Alone Together: Hacks & Tips - Harmonica Studio

“Alone Together” is a standard AABA form in the key of D minor. Very often called in jam session, this is a must know song that we’ll get into together! Interestingly the A is 14 bars long different from the typical 16 bars form and finishes with a Picardy cadence, in other word with a major chord. The bridge is a classic 8 bars form and goes through G minor and F major.

In This Course You’re Going to Learn:

The harmonic progression of Alone Together
Scales & arpeggios
Jazz improvisation devices
And a lot more…

Ready to get into it? Let’s dive in!

Recommended Listening:

Art Blakey The Jazz Messengers, “At the Cafe Bohemia Vol. 1”, 1955

Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Swings Lightly with Nelson, 1962

Sonny Stitt, New York Jazz, 1966

Course Content

Alone Together – Theme

Alone Together – Learning the Chord Changes

Alone Together – Arpeggios

Alone Together – What Scales to play

Alone Together – Improvising Game Using Only Major and Minor Thirds

Alone Together – Improvisation

Playing Along Chet Baker on “Alone Together”

Trading on “Alone Together”