeted exercises, and deeper explorations of the concepts in action.
Everything now lives under one roof: a cohesive learning experience that helps you improve faster, stay focused, and finally understand how it all connects.
The PRO Courses That Complete Your Path
Visualization For Jazz Improvisation is just one piece of the bigger system you unlock with PRO. Alongside it, you’ll get four more in-depth PRO Jazz Courses, each designed to target a specific part of your playing and build skills that theory alone can’t give you:
Jazz Theory Unlocked
Most players get stuck treating chords and scales as random pieces. This course shows you the bigger framework — why harmony works, how progressions connect, and how to see the map behind every tune so improvising feels clear and connected.
The Ear Training Method
Stop guessing and start hearing music the way the pros do. With over 370 step-by-step audio lessons, this course takes you from intervals and chord qualities all the way to full jazz progressions, so you can recognize, sing, and play what you hear instantly.
Melodic Power
Scales alone won’t get you there. This course shows you how to internalize jazz language and improvise strong, lyrical lines by breaking down the techniques of players like Coltrane, Clifford Brown, and Stan Getz. You’ll build a toolkit of melodic devices that flow naturally into your solos.
Reprogramming the Musical Mind
Great playing isn’t just physical, it’s mental. This 30-day audio course helps you overcome stage fright, comparison, and practice frustration by reshaping the way you approach music. The result: more focus, more confidence, and more freedom when you play.
Together with Visualization For Jazz Improvisation, these courses form a complete path — shaping the way you hear and think, to the way you improvise and understand harmony. And with PRO, you get them all, plus every PRO Lesson and everything new we create.
If you could finally stop guessing…
Picture stepping on stage and knowing exactly where you are in the form before you play a note. Each chord is clear in your mind. Root movements unfold as you solo. You can transpose to any key without hesitation.
That’s the power of visualization. With this course, you’ll stop relying on “memory” and start building the kind of instant recall the pros have — so your mind is free to focus on the music itself.
Here’s what changes when you make visualization part of your practice:
- You’ll always know where you are in the changes — no more getting lost.
- You’ll gain instant access to every chord tone, upper or lower, altered or not.
- You’ll transform theory into usable language that flows in real time.
- You’ll unlock freedom in every key, not just the “comfortable” ones.
You don’t need more scales. You need a way to use what you already know — automatically.
With Visualization for Jazz Improvisation, you’ll train your mind to work ahead of your fingers, so improvisation finally feels natural, connected, and free.
What People Are Saying
The skills taught in the course provide an approach to improvisation that is more fundamental and important than any music theory you will ever learn. Being able to visualize a chord progression while improvising is a truly freeing and calming experience. Thanks for this course and helping me get out of a musical rut in my development as a jazz improvisor.
– Dylan Q.
To me inspiration is a key motivator that needs a constant update, something that jazzadvice provides. A new perspective on old subjects can get me practicing with enthusiasm again which is my experience with your course. I find I can actually see sheet music I have memorized, something I didn’t think possible. Up to now I could feel it in my fingers and hear it, now I can see it too. Thanks!
– Max Stallybrass
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