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Adam Larson

Chord Tone Zone

A method of learning to improvise that saves countless hours and gets immediate results. You’ll be sounding great fast. 

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Chord Tone Zone

Improvisation Course

“Chord Tone Zone is THE beginner improvisers’ course dedicated to getting you sounding GREAT, fast and efficiently, using only a few notes; that’s right, Chord Tones.

– Adam Larson

What You Get in this course

Start Improvising With a Huge Head-Start

Chord Tone Zone is designed specifically for beginner improvisers. The mission is to get you sounding GREAT, fast and efficiently, using only a few notes; that’s right, Chord Tones.

We will be working with familiar chord progressions: the Bb Blues and the classic jazz standard “There Will Never Be Another You”.

Believe it or not, we will only ever use the root, 3rd, 5th and 7th of each chord! Combined with 5 key rhythms these chord tones can be used to craft amazing improvised solos.

By taking all the guess-work out and providing the exact notes and rhythms to use, beginning improvisers can quickly develop confidence and chops.

Online Video Course

There are over 90 demonstration videos in the Chord Tone Zone. Adam guides you through the process of how to practice the material and you can play along with every one. You also get video demonstrations of each of the Chord Tone Zone etudes.

Digital PDF Book

3 Beautifully laid out, 81-page pdf documents for Eb, Bb and concert key instruments. 

Each of the 90 Chord Tone Zone exercises are written out for you along with the 5 etudes over must know jazz standard chord progressions.

Audio Recordings

High quality backing tracks for 6 common chord progressions. Blues in Bb, All the Things You Are, Stella By Starlight, Lady Bird, There Will Never Be Another You, Just Friends.

You also get reference recordings of Adam playing the Chord Tone Zone Etudes over the backing tracks.

All online course purchases on BetterSax.com are risk free. If you don’t learn and benefit from our courses, we don’t want your money. Because we put so much time and work into our products, most customers just want to enroll in more. However, if you find that the content is not right for you, just get in touch to request a no hassle, no questions asked refund.

Take Your Playing to the Next Level

What Our Members Say...

“Great work on this. It was very comprehensive, well-planned and extremely easy to follow.”
Chris Madsen
Director of Jazz Studies, Loyola University
I can attest you will not be sorry if you take this course. I have learned a lot and gained some much needed confidence.
Laura Littlewolf
BetterSax Member
I have been tied to sheet music for 28 years. I have been set free. I am enjoying the sax more now than I have before.
Billy Bartlett
BetterSax Member
"I joined BetterSax early in the pandemic and that changed my sax life. Basically, I began to enjoy playing and looked forward to practicing every day."
Mark Dyer
BetterSax Member

QUESTIONS?

You should begin by watching these free videos and by signing up for my free Play Sax by Ear Crash Course. Once you have completed that material, you you will be ready to take my Pentatonic Foundation Course.

Yes! The videos can be viewed on any device as long as you are connected to the internet. They are streamed from a private server in High Definition and can be watched an unlimited number of times. The PDF can be downloaded for offline use.

No. There is not a DVD version of this course.

No. Once you are enrolled, you have lifetime access. There will be no recurring fees or renewal fees. Pay once, that’s it.

As soon as your purchase is completed you will receive a confirmation email. Please check junk and spam folders for this if you don’t see it right away. Add jay@bettersax.com to your contact list, to ensure delivery of all important emails.

Follow the instructions in this email to login to the BetterSax Members Area where you will find your courses waiting for you.

Yes. 30 days trial, 100% satisfaction guarantee.

If you don’t find that the Course has helped you improve as a sax player, just send us a message and we will refund your entire purchase price no questions asked (If you opt for the physical print version of the book, this portion of your purchase is non-refundable).

No, this course is for all instruments. The demonstrations are all done on alto saxophone, but the student can play all of the content on any instrument.

Absolutely yes! The material in this course can be played on any instrument.

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