Great tune to learn and apply circle of 5ths. Also will learn to comp with Charleston rhythm and apply blues solo strategies.

Sweet Georgia Brown

• Courses
• Sweet Georgia Brown

• Jazz
• Standards
• New
• Blues

Course Lessons

• Resources
• Form
• Charleston Comping
• Solo Strategies

Sweet Georgia Brown is an old classic standard. Like Autumn Leaves and Bluesette, it’s built on the circle of fifths.

In this course, we’ll take the voicings and concepts from the Circle of Fifths course and put them into practice with the Charleston comping rhythm.

Finally, we’ll explore how to bring in blues scales and other soloing techniques to make the tune come alive.

Course Objectives #

By the end of this course, you will:

• Understand the 32-bar form (ABAC) of Sweet Georgia Brown and how it’s structured.
• Recognize and practice the circle of fifths progression as a foundation for fluency.
• Use the Charleston rhythm to comp.
• Apply blues techniques over the I → IV movement.
• Develop solo strategies that combine circle-of-fifths patterns with blues vocabulary.

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